La Liga: Espanyol recovers a 0-1 deficit to beat Valencia 2-1

VALENCIA. Espanyol was able to turn the table against Valencia to win 2-1.

VALENCIA. Espanyol managed to turn the table against Valencia to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Valencia to strike first with a goal of O. Alderete at the 51′. Then it was a penalty in the 83′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, J. Puado gave the win to Espanyol in the 89′ minute with a goal. Espanyol took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).

H. Duro received a red card (83′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Valencia lost the match.

The match was played at the Estadio de Mestalla stadium in Valencia on Friday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was José María Sánchez Martínez who had the assistance of Raúl Cabañero Martínez and José Gallego García. The 4th official was Jorge Díaz Escudero. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 16.1 degrees Celsius or 61.02 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 42%.​

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  Valencia

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  Espanyol

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  31 Dec 2021 Full time

Match Statistics

Espanyol was in firm control of the ball 58% while Valencia was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Valencia was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Espanyol was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Valencia shot 11 times, 1 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Espanyol shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Valencia received 6 yellow cards (T. Correia, G. Guedes, D. Wass, R. Iranzo, H. Duro and J. Cillessen). On the opposite side, Espanyol received 3 yellow cards (N. Melamed, O. Gil and A. Pedrosa).

H. Duro (Valencia) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (83′).

After playing this match, Valencia will stay with 28 points like FC Barcelona to stay in the 8th place. On the other side, Espanyol will have 23 points to stay in the 11th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming La Liga match, Valencia will play away with Real Madrid on the 8th of January with a 19-7 head to head record in favor of Real Madrid (9 draws).

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  Real Madrid

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  Valencia

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  8 Jan 2022 Full time

Espanyol will host Elche on the 10th of January with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Elche (2 draws).

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  Espanyol

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  Elche

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  10 Jan 2022 Full time

Valencia: Formation and Lineups

Valencia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager José Bordalás Jiménez chose to play with the following team: Jasper Cillessen (6.6), Thierry Correia (7.3), Hugo Guillamón (6.8), Omar Alderete (7.1), Jesús Vázquez (6.9), Hélder Costa (7.1), Carlos Soler (6.6), Daniel Wass (6.8), Hugo Duro (7.1), Maximiliano Gómez (7.0) and Gonçalo Guedes (6.2).

Substitutes

Valencia made 4 changes: J. Vazquez for C. Piccini (67′), T. Correia for R. Iranzo (78′), H. Costa for D. Cheryshev (85′) and D. Wass for K. Koindredi (85′).

Top player: Thierry Correia

The player who no doubt impressed Valencia the most was Thierry Correia.

His rating is (7.3) with 31 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

Espanyol: Formation and Lineups

Espanyol started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

On the other side, Vicente Moreno Peris played with: Diego López (6.4), Aleix Vidal (6.7), Sergi Gómez (7.0), Leandro Cabrera (7.3), Adrià Pedrosa (7.0), Keidi Bare (7.2), Sergi Darder (6.4), Nicolás Melamed (6.1), Adrián Embarba (7.0), Loren Morón (6.9) and Raúl de Tomás (6.6).

Substitutes

Espanyol made 5 changes: A. Embarba for J. Puado (62′), N. Melamed for O. Gil (71′), L. Moron for L. Dimata (71′), A. Vidal for Jofre (82′) and K. Bare for M. Morlanes (82′).

Top player: Leandro Cabrera

The player who no doubt impressed Espanyol the most was Leandro Cabrera even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.3) with 64 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.