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Valencia CF 2-1 Espanyol - December 13, 2008 / Liga BBVA 2008/2009

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Liga BBVA 2008/2009 - Round 15

Mestalla - Valencia - Spain

December 13, 2008

30 000

Valencia CF

2 - 1

Espanyol

(right foot) Raúl Albiol

58'

(left foot) Vicente

81'

28'

Román Martínez

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28' - Goal Román Martínez

38' - Red card Francisco Rufete

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52' - Substitution Manuel Fernandesis substituted by Fernando Morientes52

55' - Substitution Román Martínezis substituted by Marc Torrejón

58' - Goal Raúl Albiol58

60' - Substitution Joaquínis substituted by David Silva60

74' - Substitution Juan Manuel Matais substituted by Vicente74

74' - Substitution José Callejónis substituted by Valdo

81' - Goal Vicente81

83' - Substitution Nenêis substituted by Milan Smiljanic

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Valencia CF

2 - 1

Espanyol

Valencia CF Espanyol

Team line-ups

Valencia CF

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Villa

David Villa

Spain

B.date03/12/1981

Age27 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Mata74

Juan Manuel Mata

Spain

B.date28/04/1988

Age20 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

Baraja

Rubén Baraja

Spain

B.date11/07/1975

Age33 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Joaquín60

Joaquín

Spain

B.date21/07/1981

Age27 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Fernandes52

Manuel Fernandes

Portugal

B.date05/02/1986

Age22 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Albelda

David Albelda

Spain

B.date01/09/1977

Age31 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Moretti

Emiliano Moretti

Italy

B.date11/06/1981

Age27 years

H1m82

positionLeft central defender

Marchena

Carlos Marchena

Spain

B.date31/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Albiol58

Raúl Albiol

Spain

B.date04/09/1985

Age23 years

H1m87

positionRight central defender

Miguel

Portugal

B.date04/01/1980

Age28 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Renan Brito

Brazil

B.date24/01/1985

Age23 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Renan Brito		23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlos Marchena		29	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emiliano Moretti		27	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Raúl Albiol	58	23	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Miguel		28	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Albelda		31	346	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Manuel Fernandes	52	22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rubén Baraja		33	311	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Juan Manuel Mata	74	20	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joaquín	60	27	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Villa		27	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

159

Espanyol

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Callejón74

José Callejón

Spain

B.date11/02/1987

Age21 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Nenê83

Nenê

Brazil

B.date19/07/1981

Age27 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Luis García

Spain

B.date06/02/1981

Age27 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Rufete38

Francisco Rufete

Spain

B.date20/11/1976

Age32 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Martínez2855

Román Martínez

Argentina

B.date07/03/1983

Age25 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Moisés Hurtado

Spain

B.date20/02/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Béranger

Grégory Béranger

France

B.date30/08/1981

Age27 years

H1m74

positionLeft full-back

Pareja

Nicolás Pareja

Argentina

B.date19/01/1984

Age24 years

H1m81

positionRight central defender

Jarque

Daniel Jarque

Spain

B.date01/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Lacruz

Jesús María Lacruz

Spain

B.date25/04/1978

Age30 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Kameni

Idriss Kameni

Cameroon

B.date18/02/1984

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Idriss Kameni		24	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicolás Pareja		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Daniel Jarque		25	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jesús María Lacruz		30	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Grégory Béranger		27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Moisés Hurtado		27	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Román Martínez	2855	25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	José Callejón	74	21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nenê	83	27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis García		27	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Francisco Rufete	38	32	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Vicente	8174	27	283	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Silva	60	22	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Morientes	52	32	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Marc Torrejón	55	22	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Milan Smiljanic	83	22	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Valdo	74	27	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Emiliano Moretti

Asier Del Horno

OUT

Carlos Marchena

Hedwiges Maduro

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Luis García

Iván De la Peña

OUT

Jesús María Lacruz

Sergio Sánchez

OUT

Román Martínez

Milan Smiljanic

OUT

Moisés Hurtado

Ángel Martínez

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Unai Emery

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Emery vs Espanyol

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 2008

Emery vs Mané

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Mané

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Mané vs Valencia CF

3 victories

6 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on December 13, 2008

Mané vs Emery

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 2008

Referee

Eduardo Iturralde González

12 victories	6 draws	13 losses	Valencia CF31 matches	General total	Espanyol20 matches	4 victories	7 draws	9 losses
2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Valencia CF4 matches	Season total	Espanyol1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 04, 2012					Latest figure on September 12, 2010

