La Liga
Valencia 1-2 Espanyol
Valencia vs Espanyol finished 1-2 in La Liga. Key event: 0 Daniel Wass (assist Maxi Gómez · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 75.7%, 56.9%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 6-1-1. Home form: W W W W W; Away form: L W W L W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.
Match context 4 facts
Home form
W W W W W
15 pts, goals 14-6, 2.80 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match
Away form
L W W L W
9 pts, goals 10-10, 2.00 scored/match, 2.00 conceded/match
Valencia · season record
7 W · 7 D · 4 L
2021/2022: 18 recorded matches, goals 30–26; before 31 Dec 2021 UTC. Not official standings.
Espanyol · season record
6 W · 5 D · 7 L
2021/2022: 18 recorded matches, goals 20–21; before 31 Dec 2021 UTC. Not official standings.
Shot map 27 shots · 3 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 49 events
0
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shot
Daniel Wass
VAL assist Maxi Gómez · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 75.7%, 56.9%
8'
•
shot
Hugo Duro
VAL assist Hélder Costa · xG 0.05 · Open Play · location 90.7%, 46.6%
12'
Yellow
Thierry Correia
VAL Yellow card
19'
Yellow
Gonçalo Guedes
VAL Yellow card
22'
•
shot
Daniel Wass
VAL assist Jesús Vázquez · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.2%, 36.9%
25'
•
shot
Adrià Pedrosa
ESP assist Adrián Embarba · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.9%, 69.6%
27'
•
shot
Daniel Wass
VAL xG 0.02 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 79.9%, 29.6%
27'
•
shot
Carlos Soler
VAL assist Thierry Correia · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.1%, 67.7%
30'
Yellow
Nicolás Melamed
ESP Yellow card
32'
•
shot
Raúl de Tomás
ESP xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 77.3%, 76.4%
32'
•
shot
Loren Morón
ESP assist Keidi Bare · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 71.9%, 36.5%
35'
•
shot
Nicolás Melamed
ESP assist Loren Morón · xG 0.1 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.4%, 41.9%
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42'
shot
Adrián Embarba
ESP assist Nicolás Melamed · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.5%, 35.9%
43'
shot
Raúl de Tomás
ESP assist Aleix Vidal · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 89.6%, 67.2%
45'
shot
Raúl de Tomás
ESP assist Loren Morón · xG 0.24 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.2%, 59.9%
51'
Goal
Omar Alderete
1–0VAL assist Hélder Costa
61'
Sub
Javi Puado
ESP on for Adrián Embarba
63'
Yellow
Daniel Wass
VAL Yellow card
67'
Sub
Cristiano Piccini
VAL on for Jesús Vázquez
71'
Sub
Nany Dimata
ESP on for Loren Morón
71'
Sub
Óscar Gil
ESP on for Nicolás Melamed
75'
shot
Raúl de Tomás
ESP assist Aleix Vidal · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 78.6%, 38%
78'
Yellow
Rubén Iranzo
VAL Yellow card
78'
Sub
Rubén Iranzo
VAL on for Thierry Correia · Injury substitution
79'
Yellow
Óscar Gil
ESP Yellow card
79'
Yellow
Hugo Duro
VAL Yellow card
81'
Sub
Manu Morlanes
ESP on for Keidi Bare
81'
Sub
Jofre Carreras
ESP on for Aleix Vidal
82'
Red
Hugo Duro
VAL Second yellow
83'
Goal
Raúl de Tomás
1–1ESP Penalty
84'
Sub
Koba Koindredi
VAL on for Daniel Wass
84'
Sub
Denis Cheryshev
VAL on for Hélder Costa
85'
shot
Cristiano Piccini
VAL assist Gonçalo Guedes · xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 96.1%, 36.6%
88'
Goal
Javi Puado
1–2ESP assist Jofre Carreras
90+3'
Yellow
Adrià Pedrosa
ESP Yellow card
90+6'
Yellow
Jasper Cillessen
VAL Yellow card
90'
shot
Koba Koindredi
VAL assist Carlos Soler · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 71.4%, 46.4%
95'
shot
Javi Puado
ESP assist Jofre Carreras · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.7%, 68%
Head-to-head H2H last 12: 4-1-7
Valencia leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 4 wins, 1 loss, 7 draws. Latest meeting: 24 Jan 2026 · Valencia vs Espanyol · 3 - 2.
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Team statistics 18 metrics
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Lineups
Espanyol
4-3-3 · Manager Vicente Moreno 13
D
Diego López · Captain
GK
22
A
Aleix Vidal
DEF
24
S
Sergi Gómez
DEF
4
L
Leandro Cabrera
DEF
3
A
Adrià Pedrosa
DEF
20
K
Keidi Bare
MID
10
S
Sergi Darder
MID
21
N
Nicolás Melamed
MID
23
A
Adrián Embarba
FWD
16
L
Loren Morón
FWD
11
R
Raúl de Tomás
FWD
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9
J
Javi Puado
FWD
12
Ó
Óscar Gil
DEF
18
N
Nany Dimata
FWD
6
M
Manu Morlanes
MID
29
J
Jofre Carreras
FWD
1
O
Oier Olazábal
GK
2
M
Miguelón
DEF
27
A
Aleix Gorjón
DEF
17
D
Dídac Vila
DEF
14
Ó
Óscar Melendo
MID
40
D
Daniel Villahermosa
MID
7
W
Wu Lei
FWD
Valencia
4-4-2 · Manager José Bordalás 13
J
Jasper Cillessen
GK
2
T
Thierry Correia
DEF
6
H
Hugo Guillamón
DEF
15
O
Omar Alderete
DEF
32
J
Jesús Vázquez
DEF
11
H
Hélder Costa
MID
10
C
Carlos Soler · Captain
MID
18
D
Daniel Wass
MID
19
H
Hugo Duro
MID
9
M
Maximiliano Gómez
FWD
7
G
Gonçalo Guedes
FWD
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24
C
Cristiano Piccini
DEF
39
R
Rubén Iranzo
DEF
27
K
Koba Koindredi
MID
17
D
Denis Cheryshev
MID
1
J
Jaume Doménech
GK
28
G
Giorgi Mamardashvili
GK
34
J
José Menargues
DEF
36
A
Alessandro Burlamaqui
MID
16
Á
Álex Blanco
FWD
4
Y
Yunus Musah
MID
26
P
Pedro Alemañ
MID
21
M
Manu Vallejo
FWD