Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Real Betis: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 14 December 2008
Result
Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Real Betis
La Liga · Sunday 14 December 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Real Betis: match report
Atlético de Madrid beat Real Betis 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 14 December 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Maxi Rodríguez opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Maxi Rodríguez (20') and Sergio Agüero (81'). Real Betis did not score.
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 1 yellow card; Real Betis received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 6th on 24 points from 14 and Real Betis 11th on 18 points from 14. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Real Betis 17th with 42.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Betis in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Atlético de Madrid wins, 2 draws and 2 for Real Betis.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read W-W-D-W-D and Real Betis's D-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Maxi Rodríguez
- 24'Yellow card · Paulo Assunção
- 63'Yellow card · Nelson
- 75'Yellow card · Achille Emana
- 79'Yellow card · Mehmet Aurelio
- 81'Goal · Sergio Agüero
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Pernía, Tomás Ujfalusi, Paulo Assunção, Maniche, Simão, Johnny Heitinga, Diego Forlán Corazo, Sergio Agüero, Maxi Rodríguez, Carlos Gallego, Leo Franco
Real Betis line-up (4-2-3-1)
Casto, Fernando Vega, Damiá, Nelson, Juanma, Arzu, Capi, Achille Emana, Sergio García, Juanito, Mehmet Aurelio