Espanyol: Kiko Casilla; Javi López,
Colotto, Héctor Moreno, Fuentes; Víctor Sánchez, David
López; Pizzi (Abraham 63'), Sergio García (Thievy 72'), Simao;
Stuani (Lanzarote 78'). 4-2-3-1.
Valencia: Diego Alves;
Joao Pereira, Rami, Ricardo Costa, Mathieu (Guardado 83'); Javi Fuego, Michel
(Bernat 63'); Feghouli (Canales 70'), Banega, Jonas; Postiga. 4-2-3-1.
Goals:
0-1. 10. Postiga. Stroked shot past Casilla after
Jonas laid ball in to his path.
1-1. 32. David López. Got free of
marker to head Simao corner inside near post.
2-1. 47. Stuani. Steered
header past Diego Alves from wide Fuentes free kick.
3-1. 89. Thievy. Fired
angled shot into top of net after good run by Lanzarote.
Yellow cards: David López 21', Simao 45', Banega 51', Ricardo Costa 79', Rami 86', Abraham 91'.
Espanyol overturned an early goal by Postiga to beat Valencia 3-1 in Cornellà on Saturday. The Catalans started strongly, Simao, Stuani and Colotto going close in the opening minutes, but the visitors went ahead in their first attack, the ex Zaragoza striker firing a shot past Casilla after Jonas back-heeled the ball in to his path. David López equalised however with a header from Simao's corner (a carbon copy of a goal he scored against Tottenham in a pre-season friendly), and two minutes after the restart Stuani headed a second from a wide Fuentes free kick. Banega and Feghouli came close to making it all square again, but with two minutes to go Thievy rounded things off after a good run down the right wing by fellow substitute Lanzarote.