Valencia 1-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Thursday 16 July 2020
Result
Valencia 1-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Thursday 16 July 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Valencia 1-0 Espanyol: match report
Valencia won against Espanyol 1-0 in La Liga on Thursday 16 July 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Kévin Gameiro of Valencia in the 17th minute.
Discipline: Valencia received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 10th on 50 points from 36 and Espanyol 20th on 24 points from 36. Valencia went on to finish that season 9th with 53 points, and Espanyol 20th with 25.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jasper Cillessen of Valencia (8.3), ahead of Adrián Embarba (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Valencia wins, 1 draw and 2 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-W-D-L-L and Espanyol's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Kévin Gameiro
- 39'Yellow card · Sergi Darder
- 59'Yellow card · Mouctar Diakhaby
- 66'Yellow card · Raúl de Tomás
- 69'Yellow card · Dídac Vilà
- 80'Yellow card · Francis Coquelin
- 81'Yellow card · Bernardo Espinosa
- 90+1'Red card · Jaume Costa
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jasper Cillessen, Thierry Correia, Mouctar Diakhaby, Hugo Guillamón, Jaume Costa, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Carlos Soler, Ferran Torres, Kang-in Lee, Gonçalo Guedes, Kévin Gameiro
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Pipa, Bernardo Espinosa, Leandro Cabrera, Dídac Vilà, Wu Lei, David López, Marc Roca, Sergi Darder, Adrián Embarba, Raúl de Tomás