Match Report
| RCD Espanyol | RCD Espanyol |  |  | Eibar | Eibar | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Daniel Spencer | Daniel Spencer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carlos Del Sol | C. Del Sol |  | 55 | G |  | 1 | | G | 62 |  | Saidu A. Okocha | S. Okocha | |||||||||
| Rabiu Okpara | R. Okpara | | 78 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 71 |  | Julian Kohler | J. Kohler | |||||||||
| Jose Romero | J. Romero | | 66 | D | | 3 | | D | 70 |  | Leandro Leal | L. Leal | |||||||||
| Martin Sammer | M. Sammer | | 61 | D | | 4 | | D | 69 | | Eugenio Cano | E. Cano | |||||||||
| David Martins | D. Martins |  | 77 | M | | 5 | | D | 69 | | Bernardo Rosado | B. Rosado | |||||||||
| Ernesto Delgado | E. Delgado | | 74 | M | | 6 | | M | 67 | | Edmundo Navarro | E. Navarro | |||||||||
| Juan Verges | J. Verges | | 72 | M | | 7 | | M | 67 |  | Jovan Kempin | J. Kempin | |||||||||
| Colin Liddell | C. Liddell |  | 70 | M | | 8 | | M | 66 | | Alec Souness | A. Souness | |||||||||
| Pedro Suarez | P. Suarez | | 69 | A | | 9 | | A | 69 | | Scott Gemmill | S. Gemmill | |||||||||
| Antonio Munoz | A. Munoz | | 69 | A | | 10 | | A | 68 |  | Diego Hector Ruggeri | D. Ruggeri | |||||||||
| Oscar Ruiz | O. Ruiz | | 61 | A | | 11 | | A | 66 |  | Abubakari Houtman | A. Houtman | |||||||||
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Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at Estadi Cornellà-El Prat where RCD Espanyol play host to Eibar. A crowd of 18,035 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
RCD Espanyol are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Eibar appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
RCD Espanyol are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Eibar appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0The first half starts with RCD Espanyol kicking off!
6.47
0-0Eugenio Cano kicks a strong pass forward to Jovan Kempin. Jovan Kempin chips the ball to his team mate, Diego Hector Ruggeri. Diego Hector Ruggeri shoots from long range but it curls horrendously wide!
8.47
0-0RCD Espanyol are easily keeping Eibar at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
9.57
0-1Leandro Leal deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Alec Souness. Alec Souness chips the ball to his team mate, Scott Gemmill. Scott Gemmill chips the ball to his team mate, Diego Hector Ruggeri. Diego Hector Ruggeri shoots from just inside the box. Diego Hector Ruggeri scores for Eibar!!
18.39
Juan Verges makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Pedro Suarez. Pedro Suarez finds some space and shoots from distance. It's miles wide!
21.11
Edmundo Navarro brings the ball forward. Edmundo Navarro shoots from 20 yards but it goes wide for a goal kick.
22.34
Eugenio Cano knocks the ball forward to Jovan Kempin. Jovan Kempin threads the ball through to Scott Gemmill. Scott Gemmill tries a spectacular long range effort. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
28.50
Eugenio Cano kicks a strong pass forward to Alec Souness. Alec Souness makes a simple pass to Diego Hector Ruggeri. Diego Hector Ruggeri finds some space and shoots from distance but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
33.22
David Martins brings the ball forward. David Martins shoots from 25 yards but it flies wide!
34.20
Alec Souness knocks the ball forward to Abubakari Houtman. Abubakari Houtman shoots from outside the area but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
36.12
0-2Ernesto Delgado deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Pedro Suarez. Pedro Suarez knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Leandro Leal.
38.06
Alec Souness controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Abubakari Houtman. Abubakari Houtman knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Rabiu Okpara.
45.00
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
Eibar kick off and get the second half underway!
47.56
0-2Colin Liddell hacks Edmundo Navarro from behind! Colin Liddell is given a warning by the referee! Edmundo Navarro stretches but gets up unharmed.
48.50
Juan Verges hacks Edmundo Navarro from behind! Juan Verges is warned by the referee! Edmundo Navarro stretches but gets up unharmed.
49.31
0-2Eugenio Cano makes a simple pass to Edmundo Navarro. Edmundo Navarro threads the ball through to Scott Gemmill. Scott Gemmill goes all the way! Scott Gemmill cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. The ball swerves viciously but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
51.27
Rabiu Okpara sees space and advances. Rabiu Okpara knocks the ball to his team mate, Antonio Munoz. Antonio Munoz shoots from outside the area. Magnificent save by Saidu A. Okocha!
53.19
Alec Souness makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Diego Hector Ruggeri. Diego Hector Ruggeri knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Martin Sammer.
54.52
0-2Jovan Kempin deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Abubakari Houtman. Abubakari Houtman knocks the ball forward to Scott Gemmill but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
57.51
Eugenio Cano makes a simple pass to Jovan Kempin. Jovan Kempin makes a simple pass to Diego Hector Ruggeri. Diego Hector Ruggeri passes the ball forward but Scott Gemmill is offside!
71.10
Rabiu Okpara makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Ernesto Delgado. Ernesto Delgado makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Oscar Ruiz. Oscar Ruiz makes a probing pass to Antonio Munoz but he's offside!
73.41
0-2David Martins barges into Alec Souness. David Martins is warned by the referee! Alec Souness gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
84.55
Eibar are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate RCD Espanyol's defence.
85.30
Ernesto Delgado knocks the ball to his team mate, Oscar Ruiz. Oscar Ruiz finds some space and shoots from distance. The ball comes in low, but Saidu A. Okocha easily smothers it!
87.35
Julian Kohler brings the ball forward. Julian Kohler deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Scott Gemmill. Scott Gemmill makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Abubakari Houtman but he's offside!
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
2
Shots on Target
2
3
Shots off Target
2
4
Offsides
1
3
Fouls
3
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
36%
64%
Play Area
29.3%
48%
22.7%
Scorers