Espanyol vs Valencia

2 October 2022 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Valentin Pizarro Gomez

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Joselu 56’
  • Sergi Darder 83’
  • Gabriel 53’
  • Eray Cömert 90+6’

Match summary

Espanyol and Valencia shared the points in a 2-2 draw. It was goalless at half-time.

Gabriel put Valencia ahead with a header in the 53rd minute, set up by José Gayá, Joselu equalised in the 56th minute, Sergi Darder put Espanyol in front in the 83rd minute, set up by Martin Braithwaite, and Eray Cömert equalised in stoppage time.

Valencia had the better of the chances, with 1.36 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Espanyol's 0.75 from 10. Both sides had a player sent off.

Match stats

Espanyol Valencia
10 Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 1
0.74 xG 1.36
0.74 Non-penalty xG 1.36
3 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Espanyol Valencia
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
53’
Gabriel
Assist: José Gayá0-1 (Valencia)
Joselu1-1 (Espanyol)
56’
Sergi Darder
Assist: Martin Braithwaite2-1 (Espanyol)
83’
90+6’
Eray Cömert2-2 (Valencia)
Full-time2-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Espanyol
  • Martin Braithwaite
  • Brian Oliván
  • Sergi Darder
Valencia
  • Marcos de Sousa
  • Mouctar Diakhaby

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.75 1.36 53’ Gabriel (Valencia), 0-1 53’ 56’ Joselu (Espanyol), 1-1 56’ 83’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), 2-1 83’ 90+6’ Eray Cömert (Valencia), 2-2 90+6’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.75 1.36 53’ Gabriel (Valencia), 0-1 Gabriel 53’ 56’ Joselu (Espanyol), 1-1 Joselu 56’ 83’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), 2-1 Darder 83’ 90+6’ Eray Cömert (Valencia), 2-2 Cömert 90+6’
Espanyol 0.75 xGValencia 1.36 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Valencia attacking Espanyol attacking 
41’ Gabriel (Valencia), set piece, 0.38 xG, off target 10’ Samuel Lino (Valencia), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 62’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 90+10’ Justin Kluivert (Valencia), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 70’ Keidi Bare (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 53’ Gabriel (Valencia), from a corner, 0.11 xG, goal 63’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 68’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 13’ Edinson Cavani (Valencia), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 16’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 78’ Marcos de Sousa (Valencia), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 70’ Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 24’ Samuel Lino (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 43’ Edinson Cavani (Valencia), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 66’ Edinson Cavani (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 81’ Hugo Guillamón (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 46’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 5’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 56’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 90+4’ Nico González (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 83’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 90+6’ Eray Cömert (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 41’ Gabriel (Valencia), set piece, 0.38 xG, off target 10’ Samuel Lino (Valencia), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 62’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 90+10’ Justin Kluivert (Valencia), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 70’ Keidi Bare (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 53’ Gabriel (Valencia), from a corner, 0.11 xG, goal 68’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 63’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 13’ Edinson Cavani (Valencia), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 16’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 78’ Marcos de Sousa (Valencia), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 70’ Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 24’ Samuel Lino (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 43’ Edinson Cavani (Valencia), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 66’ Edinson Cavani (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 81’ Hugo Guillamón (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 46’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 56’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 5’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90+4’ Nico González (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 83’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 90+6’ Eray Cömert (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, goal
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Álvaro Fernández GK900 0.000.151
Fernando Calero DEF750 0.000.041
Sergi Gómez DEF900 0.000.000
Leandro Cabrera DEF901 0.070.000
Brian Oliván DEF900 0.000.000
Vinicius Souza MID880 0.000.000
Sergi Darder MID8812 0.110.193
Javi Puado MID471 0.040.000
Edu Expósito MID630 0.000.000
Martin Braithwaite MID9013 0.270.021
Joselu FWD9012 0.130.000
Aleix Vidal Sub430 0.000.091
Keidi Bare Sub271 0.130.000
Nicolás Melamed Sub150 0.000.000
Pol Lozano Sub20 0.000.000
Simo Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Espanyol win 34% Avg odds 2.83
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.22
Valencia win 36% Avg odds 2.63

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Espanyol LLWLL
Valencia LLWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Espanyol 1-1 Valencia, 14 May 22 Next meeting: Valencia 2-2 Espanyol, 28 May 23  All Espanyol vs Valencia meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.