Alavés vs Espanyol, 2021-22 LaLiga

· Spanish LALIGA

Alavés

7': Miguel De la Fuente
59': Gonzalo Escalante

FT
2 - 1

Espanyol

14': Raúl de Tomás (P)
46': Yangel Herrera

About

Alavés are hosting Espanyol at Mendizorroza, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, starting on . The match is a part of the Spanish LALIGA.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Foul by Nahuel Tenaglia (Alaves).
2': Nicolás Melamed (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Foul by Aleix Vidal (Espanyol).
5': Joselu (Alaves) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
6': Attempt saved. Luis Rioja (Alaves) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
6': Foul by Jason (Alaves).
6': Sergi Darder (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Goal! Alaves 1, Espanyol 0. Miguel De la Fuente (Alaves) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joselu.
8': Attempt missed. Gonzalo Escalante (Alaves) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Luis Rioja.
9': Foul by Miguel De la Fuente (Alaves).
9': Yangel Herrera (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Attempt blocked. Javier Puado (Espanyol) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleix Vidal.
10': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Florian Lejeune.
11': Penalty Espanyol. Raúl de Tomás draws a foul in the penalty area.
11': Penalty conceded by Nahuel Tenaglia (Alaves) after a foul in the penalty area.
14': Goal! Alaves 1, Espanyol 1. Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
15': Diego López (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Foul by Gonzalo Escalante (Alaves).
20': Foul by Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol).
20': Jason (Alaves) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
22': Offside, Espanyol. Óscar Melendo tries a through ball, but Javier Puado is caught offside.
25': Foul by Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol).
25': Rubén Duarte (Alaves) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27': Foul by Yangel Herrera (Espanyol).
27': Joselu (Alaves) wins a free kick on the left wing.
28': Foul by Fernando Calero (Espanyol).
28': Joselu (Alaves) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
30': Foul by Yangel Herrera (Espanyol).
30': Miguel De la Fuente (Alaves) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
30': Yangel Herrera (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
31': Attempt missed. Florian Lejeune (Alaves) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
34': Attempt saved. Nicolás Melamed (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yangel Herrera.
34': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Fernando Pacheco.
35': Attempt saved. Joselu (Alaves) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luis Rioja.
35': Foul by Mamadou Loum (Alaves).
35': Yangel Herrera (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Foul by Javier Puado (Espanyol).
37': Luis Rioja (Alaves) wins a free kick on the left wing.
38': Attempt saved. Miguel De la Fuente (Alaves) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jason with a cross.
38': Corner, Alaves. Conceded by Diego López.
39': Hand ball by Aleix Vidal (Espanyol).
40': Aleix Vidal (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
40': Attempt saved. Gonzalo Escalante (Alaves) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Luis Rioja.
41': Attempt missed. Joselu (Alaves) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
41': Foul by Nahuel Tenaglia (Alaves).
41': Yangel Herrera (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Mamadou Loum (Alaves) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
43': Attempt blocked. Mamadou Loum (Alaves) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
45'+3': First Half ends, Alaves 1, Espanyol 1.
45': Second Half begins Alaves 1, Espanyol 1.
46': Foul by Yangel Herrera (Espanyol).
46': Luis Rioja (Alaves) wins a free kick on the left wing.
46': Second yellow card to Yangel Herrera (Espanyol) for a bad foul.
47': Attempt blocked. Mamadou Loum (Alaves) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joselu.
47': Attempt missed. Jason (Alaves) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
47': Foul by Gonzalo Escalante (Alaves).
47': Óscar Melendo (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the left wing.
49': Substitution, Espanyol. Rubén Sánchez replaces Aleix Vidal.
49': Substitution, Espanyol. David López replaces Óscar Melendo.
50': Corner, Alaves. Conceded by Fernando Calero.
50': Corner, Alaves. Conceded by Diego López.
52': Attempt saved. Luis Rioja (Alaves) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
55': Attempt missed. Miguel De la Fuente (Alaves) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
56': Offside, Alaves. Luis Rioja tries a through ball, but Miguel De la Fuente is caught offside.
57': Foul by David López (Espanyol).
57': Mamadou Loum (Alaves) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58': Corner, Alaves. Conceded by David López.
58': Hand ball by Fernando Calero (Espanyol).
59': Goal! Alaves 2, Espanyol 1. Gonzalo Escalante (Alaves) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Jason with a cross following a set piece situation.
62': Corner, Alaves. Conceded by Rubén Sánchez.
63': Corner, Alaves. Conceded by Fernando Calero.
64': Attempt missed. Jason (Alaves) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
64': Attempt missed. Joselu (Alaves) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Florian Lejeune following a corner.
64': Attempt missed. Miguel De la Fuente (Alaves) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Joselu following a fast break.
66': Foul by Javier Puado (Espanyol).
66': Nahuel Tenaglia (Alaves) wins a free kick on the right wing.
68': Foul by Fernando Calero (Espanyol).
68': Joselu (Alaves) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
69': Attempt blocked. Joselu (Alaves) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Lejeune.
69': Corner, Alaves. Conceded by Raúl de Tomás.
70': Attempt missed. Víctor Laguardia (Alaves) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rubén Duarte with a cross following a corner.
70': Corner, Alaves. Conceded by Sergi Darder.
71': Attempt missed. Florian Lejeune (Alaves) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Joselu following a corner.
71': Attempt missed. Joselu (Alaves) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jason with a cross following a corner.
75': Foul by Nicolás Melamed (Espanyol).
75': Mamadou Loum (Alaves) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
75': Substitution, Espanyol. Tonny Vilhena replaces Nicolás Melamed.
75': Substitution, Espanyol. Fran Mérida replaces Fernando Calero.
76': Substitution, Alaves. Marc Urena replaces Miguel De la Fuente.
76': Substitution, Espanyol. Wu Lei replaces Raúl de Tomás.
77': Foul by Jason (Alaves).
77': Fran Mérida (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
78': Attempt saved. Gonzalo Escalante (Alaves) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jason.
79': Corner, Alaves. Conceded by Tonny Vilhena.
81': Attempt missed. Joselu (Alaves) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jason with a cross following a corner.
81': Attempt missed. Luis Rioja (Alaves) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
81': Corner, Alaves. Conceded by Tonny Vilhena.
82': Attempt missed. Luis Rioja (Alaves) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
83': Substitution, Alaves. Martín Aguirregabiria replaces Jason.
83': Substitution, Alaves. Tomás Pina replaces Gonzalo Escalante because of an injury.
84': Foul by Tomás Pina (Alaves).
84': Fran Mérida (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
85': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Nahuel Tenaglia.
86': Attempt missed. Fran Mérida (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
87': Attempt saved. David López (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fran Mérida.
88': Offside, Alaves. Víctor Laguardia tries a through ball, but Joselu is caught offside.
89': Víctor Laguardia (Alaves) is shown the yellow card.
90': VAR Decision: No Penalty Alaves.
90'+3': Attempt saved. Joselu (Alaves) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marc Urena.
90'+3': Foul by Fran Mérida (Espanyol).
90'+3': Marc Urena (Alaves) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': David López (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Foul by Marc Urena (Alaves).
90'+4': Marc Urena (Alaves) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+5': Corner, Alaves. Conceded by Sergi Gómez.
90'+6': Attempt blocked. Martín Aguirregabiria (Alaves) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nahuel Tenaglia.
90'+6': Corner, Alaves. Conceded by Leandro Cabrera.
90'+7': Substitution, Alaves. Pere Pons replaces Luis Rioja.
90'+8': Second Half ends, Alaves 2, Espanyol 1.
0': Match ends, Alaves 2, Espanyol 1.

