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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 9 (setup 3, season 7)
Espanyol
v.
Newcastle United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Cristian Darío ÁLVAREZ1Petr CECH
Formation:
4-5-1
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Marco MOTTA2Daniel Alves da Silva, DANI ALVES
Fausto Manuel PINTO Rosas738JORDI ALBA Ramos
José RAÚL BAENA Urdiales4Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
Brede HANGELAND57Mats HUMMELS
Facundo Sebastián RONCAGLIA667Diego Roberto GODÍN Leal
José María CALLEJÓN Bueno78Thomas MÜLLER
Joan VERDÚ Fernández8Marek HAMSÍK
Raúl TAMUDO Montero697Edinson Roberto CAVANI Gómez
Javier Márquez Moreno, JAVI MÁRQUEZ106JOÃO Filipe Iria Santos MOUTINHO
Ivica OLIC117Alexis Alejandro SÁNCHEZ Barbé
ManagerRikki Faulkner
Ben SAHAR12Mario GOMEZ
DAVID GARCÍA de la Cruz713Samir HANDANOVIC
Nicolas Martín PAREJA14Mario GÖTZE
Ferrán COROMINAS Telechea15Jérôme BOATENG
Morten Gamst PEDERSEN616Marco VERRATTI

Espanyol 1 Newcastle United 3
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 46,228, Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat, Referee: Pascal THRIER 5½)
1 TamudoScorers38 Hamsík, 86 Sánchez, 89 Cavani
59 Hangeland <=> David García, 80 Callejón <=> PedersenSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners3
2Fouls5
1Offsides1
4Shots on9
5Shots off6
9Total shots15
2Shots saved4
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Thomas MÜLLER
1GOAL!! TAMUDO dribbled forward, looked up and fired a shot into the Newcastle United net. (1-0 Espanyol)
8TAMUDO brought the ball round MÜLLER and rifled a weak shot wide.
10CAVANI snapped at an easy chance.
11A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing ÁLVAREZ.
15VERDÚ rushed through the Newcastle United defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
17ÁLVAREZ did well to hold onto a fierce shot from SÁNCHEZ.
18TAMUDO shot wide.
19A shot from TAMUDO held no problem for the Newcastle United 'keeper.
21A shot from HUMMELS was kicked off the line by HANGELAND.
23JOÃO MOUTINHO floated the ball to JORDI ALBA who touched it over.
28The stunned Newcastle United 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from DANI ALVES dropped just over.
30JOÃO MOUTINHO made space on the left and knocked the ball to MÜLLER who touched the ball wide.
38GOAL!! An energetic MÜLLER ran down the left wing and dragged the ball back for HAMSÍK to slip home. (1-1)
45+2SÁNCHEZ hit a right foot shot over the bar from twenty yards out.
 
48A pin-point pass bobbled toward SÁNCHEZ and his looping shot went narrowly wide.
53ÁLVAREZ saved a clever strike from SÁNCHEZ.
59A mix up in the Newcastle United defence enabled OLIC to volley the ball just wide.
61A neatly crafted pass from CALLEJÓN, was drove goalbound by JAVI MÁRQUEZ only for the 'keeper to block.
68ÁLVAREZ saved a beautiful shot from CAVANI.
79A penalty box scramble resulted in JOÃO MOUTINHO driving a low shot wide.
83A shot from SÁNCHEZ was smothered by the Espanyol 'keeper.
86GOAL!! A mix up between MOTTA and the Espanyol 'keeper allowed SÁNCHEZ to tap the ball into the empty net. (2-1 Newcastle United)
86TAMUDO rattled an easy chance past the righthand post.
89GOAL!! A one-handed save from the 'keeper enabled CAVANI to volley the ball into the empty net. (3-1 Newcastle United)