Almería 1-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 2 March 2008
Result
Almería 1-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 2 March 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Almería 1-1 Athletic Club: match report
Almería drew with Athletic Club 1-1 in La Liga on Sunday 2 March 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Álvaro Negredo opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Almería's goal came from Álvaro Negredo (59', penalty). Athletic Club scored through Fernando Llorente (73').
Discipline: Almería received 4 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game Almería were 8th on 36 points from 25 and Athletic Club 16th on 29 points from 25. Almería went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Athletic Club 11th with 50.
Almería lined up in a 4-3-3 and Athletic Club in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Almería wins, 1 draw and 0 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Almería's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Athletic Club's L-W-W-L-D.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Mané
- 30'Yellow card · Fernando Amorebieta
- 34'Yellow card · Susaeta
- 35'Yellow card · Felipe Melo
- 44'Yellow card · Aitor Ocio
- 47'Yellow card · Juanma Ortiz
- 50'Yellow card · Francisco Yeste
- 58'Yellow card · Joseba Etxeberria
- 59'Penalty goal · Álvaro Negredo
- 69'Yellow card · Orbaiz
- 73'Goal · Fernando Llorente
- 75'Yellow card · Bruno Saltor
- 90'Yellow card · Armando Riveiro
Head-to-head
Team news
Almería line-up (4-3-3)
Diego Alves, Bruno Saltor, Felipe Melo, Rubén Pulido, Juanma Ortiz, Carlos García, Mane, Crusat, Corona, Juanito, Álvaro Negredo
Athletic Club line-up (4-4-2)
Armando Riveiro, Fernando Amorebieta, Koikili, Aitor Ocio, Gabilondo, Javi Martínez, Susaeta, Fernando Llorente, Francisco Yeste, Andoni Iraola, Joseba Etxeberria