Statistics

ESP		ALA
15	Fouls	11
1	Yellow Cards	3
1	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
3	Corner Kicks	12
7	Saves	2
54.1	Possession	45.9
5	SHOTS	27
3	ON GOAL	9
0.6	On Target %	0.3
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
298	Accurate Passes	229
389	Passes	307
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.7
1	Accurate Crosses	9
14	Crosses	38
0.1	Cross %	0.2
65	Long Balls	60
24	Accurate Long Balls	25
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
1	Blocked Shots	4
8	Effective Tackles	6
13	Tackles	10
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
3	Interceptions	6
29	Effective Clearances	12
29	Clearances	12

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Mendizorroza
Location: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Attendance: 12,729

LALIGA Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Barcelona	12	+29	33
2	Real Madrid	11	+10	24
3	Atlético Madrid	12	+11	23
4	Villarreal	11	+1	21

Full Table

Line-Ups

Alavés (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Fernando Pacheco (GK)
22	Florian Lejeune
5	Víctor Laguardia
3	Rubén Duarte
2	Nahuel Tenaglia
24	Miguel De la Fuente
6	Mamadou Loum
16	Gonzalo Escalante
9	Joselu
11	Luis Rioja
25	Jason

Alavés Substitutes:

Antonio Moya, Matt Miazga, Javi López, Martín Aguirregabiria, Antonio Sivera, Pere Pons, Marc Urena, Manu Vallejo, Tomás Mendes, Facundo Pellistri, Tomás Pina, Manu García.

Espanyol (4-3-3)

No.	Name
13	Diego López (GK)
24	Sergi Gómez
5	Fernando Calero
4	Leandro Cabrera
22	Aleix Vidal
25	Yangel Herrera
10	Sergi Darder
14	Óscar Melendo
11	Raúl de Tomás
21	Nicolás Melamed
9	Javier Puado

Espanyol Substitutes:

Lorenzo Morón, Dídac Vilà, Jofre Carreras, Tonny Vilhena, Adri Embarba, Miguelón, Fran Mérida, David López, Oier Olazábal, Rubén Sánchez, Joan García, Wu Lei.

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