Espanyol vs Valencia, 2022-23 LaLiga
· Spanish LALIGAAbout
Espanyol are hosting Valencia
at RCDE Stadium, Barcelona, Spain, starting on
. The match is a part of the Spanish LALIGA.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Vinicius Souza (Espanyol).
- 1': Samuel Lino (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Thierry Correia.
- 5': Attempt saved. Javier Puado (Espanyol) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fernando Calero.
- 5': Foul by Hugo Guillamón (Valencia).
- 5': Javier Puado (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 10': Attempt saved. Samuel Lino (Valencia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ilaix Moriba.
- 13': Attempt missed. Edinson Cavani (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Samuel Lino.
- 14': Foul by Edinson Cavani (Valencia).
- 14': Sergi Gómez (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Foul by Javier Puado (Espanyol).
- 15': Ilaix Moriba (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Attempt saved. Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergi Darder.
- 17': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Thierry Correia.
- 20': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Leandro Cabrera.
- 21': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Thierry Correia.
- 23': Attempt missed. Samuel Lino (Valencia) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by André Almeida.
- 27': Foul by Ilaix Moriba (Valencia).
- 27': Vinicius Souza (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Foul by Hugo Guillamón (Valencia).
- 29': Vinicius Souza (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Foul by Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol).
- 31': Thierry Correia (Valencia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 32': Foul by Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia).
- 32': Joselu (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 32': Delay in match because of an injury Joselu (Espanyol).
- 33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 34': Foul by André Almeida (Valencia).
- 34': Sergi Darder (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Foul by Joselu (Espanyol).
- 36': Samu Castillejo (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Foul by Vinicius Souza (Espanyol).
- 38': Ilaix Moriba (Valencia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 39': Foul by Thierry Correia (Valencia).
- 39': Javier Puado (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Foul by Vinicius Souza (Espanyol).
- 40': Samuel Lino (Valencia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 41': Attempt missed. Gabriel Paulista (Valencia) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by José Gayà with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 42': Foul by Javier Puado (Espanyol).
- 42': Ilaix Moriba (Valencia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 42': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Vinicius Souza.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Edinson Cavani (Valencia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 43': Foul by Sergi Darder (Espanyol).
- 43': Hugo Guillamón (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Foul by Fernando Calero (Espanyol).
- 44': Ilaix Moriba (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Espanyol 0, Valencia 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Espanyol 0, Valencia 0.
- 45': Substitution, Espanyol. Aleix Vidal replaces Javier Puado.
- 45': Substitution, Valencia. Justin Kluivert replaces Samu Castillejo.
- 46': Attempt blocked. Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergi Darder.
- 46': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Thierry Correia.
- 49': Offside, Espanyol. Fernando Calero tries a through ball, but Martin Braithwaite is caught offside.
- 51': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Mouctar Diakhaby.
- 53': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Vinicius Souza.
- 53': Goal! Espanyol 0, Valencia 1. Gabriel Paulista (Valencia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Gayà with a cross following a corner.
- 55': Brian Oliván (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Foul by Justin Kluivert (Valencia).
- 56': Goal! Espanyol 1, Valencia 1. Joselu (Espanyol) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 58': Foul by Sergi Darder (Espanyol).
- 58': Justin Kluivert (Valencia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 58': Sergi Darder (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 59': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Sergi Gómez.
- 62': Offside, Valencia. José Gayà tries a through ball, but Edinson Cavani is caught offside.
- 62': Substitution, Espanyol. Keidi Bare replaces Edu Expósito.
- 62': Attempt saved. Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Álvaro Fernández.
- 62': Sergi Darder (Espanyol) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Aleix Vidal.
- 63': Brian Oliván (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Foul by Justin Kluivert (Valencia).
- 65': Foul by Aleix Vidal (Espanyol).
- 65': José Gayà (Valencia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 66': Attempt missed. Edinson Cavani (Valencia) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is too high from a direct free kick.
- 67': Foul by Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol).
- 67': Gabriel Paulista (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Attempt missed. Joselu (Espanyol) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
- 69': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Thierry Correia.
- 70': Attempt blocked. Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergi Darder with a cross.
- 70': Attempt missed. Keidi Bare (Espanyol) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 73': Delay in match because of an injury Fernando Calero (Espanyol).
- 73': Substitution, Valencia. Marcos André replaces Edinson Cavani.
- 73': Substitution, Valencia. Nico González replaces André Almeida.
- 74': Substitution, Valencia. Eray Cömert replaces Gabriel Paulista.
- 74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 74': Substitution, Espanyol. Nicolás Melamed replaces Fernando Calero because of an injury.
- 74': Foul by Hugo Guillamón (Valencia).
- 74': Nicolás Melamed (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Foul by Brian Oliván (Espanyol).
- 76': Justin Kluivert (Valencia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 76': Brian Oliván (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 78': Attempt missed. Marcos André (Valencia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
- 80': Foul by Keidi Bare (Espanyol).
- 80': Marcos André (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Attempt saved. Hugo Guillamón (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Justin Kluivert.
- 81': Dangerous play by Marcos André (Valencia).
- 81': Nicolás Melamed (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Goal! Espanyol 2, Valencia 1. Sergi Darder (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Martin Braithwaite.
- 84': Substitution, Valencia. Hugo Duro replaces Ilaix Moriba.
- 85': Foul by Marcos André (Valencia).
- 85': Vinicius Souza (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Marcos André (Valencia) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
- 85': Delay in match because of an injury Vinicius Souza (Espanyol).
- 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 87': Substitution, Espanyol. Simo replaces Sergi Darder.
- 87': Substitution, Espanyol. Pol Lozano replaces Vinicius Souza.
- 88': Foul by Nico González (Valencia).
- 88': Keidi Bare (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol).
- 90': Thierry Correia (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': VAR Decision: Card upgraded Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol).
- 90'+2': Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
- 90'+4': Attempt saved. Nico González (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Thierry Correia.
- 90'+4': Aleix Vidal (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Foul by Samuel Lino (Valencia).
- 90'+6': Goal! Espanyol 2, Valencia 2. Eray Cömert (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
- 90'+7': Foul by Keidi Bare (Espanyol).
- 90'+7': Nico González (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+8': Foul by Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia).
- 90'+8': Nicolás Melamed (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+8': Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+9': Attempt missed. Justin Kluivert (Valencia) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by José Gayà with a cross.
- 90'+10': Second Half ends, Espanyol 2, Valencia 2.
- 0': Match ends, Espanyol 2, Valencia 2.
Statistics
VAL |
ESP![]() |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 16 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 1 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 3 | Saves | 3 |
| 62.5 | Possession | 37.5 |
| 12 | SHOTS | 10 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 412 | Accurate Passes | 202 |
| 499 | Passes | 294 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 16 | Crosses | 16 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 62 | Long Balls | 76 |
| 36 | Accurate Long Balls | 37 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 9 |
| 11 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 12 | Interceptions | 11 |
| 24 | Effective Clearances | 21 |
| 24 | Clearances | 21 |
Game Information
Competition: Spanish LALIGA
Venue: RCDE Stadium
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 19,766
Venue: RCDE Stadium
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 19,766
LALIGA Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 18 | +31 | 46 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 18 | +20 | 42 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 18 | +17 | 37 |
| 4 | Villarreal | 16 | +16 | 35 |
Line-Ups
Espanyol (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 25 | Álvaro Fernández (GK) |
| 4 | Leandro Cabrera |
| 24 | Sergi Gómez |
| 14 | Brian Oliván |
| 5 | Fernando Calero |
| 20 | Edu Expósito |
| 12 | Vinicius Souza |
| 10 | Sergi Darder |
| 9 | Joselu |
| 17 | Martin Braithwaite |
| 7 | Javier Puado |
Valencia (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 25 | Giorgi Mamardashvili (GK) |
| 12 | Mouctar Diakhaby |
| 5 | Gabriel Paulista |
| 14 | José Gayà |
| 2 | Thierry Correia |
| 6 | Hugo Guillamón |
| 8 | Ilaix Moriba |
| 18 | André Almeida |
| 7 | Edinson Cavani |
| 16 | Samuel Lino |
| 11 | Samu Castillejo |
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