Valencia 0-1 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 27 January 2008
Result
Valencia 0-1 Almería
La Liga · Sunday 27 January 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Valencia 0-1 Almería: match report
Valencia were beaten by Almería 0-1 in La Liga on Sunday 27 January 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Felipe Melo of Almería in the 20th minute.
Discipline: Valencia received 3 yellow cards; Almería received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 9th on 27 points from 20 and Almería 10th on 26 points from 20. Valencia went on to finish that season 10th with 51 points, and Almería 9th with 52.
Valencia lined up in a 4-3-3 and Almería in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valencia win, 0 draws and 0 for Almería.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-L-D-D-L and Almería's W-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Felipe Melo
- 32'Yellow card · Felipe Melo
- 50'Yellow card · Arizmendi
- 51'Yellow card · Rubén Pulido
- 56'Yellow card · Emiliano Moretti
- 64'Yellow card · Juanma Ortiz
- 85'Yellow card · Miguel
- 90'Yellow card · Diego Alves
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-3-3)
Timo Hildebrand, Raúl Albiol, Iván Helguera, Emiliano Moretti, Hedwiges Maduro, Marchena, Vicente, David Silva, David Villa, Joaquín, Arizmendi
Almería line-up (4-3-3)
Diego Alves, Bruno Saltor, Felipe Melo, Domingo Cisma, Rubén Pulido, Juanma Ortiz, Carlos García, Mane, Corona, Juanito, Álvaro Negredo