Málaga 5-0 Real Betis: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 23 October 2005
Result
Málaga 5-0 Real Betis
La Liga · Sunday 23 October 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Málaga 5-0 Real Betis: match report
Málaga beat Real Betis 5-0 in La Liga on Sunday 23 October 2005. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Salva Ballesta opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Málaga's goals came from Salva Ballesta (8'), Salva Ballesta (30'), Fernando Sanz Durán (50'), Pablo Couñago (63') and Pablo Couñago (73'). Real Betis did not score.
Discipline: Málaga received 1 yellow card; Real Betis received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Málaga were 15th on 7 points from 7 and Real Betis 12th on 9 points from 7. Málaga went on to finish that season 20th with 24 points, and Real Betis 14th with 42.
Going into the match Málaga's last five read L-L-W-D-W and Real Betis's W-D-L-D-D.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Salva Ballesta
- 26'Yellow card · Marcos Assunção
- 30'Goal · Salva Ballesta
- 41'Yellow card · Gerardo
- 50'Goal · Fernando Sanz Durán
- 63'Goal · Pablo Couñago
- 73'Goal · Pablo Couñago
Team news
Málaga line-up
Arnau, César Navas, Alexis Ruano, Gerardo, Nacho, Vicente Valcarce Cano, Fernando Sanz Durán, Juan Rodríguez, Edgar Pacheco, Pablo Couñago, Salva Ballesta
Real Betis line-up
Toni Doblas, Paolo Castellini, Melli, Arzu, Capi, Marcos Assunção, Ricardo Oliveira, Joaquín, Edu, Juanito, Nano