Valencia 5-1 Málaga: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 20 April 2013
Result
Valencia 5-1 Málaga
La Liga · Saturday 20 April 2013, 20:00 UTC · half-time 4-1
Valencia 5-1 Málaga: match report
Valencia defeated Málaga 5-1 in La Liga on Saturday 20 April 2013. The half-time score was 4-1.
Dani Parejo opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Valencia's goals came from Dani Parejo (25'), Roberto Soldado (28'), Roberto Soldado (30', penalty), Sergio Canales (31') and Éver Banega (56'). Málaga scored through Júlio Baptista (45+1').
Discipline: Valencia received 3 yellow cards; Málaga received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 6th on 50 points from 31 and Málaga 5th on 50 points from 31. Valencia went on to finish that season 5th with 66 points, and Málaga 6th with 55.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Málaga in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Valencia wins, 2 draws and 2 for Málaga.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-D-D-W-L and Málaga's W-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 25'Goal · Dani Parejo
- 28'Goal · Roberto Soldado
- 29'Yellow card · Martín Demichelis
- 30'Penalty goal · Roberto Soldado
- 31'Goal · Sergio Canales
- 37'Yellow card · Éver Banega
- 45'Yellow card · João Pereira
- 45+1'Goal · Júlio Baptista
- 46'Yellow card · Isco
- 51'Yellow card · Albelda
- 51'Yellow card · Ignacio Camacho
- 56'Goal · Éver Banega
- 70'Yellow card · Weligton
- 71'Yellow card · Duda
- 86'Yellow card · Jesús Gámez
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ricardo Costa, Jordi Alba, Adil Rami, Jonas, Tino Costa, Sofiane Feghouli, Aritz Aduriz, Pablo Hernández, Mehmet Topal
Málaga line-up (4-4-2)
Willy Caballero, Jesús Gámez, Weligton, Martín Demichelis, Eliseu, Ignacio Camacho, Manuel Iturra, Isco, Joaquín, Javier Saviola, Júlio Baptista