Espanyol 2-3 Atlético de Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 20 December 2008
Result
Espanyol 2-3 Atlético de Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 20 December 2008, 21:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Espanyol 2-3 Atlético de Madrid: match report
Espanyol lost to Atlético de Madrid 2-3 in La Liga on Saturday 20 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
Maxi Rodríguez opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Sergio Sánchez (57') and Valdo (90+3'). Atlético de Madrid scored through Maxi Rodríguez (6'), Sergio Agüero (81') and Maxi Rodríguez (90+1').
Discipline: Espanyol received 2 yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 17th on 13 points from 15 and Atlético de Madrid 6th on 27 points from 15. Espanyol went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Atlético de Madrid 4th with 67.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Atlético de Madrid in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Espanyol wins, 2 draws and 1 for Atlético de Madrid.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-D-L-L-L and Atlético de Madrid's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Maxi Rodríguez
- 39'Yellow card · Javi Chica
- 44'Yellow card · Maniche
- 57'Goal · Sergio Sánchez
- 58'Yellow card · Carlos Gallego
- 58'Yellow card · Sergio Sánchez
- 81'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 90'Yellow card · Raúl García
- 90+1'Goal · Maxi Rodríguez
- 90+3'Goal · Valdo
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, Sergio Sánchez, Nicolás Pareja, Dani Jarque, Angel Martinez, Nenê, Ferran Corominas, Moisés Hurtado, Juanmi Callejón, Luis Garcia
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Pernía, Pablo Ibáñez, Paulo Assunção, Maniche, Simão, Johnny Heitinga, Diego Forlán Corazo, Sergio Agüero, Maxi Rodríguez, Carlos Gallego, Leo Franco