Valencia 2-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 25 January 2014
Result
Valencia 2-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 25 January 2014, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-2
Valencia 2-2 Espanyol: match report
Valencia drew with Espanyol 2-2 in La Liga on Saturday 25 January 2014. The half-time score was 2-2.
Jhon Córdoba opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Valencia's goals came from Paco Alcácer (7') and Jonas (32'). Espanyol scored through Jhon Córdoba (3') and Sergio García (45', penalty).
Discipline: Valencia received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 9th on 24 points from 20 and Espanyol 8th on 25 points from 20. Valencia went on to finish that season 8th with 49 points, and Espanyol 13th with 42.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Valencia wins, 1 draw and 3 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read D-L-W-L-L and Espanyol's W-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Jhon Córdoba
- 7'Goal · Paco Alcácer
- 9'Yellow card · Oriol Romeu
- 32'Goal · Jonas
- 45'Yellow card · Jérémy Mathieu
- 45'Penalty goal · Sergio García
- 56'Yellow card · Jonas
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Alves, João Pereira, Ricardo Costa, Jérémy Mathieu, Oriol Romeu, Éver Banega, Andrés Guardado, Dani Parejo, Pablo Piatti, Jonas, Paco Alcácer
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Kiko Casilla, Héctor Moreno, Javi López, Juan Rafael Fuentes, Diego Colotto, Víctor Sánchez, Abraham González, Cristhian Stuani, Sergio García, Simão, Jhon Córdoba