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Key figures

It's the first time Vicente scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 31/03/2007 (with vs )

It's the first time Román Martínez scores 1 goal vs Espanyol in his professional career

Rubén Baraja played his game number 20 vs Valencia CF in his professional career

Read the next 9 key stats

General ranking

	1	FC Barcelona	38 pts	15 rd
+1	2	Valencia CF	30 pts	15 rd
-1	3	Villarreal	29 pts	14 rd
	4	Sevilla FC	27 pts	14 rd
	5	Real Madrid	26 pts	15 rd

General ranking

16	Mallorca	13 pts	14 rd
17	Athletic Bilbao	13 pts	14 rd
18	Espanyol	13 pts	15 rd
19	Recreativo Huelva	10 pts	14 rd
20	Osasuna	9 pts	14 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LValencia CF 2-4 Racing Santander01/11/2008

DValencia CF 1-1 FC Copenhagen06/11/2008

VValencia CF 3-0 Portugalete12/11/2008

LValencia CF 2-3 Sporting Gijón15/11/2008

VValencia CF 3-2 Real Betis30/11/2008

DValencia CF 1-1 Club Brugge04/12/2008

Overall

LValencia CF 2-3 Sporting Gijón15/11/2008

DSevilla FC 0-0 Valencia CF22/11/2008

VRosenborg 0-4 Valencia CF27/11/2008

VValencia CF 3-2 Real Betis30/11/2008

DValencia CF 1-1 Club Brugge04/12/2008

LFC Barcelona 4-0 Valencia CF06/12/2008

Current form

Away

DReal Madrid 2-2 Espanyol05/10/2008

LMallorca 3-0 Espanyol26/10/2008

DCelta Vigo 2-2 Espanyol29/10/2008

LDeportivo La Coruña 1-0 Espanyol09/11/2008

LRacing Santander 3-0 Espanyol23/11/2008

DReal Betis 1-1 Espanyol07/12/2008

Overall

LDeportivo La Coruña 1-0 Espanyol09/11/2008

VEspanyol 3-0 Celta Vigo12/11/2008

LEspanyol 3-4 Numancia16/11/2008

LRacing Santander 3-0 Espanyol23/11/2008

LEspanyol 0-1 Sporting Gijón30/11/2008

DReal Betis 1-1 Espanyol07/12/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	16	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	7	4
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	7	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	18
6	General ranking (Home / Away)	14
28	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	215
7	FBDB index ranking (National)	17

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

14	Number of games (Competition total)	14
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
8	Victories (Competition total)	3
5	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	4
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	7
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	11
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	20
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.79
2.71	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.57
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.43
1.57	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.71

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
6	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
3-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (2 times)

Bookings

36	Yellow cards (Competition total)	40
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	18
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

David Villa	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Luis García
David Villa	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Luis García
David Villa	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
David Villa	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Manuel Fernandes	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Manuel Fernandes	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
David Villa	12 goals during the last 14 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Coro

Historical head to head

Home

75 matches

49 v

18 d

8 l

156 gf

65 ga

Away

75 matches

20 v

14 d

41 l

91 gf

139 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

151 matches

70 v

32 d

49 l

250 gf

205 ga

Historical head to head

Home

75 matches

41 v

14 d

20 l

139 gf

91 ga

Away

75 matches

8 v

18 d

49 l

65 gf

156 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

151 matches

49 v

32 d

70 l

205 gf

250 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 16, 2006
Home	4 - 0	April 16, 2006

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	June 03, 1995
Away	3 - 1	January 21, 1940

