Almería 1-2 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Thursday 15 April 2010
Result
Almería 1-2 Real Madrid
La Liga · Thursday 15 April 2010, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Almería 1-2 Real Madrid: match report
Almería lost to Real Madrid 1-2 in La Liga on Thursday 15 April 2010. The half-time score was 1-1.
Crusat opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Almería's goal came from Crusat (14'). Real Madrid scored through Cristiano Ronaldo (27') and Rafael van der Vaart (69').
Discipline: Almería received 4 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Almería were 13th on 37 points from 31 and Real Madrid 2nd on 77 points from 31. Almería went on to finish that season 13th with 42 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 96.
Almería lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Almería win, 1 draw and 3 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Almería's last five read L-D-L-W-L and Real Madrid's L-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Crusat
- 16'Yellow card · Fernando Gago
- 27'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 37'Yellow card · H. Bernardello
- 42'Yellow card · Domingo Cisma
- 63'Yellow card · Mahamadou Diarra
- 69'Goal · Rafael van der Vaart
- 78'Yellow card · Guti
- 79'Yellow card · Raúl Albiol
- 81'Yellow card · Crusat
- 89'Yellow card · H. Pellerano
Head-to-head
Team news
Almería line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Alves, Hernán Pellerano, Domingo Cisma, Michel Macedo, Crusat, Modeste M'bami, Fabián Vargas Rivera, Hernán Bernardello, Kalu Uche, Pablo Piatti, Soriano
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-4-2)
Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Álvaro Arbeloa, Ezequiel Garay, Lassana Diarra, Granero, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso, Gonzalo Higuaín