Valencia vs Espanyol

22 April 2025 · La Liga · 2024/25 · Referee Juan Luis Pulido Santana

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Javier Guerra 57’
  • Javi Puado 40’

Match summary

The points were shared as Valencia and Espanyol drew 1-1. Espanyol led 1-0 at half-time.

Javi Puado put Espanyol ahead in the 40th minute, set up by Edu Expósito and Javier Guerra equalised in the 57th minute, set up by Luis Rioja.

Valencia had the better of the chances, with 1.08 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Espanyol's 0.34 from 8.

Match stats

Valencia Espanyol
16 Shots 8
7 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.08 xG 0.34
1.08 Non-penalty xG 0.34
8 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Valencia Espanyol
Kick-off
40’
Javi Puado
Assist: Edu Expósito0-1 (Espanyol)
Half-time0-1
Javier Guerra
Assist: Luis Rioja1-1 (Valencia)
57’
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Valencia
  • César Tárrega
  • André Almeida
Espanyol
  • Carlos Romero

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.08 0.34 40’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), 0-1 40’ 57’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), 1-1 57’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.08 0.34 40’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), 0-1 Puado 40’ 57’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), 1-1 Guerra 57’
Valencia 1.08 xGEspanyol 0.34 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Espanyol attacking Valencia attacking 
57’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 40’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), set piece, 0.08 xG, goal 12’ Enzo Barrenechea (Valencia), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 80’ José Gayá (Valencia), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 89’ Roberto Fernández (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 6’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 18’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 42’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 82’ Rafa Mir (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90’ Dimitri Foulquier (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 73’ Antoniu Roca (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 77’ Diego López (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 33’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 2’ Carlos Romero (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 9’ Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 34’ Enzo Barrenechea (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 59’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 17’ Edu Expósito (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 76’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 28’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 46’ Roberto Fernández (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Rafa Mir (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 36’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 57’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 40’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), set piece, 0.08 xG, goal 12’ Enzo Barrenechea (Valencia), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 89’ Roberto Fernández (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 80’ José Gayá (Valencia), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 6’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 42’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 18’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 82’ Rafa Mir (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90’ Dimitri Foulquier (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 33’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 73’ Antoniu Roca (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 77’ Diego López (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 2’ Carlos Romero (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 59’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 9’ Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 17’ Edu Expósito (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 34’ Enzo Barrenechea (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 28’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 46’ Roberto Fernández (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Rafa Mir (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 36’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Giorgi Mamardashvili GK900 0.000.000
Dimitri Foulquier DEF901 0.050.051
Cristhian Mosquera DEF900 0.000.000
César Tárrega DEF900 0.000.000
José Gayá DEF901 0.070.163
Javier Guerra MID9014 0.540.000
Enzo Barrenechea MID872 0.110.041
Luis Rioja MID9012 0.070.534
André Almeida MID570 0.000.021
Diego López MID871 0.040.102
Hugo Duro FWD903 0.120.000
Rafa Mir Sub332 0.070.000
Pepelu Sub30 0.000.000
Fran Pérez Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 47% Avg odds 2.01
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.26
Espanyol win 24% Avg odds 4.07

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

Form going into the game

Valencia DWWWD
Espanyol LDWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Espanyol 1-1 Valencia, 18 Dec 24 Next meeting: Espanyol 2-2 Valencia, 23 Sep 25  All Valencia vs Espanyol 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.