Espanyol and Valencia draw 1-1 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT. Valencia and Espanyol draw 1-1. M. Gomez scored the first goal (37') for Valencia. R. de made it even (45').

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Espanyol and Valencia draw 1-1 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT. Valencia and Espanyol draw 1-1. M. Gomez scored the first goal (37′) for Valencia. R. de made it even (45′).

The match was played at the RCDE Stadium stadium in Cornella de Llobregat on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. In front of 14,990 spectators.​ The referee was Alejandro Muñíz Ruiz with the collaboration of Marcos Cerdán Aguilar and Ignacio Alonso López. The 4th official was Daniel Pastoriza Iglesias. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 23.3 degrees Celsius or 73.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Espanyol

1 - 1

Team 1

Valencia

  • 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
  • 6 Total 17
  • 4 On Target 4
  • 2 Off Target 13
  • 0 Shots blocked 3
  • 61 Attack 136
  • 18 Dangerous attack 40
  • 79 Ball safe 64
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 3
Fouls
  • 18 Total 15
  • 4 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Espanyol was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Valencia that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Valencia was putting more pressure with 40 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Valencia to win the contest​.

Espanyol shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Valencia shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Espanyol received 4 yellow cards (F. Merida, R. de Tomas, S. Darder and D. Vila). On the other side, Valencia received 1 yellow card (O. Alderete).

Match Timeline

3'
37'
Javi Puado(var)
43'
45'
45'
Nico Melamed- sub ->O. Melendo
58'
69'
69'
69'
70'
74'
74'
74'
Jofre Carreras- sub ->D. Lopez
86'
87'
89'
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Real Madrid
86
38
FC Barcelona
73
38
Atlético Madrid
71
38
Sevilla
70
38
Real Betis
65
38
Real Sociedad
62
38
Villarreal
59
38
Athletic Club
55
38
Valencia
48
38
Osasuna
47
38
Celta de Vigo
46
38
Rayo Vallecano
42
38
Elche
42
38
Espanyol
42
38
Getafe
39
38
Cádiz
39
38
Mallorca
39
38
Granada
38
38
Levante
35
38
Deportivo Alavés
31
38

After this match, Espanyol will have 41 points to remain in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Valencia will have 45 points to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

Espanyol – Formation

Espanyol
G
Diego López 13.Spain
7.1
D
Leandro Cabrera 4.Uruguay
6.7
D
Sergi Gómez 24.Spain
6.8
D
David López 15.Spain
6.9
86'
D
Rubén Sánchez 39.Spain
7.4
M
Fran Mérida 8.Spain
6.7
69' 3'
M
Tonny Vilhena 19.Netherlands
6.2
87'
M
Sergi Darder 10.Spain
6.0
70'
M
Óscar Melendo 14.Spain
6.7
58'
F
Raúl de Tomás 11.Spain
7.1
45' Goals45'
F
Javi Puado 9.Spain
6.8
69'
Substitutes
G
Joan García 34.Spain
G
Oier Olazábal 1.Spain
D
Miguel Llambrich 2.Spain
D
D. Vilá 17.Spain
87' 90'
D
Fernando Calero 5.Spain
M
Nico Melamed 21.Spain
7.2
58'
M
Daniel Villahermosa 40.Spain
6.3
69'
F
Adrián Embarba 23.Spain
7.0
69'
F
Lei Wu 7.China
F
L. Dimata 18.Belgium
F
Jofre Carreras 29.Spain
86'
F
Loren Morón 16.Spain

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

The manager Vicente Moreno Peris decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Espanyol made 5 changes: O. Melendo for N. Melamed (58′), J. Puado for A. Embarba (69′), F. Merida for D. Villahermosa (69′), D. Lopez for Jofre (86′) and T. Vilhena for D. Vila (87′).

Valencia – Formation

Valencia
G
Jasper Cillessen 13.Netherlands
6.6
D
Dimitri Foulquier 20.Guadeloupe
7.0
D
José Gayà  14.Spain
7.1
D
Omar Alderete 15.Paraguay
6.8
90'
D
Eray Cömert 24.Switzerland
6.4
69'
D
Thierry Correia 2.Portugal
6.8
M
Carlos Soler 10.Spain
6.2
74'
M
Uroš Račić 8.Serbia
7.3
74'
M
Ilaix Moriba 23.Guinea
6.4
F
Maxi Gómez 9.Uruguay
7.2
89' Goals37'
F
Marcos André 22.Brazil
7.3
74'
Substitutes
G
Giorgi Mamardashvili 28.Georgia
G
Jaume Doménech 1.Spain
D
Cristhian Mosquera 37.Spain
D
Jesús Vázquez 32.Spain
D
Mouctar Diakhaby  12.Guinea
M
Denis Cheryshev 17.Russia
6.5
74'
M
Mario Dominguez 46.Spain
89'
M
Gonçalo Guedes 7.Portugal
6.8
74'
M
Yellu Santiago 44.Spain
M
Yunus Musah 4.England
6.4
69'
M
Koba Koindredi 18.France
F
Bryan Gil 21.Spain
6.2
74'

Valencia started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

José Bordalás Jiménez played with: .

Valencia could not rely on the presence of Y. Musah (injured).

Substitutions

Valencia made 5 changes: E. Comert for Y. Musah (69′), C. Soler for B. Gil (74′), U. Racic for G. Guedes (74′), Marcos Andre for D. Cheryshev (74′) and M. Gomez for M. Dominguez (89′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga.​