La Liga
Espanyol 2-2 Valencia
Espanyol vs Valencia finished 2-2 in La Liga. Key event: 6' Luis Rioja (assist José Gayá · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 89.3%, 30.1%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 1-5-2. Home form: L W W D W; Away form: W W L L W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.
Match context 4 facts
Home form
L W W D W
10 pts, goals 8-7, 1.60 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match
Away form
W W L L W
9 pts, goals 7-12, 1.40 scored/match, 2.40 conceded/match
Espanyol · season record
3 W · 1 D · 1 L
2025: 5 recorded matches, goals 8–7; before 23 Sep 2025 UTC. Not official standings.
Valencia · season record
2 W · 1 D · 2 L
2025: 5 recorded matches, goals 6–8; before 23 Sep 2025 UTC. Not official standings.
Shot map 26 shots · 4 goals
Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.
Attempt
Goal
Marker size = xG
Timeline 45 events
6'
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shot
Luis Rioja
VAL assist José Gayá xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 89.3%, 30.1%
8'
•
shot
Pepelu
VAL xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.5%, 34.3%
14'
•
shot
Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld
VAL assist Luis Rioja xG 0.56 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 96.7%, 55%
15'
⚽
Goal
Arnaut Danjuma
0–1 VAL assist Luis Rioja
16'
•
shot
Javi Puado
ESP assist Kike García xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.2%, 73.2%
21'
•
shot
Kike García
ESP xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.7%, 58.2%
31'
•
shot
Leandro Cabrera
ESP assist Edu Expósito xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 93.8%, 61%
31'
•
shot
Kike García
ESP xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 98%, 61.5%
36'
•
shot
Javi Puado
ESP assist Edu Expósito xG 0.41 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 89.8%, 46%
36'
•
shot
Javi Puado
ESP xG 0.54 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 93.3%, 46.8%
36'
•
shot
Charles Pickel
ESP assist Javi Puado xG 0.15 · From Corner · location 95.4%, 41.1%
38'
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shot
Leandro Cabrera
ESP assist Edu Expósito xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 91.8%, 41.7%
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38'
Yellow
Mouctar Diakhaby
VAL Yellow card
38'
Yellow
Charles Pickel
ESP Yellow card
40'
shot
Tyrhys Dolan
ESP assist Kike García xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.1%, 29.4%
43'
Yellow
Diego López
VAL Yellow card
54'
Yellow
Baptiste Santamaria
VAL Yellow card
57'
Sub
Roberto Fernández
ESP on for Charles Pickel
59'
Goal
Leandro Cabrera
1–1ESP assist Edu Expósito
60'
Sub
Lucas Beltrán
VAL on for Diego López
60'
Sub
Filip Ugrinić
VAL on for Pepelu
62'
Goal
Hugo Duro
1–2VAL assist Filip Ugrinić
68'
shot
Edu Expósito
ESP assist Roberto Fernández xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.3%, 49.8%
68'
Sub
Rubén Sánchez
ESP on for Omar El Hilali
68'
Sub
Urko González
ESP on for Pol Lozano
71'
Sub
Thierry Correia
VAL on for Arnaut Danjuma
73'
shot
Roberto Fernández
ESP assist Kike García xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 73.1%, 51.9%
76'
shot
Kike García
ESP assist Roberto Fernández xG 0.41 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92%, 58.6%
76'
Sub
Javier Guerra
VAL on for Luis Rioja
76'
Sub
Jesús Vázquez
VAL on for José Luis Gayà · Injury substitution
82'
Sub
Antoniu Roca
ESP on for Tyrhys Dolan
82'
Sub
Jose Salinas
ESP on for Carlos Romero
84'
shot
Edu Expósito
ESP assist Javi Puado xG 0.37 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 94.7%, 43.3%
90+4'
Yellow
Julen Agirrezabala
VAL Yellow card
90+6'
Goal
Javi Puado
2–2ESP assist Roberto Fernández
91'
shot
Javi Puado
ESP assist Roberto Fernández xG 0.51 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.4%, 47.8%
Head-to-head H2H last 12: 2-4-6
Valencia leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 4 wins, 2 losses, 6 draws. Latest meeting: 24 Jan 2026 · Valencia vs Espanyol · 3 - 2.
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Team statistics 20 metrics
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Lineups
Valencia
4-4-2 · Manager Carlos Corberán 25
J
Julen Agirrezabala
GK
20
D
Dimitri Foulquier
DEF
5
C
César Tárrega
DEF
4
M
Mouctar Diakhaby
DEF
14
J
José Luis Gayà · Captain
DEF
11
L
Luis Rioja
MID
22
B
Baptiste Santamaria
MID
18
P
Pepelu
MID
16
D
Diego López
MID
7
A
Arnaut Danjuma
FWD
9
H
Hugo Duro
FWD
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23
F
Filip Ugrinić
MID
15
L
Lucas Beltrán
MID
12
T
Thierry Correia
DEF
21
J
Jesús Vázquez
DEF
8
J
Javier Guerra
MID
1
S
Stole Dimitrievski
GK
3
J
José Copete
DEF
24
E
Eray Cömert
DEF
10
A
André Almeida
MID
19
D
Dani Raba
FWD
27
D
David Otorbi
FWD
17
L
Largie Ramazani
FWD
Espanyol
4-2-3-1 · Manager Manolo Gonzalez 13
M
Marko Dmitrović
GK
23
O
Omar El Hilali
DEF
38
C
Clemens Riedel
DEF
6
L
Leandro Cabrera
DEF
22
C
Carlos Romero
DEF
10
P
Pol Lozano
MID
8
E
Edu Expósito
MID
24
T
Tyrhys Dolan
MID
18
C
Charles Pickel
MID
7
J
Javi Puado · Captain
MID
19
K
Kike García
FWD
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9
R
Roberto Fernández
FWD
2
R
Rubén Sánchez
DEF
4
U
Urko González
MID
12
J
Jose Salinas
DEF
20
A
Antoniu Roca
FWD
1
A
Angel Fortuno
GK
5
F
Fernando Calero
DEF
15
M
Miguel Rubio
DEF
27
J
Javier Hernández
MID
14
R
Ramón Terrats
MID
17
J
Jofre Carreras
FWD
16
L
Luca Koleosho
FWD