Espanyol vs Valencia
Ref: Jose Luis Guzman Mansilla, SpainStage Front Stadium, Cornella de Llobregat · 40,423 cap
Match recap
Espanyol and Valencia drew 2–2 in their La Liga fixture. Cabrera and Javi Puado scored for Espanyol; Danjuma and Duro replied for Valencia. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 2.57 for Espanyol versus 0.74 for Valencia. Espanyol sit 11th in the La Liga table while Valencia are 9th.
First Half
15'
⚽
Danjuma
Assist: Luis Rioja
38'
Diakhaby
Yellow Card
Pickel
Yellow Card
43'
López
Yellow Card
Second Half
54'
Santamaría
Yellow Card
⇄
Pickel
⚽
Cabrera
Assist: Edu Expósito
60'
⇄
López
60'
⇄
Pepelu
62'
⚽
Duro
Assist: Ugrinic
⇄
El Hilali
⇄
Lozano
71'
⇄
Danjuma
76'
⇄
José Gayà
76'
⇄
Luis Rioja
⇄
Dolan
⇄
Romero
90+4'
Agirrezabala
Yellow Card
⚽
Javi Puado
Assist: Fernández
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Barcelona | 38 | 31 | 1 | 6 | +59 | 94 |
| 8 |  Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | -3 | 50 |
| 9 |  Valencia | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 49 |
| 10 |  Real Sociedad | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | -2 | 46 |
| 11 |  Espanyol | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | -12 | 46 |
| 12 |  Athletic Club | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | -15 | 45 |
As of 20 Apr 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
EspanyolValencia
12Won
Statistical edge
12–2
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
2.57VS0.74
Attack6 · 0 won
21
Shots
5
10
Shots on target
2
15
Shots in the box
4
6
Shots outside box
1
7
Shots off goal
2
8
Corners
3
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
56%
Possession
44%
440
Total passes
369
356
Accurate passes
281
81%
Pass accuracy
76%
Discipline1 · 1 won
9
Fouls
9
1
Yellow cards
4
5
Offsides
2
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
0
Goalkeeper saves
6
4
Blocked shots
1
0
Goals prevented
0
Espanyol
4-2-3-1
Valencia
4-4-2
Espanyol
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 6L. CabreraD
- 7Javi PuadoM
- 8Edu ExpósitoM
- 10Pol LozanoM
- 13M. DmitrovićG
- 18C. PickelM
- 19Kike GarcíaF
- 22Carlos RomeroD
- 23O. El HilaliD
- 24T. DolanM
- 38C. RiedelD
Substitutes
- 1Ángel FortuñoG
- 2Rubén SánchezD
- 4Urko GonzálezM
- 5Fernando CaleroD
- 9Roberto FernándezF
- 12José SalinasD
- 14Ramón TerratsM
- 15Miguel RubioD
- 16L. KoleoshoF
- 17Jofre CarrerasF
- 20Antoniu RocaF
- 27Javier HernandezM
Valencia
4-4-2Starting XI
- 4M. DiakhabyD
- 5César TárregaD
- 7A. DanjumaF
- 9Hugo DuroF
- 11Luis RiojaM
- 14José GayàD
- 16Diego LópezM
- 18PepeluM
- 20D. FoulquierD
- 22B. SantamaríaM
- 25Julen AgirrezabalaG
Substitutes
- 1S. DimitrievskiG
- 3CopeteD
- 8Javi GuerraM
- 10André AlmeidaM
- 12Thierry CorreiaD
- 15L. BeltránM
- 17L. RamazaniF
- 19Dani RabaF
- 21Jesús VázquezD
- 23F. UgrinicM
- 24E. CömertD
- 27David OtorbiF
Espanyol
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leandro Cabrera | D | 90 | 7.9 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Clemens Riedel | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Javi Puado(C) | M | 90 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1/2 |
| Edu Expósito | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2/3 |
| Kike García | F | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1/2 |
| Pol Lozano | M | 68 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Marko Dmitrović | G | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Charles Pickel | M | 57 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Carlos Romero | D | 82 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Omar El Hilali | D | 68 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tyrhys Dolan | M | 82 | 6.0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/4 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Miguel Rubio | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Luca Koleosho | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Javier Hernandez | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ramón Terrats | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Angel Fortuno | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jofre Carreras | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fernando Calero | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Roberto Fernández | F | 33 | 7.7 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — |
| Rubén Sánchez | D | 22 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Antoniu Roca | F | 8 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jose Salinas | D | 8 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Urko González | M | 22 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Valencia
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julen Agirrezabala | G | 90 | 8.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hugo Duro | F | 90 | 8.0 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 |
| Arnaut Danjuma | F | 71 | 8.0 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/3 |
| César Tárrega | D | 90 | 7.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| José Luis Gayà(C) | D | 76 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Luis Rioja | M | 76 | 7.0 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Mouctar Diakhaby | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |
| Dimitri Foulquier | D | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Baptiste Santamaria | M | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pepelu | M | 60 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Diego López | M | 60 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| David Otorbi | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Largie Ramazani | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dani Raba | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| André Almeida | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| José Copete | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stole Dimitrievski | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eray Cömert | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Filip Ugrinić | M | 30 | 7.0 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2/2 |
| Lucas Beltrán | M | 30 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Javier Guerra | M | 14 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thierry Correia | D | 19 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jesús Vázquez | D | 14 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |