Valencia 2-0 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 21 March 2010
Result
Valencia 2-0 Almería
La Liga · Sunday 21 March 2010, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Valencia 2-0 Almería: match report
Valencia won against Almería 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 21 March 2010. The half-time score was 0-0.
Juan Mata opened the scoring in the 63rd minute. Valencia's goals came from Juan Mata (63') and David Silva (70'). Almería did not score.
Discipline: Valencia received 2 yellow cards; Almería received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 3rd on 47 points from 26 and Almería 11th on 33 points from 26. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Almería 13th with 42.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Almería in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Valencia wins, 1 draw and 1 for Almería.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-D-L-W-D and Almería's W-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · H. Bernardello
- 25'Yellow card · Lillo
- 33'Yellow card · Domingo Cisma
- 40'Yellow card · Manuel Fernandes
- 63'Goal · Juan Mata
- 70'Goal · David Silva
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
César, Dealbert, Miguel, Lillo Castellano, Juan Mata, Manuel Fernandes, Pablo Hernández, David Silva, Éver Banega, David Villa, Rubén Baraja
Almería expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Alves, Hernán Pellerano, Chico Flores, Michel Macedo, Guilherme Santos, Crusat, Hernán Bernardello, Modeste M'bami, Pablo Piatti, Soriano, Henok Goitom