Real Madrid 4-2 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 5 December 2009
Result
Real Madrid 4-2 Almería
La Liga · Saturday 5 December 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 4-2 Almería: match report
Real Madrid defeated Almería 4-2 in La Liga on Saturday 5 December 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Sergio Ramos opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Sergio Ramos (31'), Gonzalo Higuaín (73'), Karim Benzema (82') and Cristiano Ronaldo (84'). Almería scored through Soriano (58') and K. Uche (62').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Almería received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 28 points from 12 and Almería 15th on 12 points from 12. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 96 points, and Almería 13th with 42.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Almería in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Real Madrid wins, 1 draw and 1 for Almería.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Almería's L-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Sergio Ramos
- 44'Yellow card · Modeste M'bami
- 58'Goal · Soriano
- 62'Goal · K. Uche
- 73'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 79'Yellow card · Michel Macedo
- 81'Yellow card · Diego Alves
- 82'Missed penalty · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 82'Yellow card · Santiago Acasiete Ariadela
- 82'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 84'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 85'Yellow card · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 88'Second yellow · Cristiano Ronaldo
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-1-3-2)
Iker Casillas, Álvaro Arbeloa, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Raúl Albiol, Rafael van der Vaart, Granero, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuaín, Xabi Alonso
Almería expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Alves, Hernán Pellerano, Guilherme Santos, Chico Flores, Crusat, Nieto, Kalu Uche, Álvaro Negredo, Pablo Piatti, Soriano