Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, March 2, 2019
Real Valladolid WLDLL 1
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Espanyol LDWDD 3
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VLL101
ESP123
RCDE Stadium · 20,059 att.

Match Report

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Wu Lei becomes first Chinese goal scorer in La Liga in Espanyol win vs. Valladolid

Espanyol forward Wu Lei became the first Chinese footballer to score in Spain's top-division La Liga, netting his side's final goal in a 3-1 win.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
2
46.3
Possession
53.7
14
SHOTS
15
3
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
273
Accurate Passes
350
367
Passes
434
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
4
17
Crosses
18
0.4
Cross %
0.2
79
Long Balls
56
30
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
4
11
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
11
Interceptions
8
21
Effective Clearances
15
21
Clearances
15

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 13Diego LópezG
  2. 22Mario HermosoCD-L
  3. 15David LópezCD-R
  4. 12Dídac VilàLB
  5. 8Roberto RosalesRB
  6. 21Marc RocaCM
  7. 10Sergi DarderLM
  8. 14Óscar MelendoRM
  9. 7Borja IglesiasF
  10. 24Wu LeiLF
  11. 17Hernán PérezRF

VLL · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Jordi MasipG
  2. 8BorjaCD
  3. 2JoaquínCD-L
  4. 4KikoCD-R
  5. 14Rubén AlcarazCM-L
  6. 23AnuarCM-R
  7. 10Óscar PlanoAM
  8. 22Nacho MartínezLM
  9. 18AntoñitoRM
  10. 12Sergi GuardiolaCF-L
  11. 9Enes ÜnalCF-R

Timeline

  1. 1' Goal! Espanyol 1, Real Valladolid 0. Borja Iglesias (Espanyol) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Óscar Melendo with a through ball.
  2. 17' Goal! Espanyol 1, Real Valladolid 1. Rubén Alcaraz (Real Valladolid) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 20' Substitution, Espanyol. Lluís López replaces David López because of an injury.
  4. 45'+2' Penalty saved! Sergi Guardiola (Real Valladolid) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  5. 49' Substitution, Real Valladolid. Javi Moyano replaces Borja Fernández because of an injury.
  6. 52' Sergi Darder (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 55' Goal! Espanyol 2, Real Valladolid 1. Mario Hermoso (Espanyol) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  8. 59' Substitution, Espanyol. Esteban Granero replaces Hernán Pérez.
  9. 65' Goal! Espanyol 3, Real Valladolid 1. Wu Lei (Espanyol) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergi Darder with a through ball.
  10. 68' Nacho (Real Valladolid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 68' Substitution, Real Valladolid. Stiven Plaza replaces Enes Ünal.
  12. 68' Substitution, Real Valladolid. Keko replaces Joaquín Fernández.
  13. 84' Substitution, Espanyol. Javi Puado replaces Wu Lei.
  14. 90'+1' Borja Iglesias (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+1' Rubén Alcaraz (Real Valladolid) is shown the yellow card.

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