Valencia 1-2 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 6 October 2007

Result

Valencia 1-2 Espanyol

La Liga · Saturday 6 October 2007, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Valencia 1-2 Espanyol: match report

Valencia lost to Espanyol 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 6 October 2007. The half-time score was 1-1.

Rubén Baraja opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Valencia's goal came from Rubén Baraja (4'). Espanyol scored through Riera (20') and Luis García (80').

Discipline: Valencia received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Valencia were 3rd on 15 points from 6 and Espanyol 6th on 10 points from 6. Valencia went on to finish that season 10th with 51 points, and Espanyol 12th with 48.

Valencia lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol 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 0 for Espanyol.

Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Espanyol's W-W-L-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Rubén BarajaValencia · 1-0
  • 20'Goal · RieraEspanyol · 1-1
  • 45'Yellow card · MarchenaValencia
  • 54'Yellow card · Jesús LacruzEspanyol
  • 65'Yellow card · Marc TorrejónEspanyol
  • 73'Yellow card · M. SmiljanićEspanyol
  • 76'Yellow card · Moisés HurtadoEspanyol
  • 80'Goal · Luis GarcíaEspanyol · 1-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Valencia 3, draws 1, Espanyol 0.

Team news

Valencia line-up (4-4-2)

Timo Hildebrand, Raúl Albiol, Alexis Ruano, Miguel, Emiliano Moretti, Marchena, David Villa, Nikola Zigic, Arizmendi, Rubén Baraja, Miguel Ángel Angulo

Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)

Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, Jesús Lacruz, Marc Torrejón, Dani Jarque, Valdo, Albert Riera, Moisés Hurtado, Milan Smiljanić, Luis Garcia, Raúl Tamudo