Real Madrid 3-1 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 15 September 2007
Result
Real Madrid 3-1 Almería
La Liga · Saturday 15 September 2007, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 3-1 Almería: match report
Real Madrid won against Almería 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 15 September 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.
Javier Saviola opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Javier Saviola (36'), Wesley Sneijder (70') and Gonzalo Higuaín (87'). Almería scored through K. Uche (72').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Almería received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 6 points from 2 and Almería 7th on 3 points from 2. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Almería 9th with 52.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Almería in a 4-3-3.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Guti
- 36'Goal · Javier Saviola
- 61'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 63'Red card · Crusat
- 69'Yellow card · Soriano
- 70'Goal · Wesley Sneijder
- 72'Goal · K. Uche
- 87'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 88'Yellow card · Fernando Gago
Team news
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-4-2)
Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Roberto Carlos, Mahamadou Diarra, Robinho, Emerson, Royston Ricky Drenthe, Raúl, Fabio Cannavaro, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Guti
Almería line-up (4-3-3)
David Cobeño, Bruno Saltor, Rubén Pulido, Juanma Ortiz, Carlos García, Mane, Crusat, Corona, Juanito, Kalu Uche, Soriano