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Valencia vs Espanyol is a balanced Spanish head-to-head where home control, repeated draws and sharp reversals keep margins fine. Valencia won 2–1 at home on 2 January 2011, Espanyol answered 4–0 in Barcelona on 15 April 2012, and Valencia later won 2–0 away in November 2017. The teams drew 1–1 in Valencia on 22 April 2025 and 2–2 in Barcelona on 23 September 2025, before Valencia edged a 3–2 contest on 24 January 2026. A future meeting should reward patience.
Past matches, Valencia vs Espanyol
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Valencia
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28G
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40D
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26D
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36
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32D
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8M
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10M
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22M
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16F
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19F
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17F
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6F
Espanyol Substitutes
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G
1
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G
30
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M
8
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D
12
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D
15
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M
18
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F
19
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F
20
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F
24
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D
38
Match events
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15'⚽H. Duro Normal Goal (Asst: L. Beltran)
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45' +1Pol Lozano Yellow Card
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51'Exposito P. Lozano
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51'K. Garcia P. Milla
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54'⚽R. Terrats Normal Goal (Asst: K. Garcia)
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56'Kike García Yellow Card
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59'⚽E. Comert Normal Goal (Asst: A. Danjuma)
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63'Jesús Vázquez Yellow Card
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63'U. Sadiq H. Duro
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64'D. Lopez A. Danjuma
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67'Fernando Calero Yellow Card
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70'T. Dolan Jofre
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79'M. Rubio F. Calero
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79'C. Pickel R. Terrats
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79'⚽J. Copete Own Goal
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88'J. Guerra Pepelu
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88'B. Santamaria F. Ugrinic
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88'L. Ramazani L. Rioja
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90' +8Tyrhys Dolan Yellow Card
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90' +3Rubén Sánchez Yellow Card
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90'⚽L. Ramazani Penalty
Stats for this game
Matchup Valencia VS Espanyol
Home advantage meets resistance
Valencia have often looked strongest at Mestalla, winning 2–1 on 2 January 2011, 2–1 on 3 December 2011 and 2–1 on 17 November 2012. Espanyol have supplied forceful answers, including a 4–0 home win on 15 April 2012 and a 3–1 victory on 24 August 2013. Valencia also won 2–0 in Barcelona on 19 November 2017, showing that the visitor can overturn the expected venue pattern.
Draws keep the margins fine
Several scorelines resist a simple winner’s narrative: 3–3 in Barcelona on 13 April 2013, 2–2 at Valencia on 25 January 2014 and 0–0 at Mestalla on 17 February 2019 all underline the pairing’s capacity for stalemate. The 2025–26 meetings continued that variety, with a 2–2 draw in Barcelona on 23 September 2025 and Valencia’s 3–2 home win on 24 January 2026. A future encounter will ask whether Valencia can turn home pressure into separation, or whether Espanyol can keep the contest within a single decisive moment.