Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Málaga: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 7 October 2012
Result
Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Málaga
La Liga · Sunday 7 October 2012, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Málaga: match report
Atlético de Madrid defeated Málaga 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 7 October 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.
R. Falcao opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from R. Falcao (6') and an own goal by Weligton (90'). Málaga scored through R. Santa Cruz (36').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 5 yellow cards; Málaga received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 2nd on 16 points from 6 and Málaga 3rd on 14 points from 6. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 3rd with 76 points, and Málaga 6th with 55.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Málaga in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Atlético de Madrid wins, 2 draws and 3 for Málaga.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Málaga's W-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 6'Goal · R. Falcao
- 16'Yellow card · Filipe Luís
- 36'Goal · R. Santa Cruz
- 37'Yellow card · Arda Turan
- 38'Yellow card · Arda Turan
- 51'Yellow card · Ignacio Camacho
- 58'Yellow card · Manuel Iturra
- 58'Yellow card · Manuel Iturra
- 75'Yellow card · Mario Suárez
- 77'Yellow card · R. Falcao
- 88'Yellow card · Nacho Monreal
- 90'Own goal · Weligton
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Thibaut Courtois, Diego Godín, Filipe Luís, Mario Suárez, Juanfran, Arda Turan, Gabi, R. Falcao, Adrián, Emre Belözoğlu, Miranda
Málaga line-up (4-2-3-1)
Willy Caballero, Jesús Gámez, Weligton, Nacho Monreal, Eliseu, Ignacio Camacho, Manuel Iturra, Isco, Joaquín, Roque Santa Cruz, Martín Demichelis