Racing Santander 1-0 Sporting Gijón: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 9 November 2008
Result
Racing Santander 1-0 Sporting Gijón
La Liga · Sunday 9 November 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Racing Santander 1-0 Sporting Gijón: match report
Racing Santander won against Sporting Gijón 1-0 in La Liga on Sunday 9 November 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal was an own goal by Gerard in the 57th minute, credited to Racing Santander.
Discipline: Racing Santander received 4 yellow cards; Sporting Gijón received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Racing Santander were 15th on 9 points from 9 and Sporting Gijón 10th on 12 points from 9. Racing Santander went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Sporting Gijón 16th with 43.
Racing Santander lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Racing Santander's last five read W-L-D-W-L and Sporting Gijón's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 37'Yellow card · Colsa
- 45'Yellow card · Canella
- 57'Own goal · Gerard
- 66'Yellow card · Mehdi Lacen
- 72'Yellow card · Borja
- 75'Yellow card · Jonathan Pereira
- 87'Yellow card · Juanjo
Team news
Racing Santander line-up (4-4-2)
Toño, César Navas, Laszló Sepsi, Pinillos, Iván Marcano, Colsa, Serrano, Mehdi Lacen, Meme Tchite, Jonathan Pereira, Munitis
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iván Cuéllar, Borja, Roberto Canella, Gerard, Sastre, Diego Castro, Diego Camacho, Matabuena, Mate Bilic, Luis Morán, Kike Mateo