Atlético de Madrid 4-0 Málaga: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 31 August 2008
Result
Atlético de Madrid 4-0 Málaga
La Liga · Sunday 31 August 2008, 17:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Atlético de Madrid 4-0 Málaga: match report
Atlético de Madrid beat Málaga 4-0 in La Liga on Sunday 31 August 2008. It was 3-0 at half-time.
John Heitinga opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from John Heitinga (26'), Diego Forlán Corazo (38'), Diego Forlán Corazo (43', penalty) and Florent Sinama-Pongolle (80'). Málaga did not score.
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 1 yellow card; Málaga received 2 yellow cards.
Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Málaga 8th with 55.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Atlético de Madrid wins, 0 draws and 0 for Málaga.
Key events
- 26'Goal · John Heitinga
- 38'Goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 42'Yellow card · Weligton
- 43'Penalty goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 50'Yellow card · Lolo
- 75'Yellow card · Giorgios Seitaridis
- 80'Goal · Florent Sinama-Pongolle
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gregory Coupet, Giorgios Seitaridis, Pernía, Tomás Ujfalusi, Paulo Assunção, Maniche, Simão, Johnny Heitinga, Diego Forlán Corazo, Sergio Agüero, Maxi Rodríguez
Málaga expected line-up
Arnau, Gabriel, Gerardo, Fernando Sanz Durán, Alexis Ruano, Nacho, Antonio López, Ricardo Bóvio, Pablo Couñago