Valencia 2-0 Atlético de Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 3 November 2012
Result
Valencia 2-0 Atlético de Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 3 November 2012, 21:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Valencia 2-0 Atlético de Madrid: match report
Valencia won against Atlético de Madrid 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 3 November 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.
Andrzej Olszewski opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Valencia's goals came from Andrzej Olszewski (20') and Nelson Valdez (90+5'). Atlético de Madrid did not score.
Discipline: Valencia received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Atlético de Madrid received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 12th on 11 points from 9 and Atlético de Madrid 2nd on 25 points from 9. Valencia went on to finish that season 5th with 66 points, and Atlético de Madrid 3rd with 76.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Atlético de Madrid in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Valencia wins, 3 draws and 3 for Atlético de Madrid.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Atlético de Madrid's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Arda Turan
- 20'Goal · Andrzej Olszewski
- 60'Yellow card · Tiago
- 61'Yellow card · Tiago
- 62'Yellow card · Ricardo Costa
- 64'Yellow card · Víctor Ruiz
- 65'Yellow card · Víctor Ruiz
- 86'Yellow card · João Pereira
- 87'Yellow card · Aly Cissokho
- 87'Yellow card · Miranda
- 88'Yellow card · R. Falcao
- 90'Second yellow · Ricardo Costa
- 90+5'Goal · Nelson Valdez
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vicente Guaita, Jordi Alba, Ricardo Costa, Adil Rami, Tino Costa, Pablo Hernández, Sofiane Feghouli, Aritz Aduriz, Mehmet Topal
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, Diego Godín, Filipe Luís, Juanfran, Arda Turan, Gabi, R. Falcao, Tiago, Adrián, Emre Belözoğlu, Miranda