Málaga 3-2 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 8 February 2009
Result
Málaga 3-2 Almería
La Liga · Sunday 8 February 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Málaga 3-2 Almería: match report
Málaga beat Almería 3-2 in La Liga on Sunday 8 February 2009. It was 0-2 at half-time.
K. Uche opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Málaga's goals came from Albert Luque (48'), Salva Ballesta (64') and Salva Ballesta (75'). Almería scored through K. Uche (25') and Álvaro Negredo (45').
Discipline: Málaga received 5 yellow cards; Almería received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Málaga were 8th on 32 points from 21 and Almería 15th on 24 points from 21. Málaga went on to finish that season 8th with 55 points, and Almería 12th with 46.
Málaga lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Almería in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Málaga wins, 0 draws and 1 for Almería.
Going into the match Málaga's last five read L-D-W-W-W and Almería's L-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Juanma Ortiz
- 25'Goal · K. Uche
- 27'Yellow card · Jesús Gámez
- 40'Yellow card · H. Pellerano
- 45'Goal · Álvaro Negredo
- 48'Goal · Albert Luque
- 50'Yellow card · Eliseu
- 50'Yellow card · Albert Luque
- 52'Yellow card · Weligton
- 54'Yellow card · Mané
- 58'Yellow card · Crusat
- 58'Yellow card · Duda
- 64'Goal · Salva Ballesta
- 75'Goal · Salva Ballesta
- 87'Second yellow · Mané
Head-to-head
Team news
Málaga expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alexis Ruano, Nacho, Gabriel, Gerardo, Jorge Ribeiro, Jesús Gámez, Duda, Apoño, Pablo Couñago, Nabil Baha
Almería line-up (4-4-2)
Diego Alves, Bruno Saltor, Juanma Ortiz, Carlos García, Mane, Hernán Pellerano, Iriney Santos, Crusat, Kalu Uche, Álvaro Negredo, Soriano