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Commentary
BAILEY rattled an easy chance past the near post.
14¹A shot from BECKER seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
20¹GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from BECKER hit the woodwork and in the ensuing scramble the ball was headed into the net by JAVI PUADO. (1-0 Espanyol)
28¹A free-kick from MAATSEN went just beyond the near post.
30¹GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by the Aston Villa 'keeper, VINICIUS SOUZA was first to the loose ball and chipped the ball to BECKER to slip home. (2-0 Espanyol)
33¹CAICEDO booked for a poor foul.
35¹A fine ball from RODRIGO MUNIZ on the right was collected by FÜLLKRUG who mishit his effort just wide.
38¹CAICEDO floated the ball to JAVI PUADO who flicked it over.
38¹The bemused SAMBA could only watch as a backpass from ORBAN fell just wide.
41¹A weak strike from MAATSEN rolled agonisingly wide.
45¹KOLEOSHO worked the ball to IAGO, JAVI PUADO latched onto his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of SAMBA.
FÜLLKRUG's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
A shot from ADRIÀ PEDROSA was smothered by SAMBA.
15²An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the Espanyol 'keeper by BAILEY.
16²JAVI PUADO nodded the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
20²FÜLLKRUG's header was well saved by ÁLVARO.
26²An exceptional strike from FÜLLKRUG was dealt with by a good stop from the 'keeper.
28²FÜLLKRUG fluffed an easy chance.
29²GOAL!! An outswinging corner was nodded clear only for FÜLLKRUG to hit the ball into the back of the net. (2-1 Espanyol)
33²IAGO given a yellow card for a poor tackle on ORBAN.
36²FÜLLKRUG made space on the right and touched the ball to BAILEY who touched the ball wide.
40²A lovely effort from BUENDIA scraped the woodwork.

 
Espanyol
 
League position: 14
Home league form: LOWL
Overall league form: XWLLOLLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
ÁLVARO Fernández1Brice SAMBA
LUCAS Vázquez2Emil KRAFTH
ADRIÀ Giner PEDROSA3Ian MAATSEN
VINICIUS de SOUZA Costa4Rodrigo BENTANCUR
Bram NUYTINCK5Willi ORBAN(c)
Enzo ROCO6Tyrone MINGS
Luca KOLEOSHO7Emiliano BUENDIA
JAVI PUADO8Leon BAILEY
(p)Sheraldo BECKER9Niclas FÜLLKRUG(p)
(f)Felipe CAICEDO10RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho(f)
(c)IAGO Aspas11Timo WERNER
Manager
Keidi BARE  12  John McGINN
Freddie WOODMAN  13  DJordje PETROVIC
KEDDARI SIMO  14  PEDRO António GONÇALVES
DANI GÓMEZ  15  Dara O'SHEA
Omar EL HILALI  16  Derry MURKIN
 
Aston Villa
 
League position: 2
Away league form: WWXW
Overall league form: WWWWXOWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Espanyol 2 Aston Villa 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 40,366, Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat, Referee: Gheorghe Constantin 6)

Javi Puado 20¹, Becker 30¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Füllkrug 29²
  
  
Caicedo 33¹, Iago 33² 
32
155
16
58
410
918
27
43%57%
Man of the match: Rodrigo Bentancur