Latest head to head

March 01, 2008 - Primera Division 2007/2008

Espanyol

2 - 0

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

October 06, 2007 - Primera Division 2007/2008

Valencia CF

1 - 2

Espanyol

March 31, 2007 - Primera Division 2006/2007

Valencia CF

3 - 2

Espanyol

November 05, 2006 - Primera Division 2006/2007

Espanyol

1 - 1

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

April 16, 2006 - Primera Division 2005/2006

Valencia CF

4 - 0

Espanyol

Best historical scorers against Espanyol

Mario Kempes	10 goals	1976 - 1982
Rubén Baraja	7 goals	2002 - 2007
Mista	6 goals	2003 - 2006
Fernando	4 goals	1988 - 1993
Claudio López	4 goals	1998 - 1999
David Villa	3 goals	2005 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/10/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Valencia CF

Raúl Tamudo	6 goals	1999 - 2005
Luis García	4 goals	2007 - 2008
Jordi Lardín	4 goals	1995 - 1996
Albert Riera	3 goals	2006 - 2007
José Maria Rodilla	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Michel Pineda	2 goals	1986 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/10/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Espanyol

Miguel Ángel Angulo	20 matches	1997 - 2007
Santiago Cañizares	20 matches	1998 - 2007
Ricardo Arias	15 matches	1977 - 1992
Rubén Baraja	14 matches	2000 - 2008
Amedeo Carboni	13 matches	1998 - 2006
Fernando	13 matches	1984 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/10/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Valencia CF

Raúl Tamudo	19 matches	1997 - 2007
Mauricio Pochettino	17 matches	1995 - 2006
Moisés Arteaga	12 matches	1995 - 2001
Cristóbal	11 matches	1996 - 2000
Toni	11 matches	1995 - 2003
David García	10 matches	2001 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/10/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Francisco Rufete

189 matches

57 matches

2001 - 2008

Iván Helguera

43 matches

40 matches

1998 - 2008

Oscar Garcia

29 matches

51 matches

1999 - 2004

Orlando Jimenez

29 matches

59 matches

1979 - 1986

Enric Cuxart

26 matches

13 matches

1990 - 1992

Jesús García Pitarch

17 matches

15 matches

1984 - 1986

Total : 10 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/04/1979. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Juan Luis Mora

7 matches

84 matches

1999 - 2008

Orlando Jimenez

29 matches

59 matches

1979 - 1986

Francisco Rufete

189 matches

57 matches

2001 - 2008

Oscar Garcia

29 matches

51 matches

1999 - 2004

Iván Helguera

43 matches

40 matches

1998 - 2008

Fran

2 matches

17 matches

1993 - 2002

Total : 10 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/04/1979. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

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FC Barcelona

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Real Madrid

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	FC Barcelona	38	15	12	2	1	46	9	+37
+12	Valencia CF	30	15	9	3	3	30	19	+11
-13	Villarreal	29	14	8	5	1	26	18	+8
4	Sevilla FC	27	14	8	3	3	22	14	+8
5	Real Madrid	26	15	8	2	5	33	26	+7
6	Atlético Madrid	24	14	7	3	4	33	21	+12
7	Deportivo La Coruña	24	14	7	3	4	16	14	+2
8	Valladolid	20	14	6	2	6	19	20	-1
9	Real Betis	18	14	5	3	6	21	19	+2
10	Getafe	18	14	4	6	4	17	19	-2
11	Málaga	18	14	5	3	6	21	25	-4
12	Sporting Gijón	18	14	6	0	8	23	32	-9
13	Racing Santander	16	14	4	4	6	16	20	-4
14	Almería	15	14	4	3	7	15	23	-8
15	Numancia	14	14	4	2	8	17	28	-11
16	Mallorca	13	14	3	4	7	16	25	-9
17	Athletic Bilbao	13	14	3	4	7	16	24	-8
18	Espanyol	13	15	3	4	8	12	22	-10
19	Recreativo Huelva	10	14	2	4	8	9	22	-13
20	Osasuna	9	14	1	6	7	11	19	-8

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Valencia CF 2-1 Espanyol - December 13, 2008 / Liga BBVA 2008/2009

Valencia CF

2 - 1

Espanyol

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Emery vs Espanyol

Emery vs Mané

Manager

Mané vs Valencia CF

Mané vs Emery

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Espanyol

Best historical scorers against Valencia CF

Players with most games played vs Espanyol

Players with most games played vs Valencia CF

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking