Mallorca 0-2 Sporting Gijón: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 5 October 2008
Result
Mallorca 0-2 Sporting Gijón
La Liga · Sunday 5 October 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Mallorca 0-2 Sporting Gijón: match report
Mallorca were beaten by Sporting Gijón 0-2 in La Liga on Sunday 5 October 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Carmelo opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Mallorca did not score. Sporting Gijón scored through Carmelo (12') and Canella (50').
Discipline: Mallorca received 1 yellow card; Sporting Gijón received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Mallorca were 9th on 8 points from 5 and Sporting Gijón 20th on 0 points from 5. Mallorca went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and Sporting Gijón 16th with 43.
Mallorca lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Mallorca's last five read W-W-D-D-L and Sporting Gijón's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Carmelo
- 47'Yellow card · David Navarro
- 50'Goal · Canella
- 57'Yellow card · Matabuena
- 69'Yellow card · Diego Castro
- 72'Yellow card · Iván Cuéllar
- 74'Missed penalty · Pierre Webo
Team news
Mallorca line-up (4-4-2)
Moyà, Josemi, David Navarro, Jose Nunes, Corrales, Fernando Varela, José Jurado, Juan Arango, Pierre Webo, Aritz Aduriz, Jose Martí
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iván Cuéllar, Borja, Roberto Canella, Gerard, Sastre, Carmelo, Diego Castro, Diego Camacho, Matabuena, Mate Bilic, Luis Morán