Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 21 March 2012
Result
Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Wednesday 21 March 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Athletic Club: match report
Atlético de Madrid beat Athletic Club 2-1 in La Liga on Wednesday 21 March 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
R. Falcao opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from R. Falcao (50') and R. Falcao (72'). Athletic Club scored through Javi Martínez (90+2').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 4 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 10th on 36 points from 27 and Athletic Club 8th on 37 points from 27. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 5th with 56 points, and Athletic Club 10th with 49.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Athletic Club in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Atlético de Madrid wins, 0 draws and 5 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read L-W-D-L-D and Athletic Club's L-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · Gabi
- 40'Yellow card · Ander Herrera
- 50'Goal · R. Falcao
- 63'Yellow card · Mikel San José
- 64'Yellow card · Juanfran
- 66'Yellow card · Miranda
- 70'Yellow card · Javi Martínez
- 72'Goal · R. Falcao
- 82'Yellow card · Mario Suárez
- 90+2'Goal · Javi Martínez
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, Diego Godín, Mario Suárez, Filipe Luís, Juanfran, Arda Turan, Koke, R. Falcao, Adrián, Gabi, Miranda
Athletic Club line-up (4-3-3)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Jon Aurtenetxe, Fernando Amorebieta, Óscar de Marcos, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Muniain, Ander Herrera, Javi Martínez, Toquero, Iñigo Pérez