Valencia vs Espanyol

28 May 2023 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Jesús Gil Manzano

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Diego López 38’
Samuel Lino 90+3’

César Montes 40’
Martin Braithwaite 50’

Match summary

Valencia and Espanyol shared the points in a 2-2 draw. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Diego López put Valencia ahead in the 38th minute and César Montes equalised with a header in the 40th minute, set up by Leandro Cabrera. In the second half, Martin Braithwaite put Espanyol in front in the 50th minute and Samuel Lino equalised in stoppage time, set up by José Gayá.

Valencia had the better of the chances, with 2.53 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Espanyol's 1.78 from 9.

Match stats

19 Shots 9

4 Shots on Target 5

10 Corners 3

0 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

2.53 xG 1.78

2.53 Non-penalty xG 1.78

13 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Valencia Espanyol

Kick-off

Diego López

1-0

38’

40’

César Montes
Assist: Leandro Cabrera

1-1

Half-time1-1

50’

Martin Braithwaite

1-2

Samuel Lino
Assist: José Gayá

2-2

90+3’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Espanyol

Óscar Gil
César Montes
Martin Braithwaite
Aleix Vidal

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.

Valencia 2.53 xGEspanyol 1.78 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Espanyol attacking Valencia attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Giorgi Mamardashvili	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thierry Correia	DEF	66			0	0.00	0.02	1
Gabriel	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.03	1
Mouctar Diakhaby	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
José Gayá	DEF	90		1	2	0.05	0.34	1
Javier Guerra	MID	90			4	0.17	0.84	3
Nico González	MID	66			1	0.03	0.00	0
Diego López	MID	86	1		2	0.72	0.16	3
André Almeida	MID	90			1	0.11	0.06	2
Toni Lato	MID	33			2	0.73	0.00	0
Justin Kluivert	FWD	90			2	0.13	0.11	2
Samuel Lino	Sub	57	1		2	0.37	0.00	0
Dimitri Foulquier	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.12	1
Hugo Duro	Sub	24			1	0.08	0.00	0
Edinson Cavani	Sub	4			1	0.12	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Fernando Pacheco	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Óscar Gil	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
César Montes	DEF	90	1		2	0.07	0.00	0
Sergi Gómez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leandro Cabrera	DEF	90		1	1	0.02	0.05	1
Brian Oliván	DEF	71			0	0.00	0.01	1
Sergi Darder	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Javi Puado	MID	88			1	0.01	0.00	0
Denis Suárez	MID	71			1	0.01	0.02	1
Joselu	FWD	90			1	0.08	0.02	1
Nicolás Melamed	FWD	50			0	0.00	0.00	0
Martin Braithwaite	Sub	40	1		2	1.54	0.00	0
Vinicius Souza	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adrià Pedrosa	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aleix Vidal	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fernando Calero	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 47% Avg odds 2.04

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.47

Espanyol win 26% Avg odds 3.65

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

Form going into the game

Valencia L D W W L

Espanyol W L L W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Espanyol 2-2 Valencia, 02 Oct 22 Next meeting: Espanyol 1-1 Valencia, 18 Dec 24 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.