Valencia 3-2 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 1 February 2009
Result
Valencia 3-2 Almería
La Liga · Sunday 1 February 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Valencia 3-2 Almería: match report
Valencia beat Almería 3-2 in La Liga on Sunday 1 February 2009. The half-time score was 2-1.
Joaquín opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Valencia's goals came from Joaquín (5'), David Villa (29', penalty) and David Villa (60'). Almería scored through Álvaro Negredo (22') and Álvaro Negredo (66').
Discipline: Valencia received 3 yellow cards; Almería received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 4th on 34 points from 20 and Almería 13th on 24 points from 20. Valencia went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Almería 12th with 46.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Almería in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valencia win, 1 draw and 1 for Almería.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-L-D-W-L and Almería's W-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Joaquín
- 22'Goal · Álvaro Negredo
- 29'Penalty goal · David Villa
- 34'Yellow card · Hedwiges Maduro
- 45+1'Yellow card · Rubén Baraja
- 53'Yellow card · Soriano
- 60'Goal · David Villa
- 64'Yellow card · Marchena
- 66'Goal · Álvaro Negredo
- 81'Yellow card · Carlos García Badías
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
César, Miguel, Emiliano Moretti, Hedwiges Maduro, Marchena, Juan Mata, Manuel Fernandes, David Silva, David Villa, Joaquín, Rubén Baraja
Almería line-up (4-4-2)
Diego Alves, Bruno Saltor, Juanma Ortiz, Carlos García, Mane, Hernán Pellerano, Iriney Santos, Crusat, Kalu Uche, Álvaro Negredo, Soriano