Real Madrid 3-0 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 22 March 2009
Result
Real Madrid 3-0 Almería
La Liga · Sunday 22 March 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 3-0 Almería: match report
Real Madrid defeated Almería 3-0 in La Liga on Sunday 22 March 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Marcelo opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Marcelo (23'), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (52') and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (65'). Almería did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 5 yellow cards; Almería received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 60 points from 27 and Almería 12th on 31 points from 27. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Almería 12th with 46.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Almería in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Madrid win, 1 draw and 1 for Almería.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Almería's L-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Marcelo
- 29'Yellow card · Pepe
- 41'Yellow card · Raúl
- 48'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 52'Goal · Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- 63'Yellow card · Bruno Saltor
- 65'Goal · Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- 69'Yellow card · Iriney Santos
- 77'Yellow card · Iván Heinze
- 83'Yellow card · Fernando Gago
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Marcelo, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Mahamadou Diarra, Wesley Sneijder, Guti, Fabio Cannavaro, Gonzalo Higuaín, Raúl
Almería line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Alves, Bruno Saltor, Juanma Ortiz, Santiago Wilmer Acasiete Ariadela, Mane, Hernán Pellerano, Iriney Santos, Crusat, Juanito, Kalu Uche, Pablo Piatti