Real Betis 2-1 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 16 February 2008
Result
Real Betis 2-1 Real Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 16 February 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Real Betis 2-1 Real Madrid: match report
Real Betis defeated Real Madrid 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 16 February 2008. The half-time score was 2-1.
R. Drenthe opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Real Betis's goals came from Edu (32') and Mark González (35'). Real Madrid scored through R. Drenthe (6').
Discipline: Real Betis received 3 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Betis were 16th on 25 points from 23 and Real Madrid 1st on 56 points from 23. Real Betis went on to finish that season 14th with 47 points, and Real Madrid 1st with 85.
Real Betis lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Real Betis wins, 2 draws and 3 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Real Betis's last five read L-L-W-D-W and Real Madrid's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 6'Goal · R. Drenthe
- 32'Goal · Edu
- 35'Goal · Mark González
- 37'Yellow card · Fernando Gago
- 39'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 50'Yellow card · Arzu
- 62'Yellow card · Júlio Baptista
- 65'Yellow card · Arjen Robben
- 73'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 85'Yellow card · Melli
- 90+3'Yellow card · Rivera
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Betis line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ricardo, Melli, Fernando Vega, Damiá, Arzu, Mark González, Capi, Rivera, Edu, Mariano Pavone, Juanito
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Mahamadou Diarra, Wesley Sneijder, Robinho, Fabio Cannavaro, Raúl, Ruud van Nistelrooy