Spanish LALIGA

Espanyol vs Valencia 2021-22 LaLiga

  • 45'+2': Raúl de Tomás
FT
1 - 1
  • 37': Maxi Gómez

Espanyol held by Valencia to 1-1 day after firing coach

— Espanyol was held by Valencia to 1-1 at home on Saturday, a day after the club fired its coach and sports director with two games remaining in the Spanish league.

Match Commentary

  • 3': Fran Mérida (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 37': Goal! Espanyol 0, Valencia 1. Maximiliano Gómez (Valencia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thierry Correia.
  • 45': Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45'+2': Goal! Espanyol 1, Valencia 1. Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rubén Sánchez with a through ball.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Espanyol 1, Valencia 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Espanyol 1, Valencia 1.
  • 58': Substitution, Espanyol. Nicolás Melamed replaces Óscar Melendo.
  • 66': Substitution, Valencia. Yunus Musah replaces Eray Cömert because of an injury.
  • 68': Substitution, Espanyol. Adrián Embarba replaces Javier Puado.
  • 68': Substitution, Espanyol. Daniel Villahermosa replaces Fran Mérida.
  • 70': Sergi Darder (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 74': Substitution, Valencia. Bryan Gil replaces Carlos Soler.
  • 74': Substitution, Valencia. Gonçalo Guedes replaces Uros Racic.
  • 74': Substitution, Valencia. Denis Cheryshev replaces Marcos André.
  • 87': Substitution, Espanyol. Dídac Vilá replaces Tonny Vilhena.
  • 87': Substitution, Espanyol. Jofre Carreras replaces David López.
  • 89': Substitution, Valencia. Mario Dominguez replaces Maximiliano Gómez.
  • 90'+1': Omar Alderete (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+2': Dídac Vilá (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Espanyol 1, Valencia 1.

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Stage Front Stadium
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 14,990

Spanish LALIGA Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+44 Real Madrid 29 72 1
+26 Barcelona 29 64 3
+25 Girona 29 62 5
+24 Athletic Club 29 56 5
Full Table

Statistics

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15 Fouls 18
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 3
3 Corner Kicks 2
2 Saves 4
51.9 Possession 48.1
18 SHOTS 5
5 ON GOAL 3
0.3 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
328 Accurate Passes 315
408 Passes 384
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
6 Accurate Crosses 1
21 Crosses 10
0.3 Cross % 0.1
55 Long Balls 53
20 Accurate Long Balls 26
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 0
6 Effective Tackles 6
10 Tackles 12
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
14 Interceptions 7
10 Effective Clearances 20
10 Clearances 20

Line-Ups

ESP Espanyol (4-4-2)

No. Name
13 Diego López (GK)
15 David López
24 Sergi Gómez
4 Leandro Cabrera
39 Rubén Sánchez
8 Fran Mérida Yellow Card
10 Sergi Darder Yellow Card
19 Tonny Vilhena
14 Óscar Melendo
11 Raúl de Tomás Yellow Card
9 Javier Puado

VAL Valencia (5-3-2)

No. Name
13 Jasper Cillessen (GK)
24 Eray Cömert
15 Omar Alderete Yellow Card
20 Dimitri Foulquier
14 José Gayà
2 Thierry Correia
8 Uros Racic
23 Moriba Kourouma
10 Carlos Soler
22 Marcos André
9 Maxi Gómez

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