Deportivo A Coruña 0-3 Sporting Gijón: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 26 October 2008
Result
Deportivo A Coruña 0-3 Sporting Gijón
La Liga · Sunday 26 October 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Deportivo A Coruña 0-3 Sporting Gijón: match report
Deportivo A Coruña were beaten by Sporting Gijón 0-3 in La Liga on Sunday 26 October 2008. It was 0-2 at half-time.
David Barral opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Deportivo A Coruña did not score. Sporting Gijón scored through David Barral (23', penalty), Carmelo (27') and Diego Castro (84').
Discipline: Deportivo A Coruña received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sporting Gijón received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Deportivo A Coruña were 11th on 9 points from 7 and Sporting Gijón 16th on 6 points from 7. Deportivo A Coruña went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Sporting Gijón 16th with 43.
Deportivo A Coruña lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Deportivo A Coruña's last five read D-W-L-D-D and Sporting Gijón's W-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 23'Penalty goal · David Barral
- 27'Goal · Carmelo
- 37'Yellow card · Borja
- 40'Yellow card · Diego Camacho
- 44'Red card · Diego Colotto
- 44'Yellow card · Aranzubia
- 72'Yellow card · Alberto Lopo
- 73'Yellow card · Michel
- 84'Goal · Diego Castro
Team news
Deportivo A Coruña line-up (4-2-3-1)
Aranzubia, Manuel Pablo, Filipe Luís, Alberto Lopo, Diego Colotto, Pablo Álvarez, Ángel Lafita, Andrés Guardado, Riki, Julián de Guzmán, Sergio
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iván Cuéllar, Borja, Roberto Canella, Gerard, Sastre, Carmelo, Michel, Diego Castro, Diego Camacho, Luis Morán, David Barral