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Commentary
A free-kick from VERDÚ flew wide.
A corner bobbled toward JANSSEN who headed the ball over.
11¹JONES fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
13¹The stunned KAMENI could only watch as a backpass from PINTO dropped just wide.
14¹A pin-point pass found JANSSEN and his deadly effort flew narrowly wide.
18¹A late tackle gets MORENO a yellow card.
19¹A mix up in the AZ defence enabled RAÚL BAENA to thump the ball wide.
20¹The 'keeper saved a lovely shot from MOISANDER.
23¹HUSEV headed over the bar.
24¹OLIC nodded the ball wide from the edge of the box.
31¹TIENDALLI dribbled round RAÚL BAENA and stabbed a poor shot over the bar.
34¹RONCAGLIA's shot beat DEOLA but rebounded off the AZ upright.
36¹TIENDALLI flicked a right foot shot just beyond the far post from just outside the area.
37¹A fine ball from RONCAGLIA on the left fell to RAÚL BAENA who sliced his shot wide.
38¹CALLEJÓN shot wide.
VINK books OLIC for dangerous play against TIENDALLI.
HEITINGA fluffed a simple chance.
12²GOAL!! Unlucky MAVUBA hit the woodwork before JANSSEN poked the ball into the net as MOTTA failed to clear. (1-0 AZ)
23²GOAL!! A free-kick was palmed away by DEOLA, RAÚL BAENA was first to the loose ball and played the ball to OLIC to drive home. (1-1)
25²A good effort from RAÚL BAENA scraped the top of the crossbar.
26²MOISANDER knocked the ball to JONES who flicked it just beyond the near post.
27²MOISANDER beat four Espanyol players and fired a golden opportunity wide.
33²RAÚL BAENA made space on the left and knocked the ball to VERDÚ who touched the ball wide.
42²VERDÚ flicked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
45²GOAL!! A poor shot from VERDÚ seemed to hold little difficulty for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squeezed into the net. (2-1 Espanyol)

 
Espanyol
 
League position: 3
Home league form: WWLO
Overall league form: WWWWWLLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Idriss KAMENI1Eliton DEOLA
Marco MOTTA2Oleh HUSEV
Fausto PINTO3Dwight TIENDALLI
Milos NINKOVIC4Rio MAVUBA
Brede HANGELAND5John HEITINGA
Facundo RONCAGLIA6Héctor MORENO
José CALLEJÓN7Theo JANSSEN(c)
Joan VERDÚ8NOLITO
(p)Ferrán COROMINAS9Kenwyne JONES(p)
(f)José RAÚL BAENA10Niklas MOISANDER(f)
(c)Ivica OLIC11Alexander ESSWEIN
Manager
DAVID GARCÍA de la Cruz  12  Jóhann Berg GUÐMUNDSSON
Nicolas PAREJA  13  Kenny STAMATOPOULOS
José MARQUÉS  14David MENDES DA SILVA
MOISÉS Hurtado15  Damien DUFF
Ben McKENNA  16  Charles N'ZOGBIA
 
AZ
 
League position: 6
Away league form: WWLW
Overall league form: WXWXWLXW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Espanyol 2 AZ 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 51,341, Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat, Referee: Pieter Vink 6)

Olic 23², Verdú 45²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Janssen 12²
Raúl BaenaóMoisés 33²JanssenóMendes da Silva 30²
  
Olic 5²Moreno 18¹
34
88
24
33
89
1112
12
51%49%
Man of the match: Marco Motta