Athletic Club 0-1 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 8 December 2007
Result
Athletic Club 0-1 Real Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 8 December 2007, 21:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Athletic Club 0-1 Real Madrid: match report
Athletic Club lost to Real Madrid 0-1 in La Liga on Saturday 8 December 2007. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Ruud van Nistelrooy of Real Madrid in the 54th minute.
Discipline: Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 12th on 17 points from 14 and Real Madrid 1st on 32 points from 14. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Real Madrid 1st with 85.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Athletic Club wins, 0 draws and 4 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read W-D-L-W-L and Real Madrid's W-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 43'Yellow card · Wesley Sneijder
- 54'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 58'Yellow card · Orbaiz
- 59'Yellow card · Fernando Amorebieta
- 71'Yellow card · Robinho
- 76'Yellow card · Francisco Yeste
Head-to-head
Team news
Athletic Club line-up (4-3-1-2)
Aranzubia, Ustaritz, Fernando Amorebieta, Koikili, Aitor Ocio, Javi Martínez, David Lopez, Fernando Llorente, Francisco Yeste, Andoni Iraola, Joseba Etxeberria
Real Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Iker Casillas, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Miguel Torres, Mahamadou Diarra, Robinho, Wesley Sneijder, Júlio Baptista, Fabio Cannavaro, Raúl, Ruud van Nistelrooy