Valencia 4-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 16 April 2006
Result
Valencia 4-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 16 April 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Valencia 4-0 Espanyol: match report
Valencia defeated Espanyol 4-0 in La Liga on Sunday 16 April 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.
David Villa opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Valencia's goals came from David Villa (39', penalty), Roberto Ayala (66'), Mista (69') and Rubén Baraja (85'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: Valencia received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Valencia were 3rd on 59 points from 32 and Espanyol 16th on 34 points from 32. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 69 points, and Espanyol 15th with 41.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valencia win, 0 draws and 0 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-W-L-D-L and Espanyol's D-D-D-D-L.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Sergio Sánchez
- 32'Yellow card · Fábio Aurélio
- 38'Yellow card · Nascimento Costa
- 39'Penalty goal · David Villa
- 55'Yellow card · Luis García
- 60'Second yellow · Nascimento Costa
- 66'Goal · Roberto Ayala
- 68'Yellow card · Moisés Hurtado
- 69'Goal · Mista
- 85'Goal · Rubén Baraja
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up
Cañizares, Miguel, Fábio Aurélio, Roberto Ayala, Amadeo Carboni, Raúl Albiol, David Villa, Albelda, Rubén Baraja, Miguel Ángel Angulo, Mario Regueiro Pintos
Espanyol line-up
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, David García, Pablo Zabaleta, Sergio Sánchez, Eduardo Costa, De la Peña, Ferran Corominas, Moisés Hurtado, Luis Garcia, Raúl Tamudo, Mauricio Pochettino