Real Madrid 3-2 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 26 October 2008
Result
Real Madrid 3-2 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 26 October 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-2
Real Madrid 3-2 Athletic Club: match report
Real Madrid defeated Athletic Club 3-2 in La Liga on Sunday 26 October 2008. The half-time score was 2-2.
Wesley Sneijder opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Wesley Sneijder (12'), Gonzalo Higuaín (29') and Gonzalo Higuaín (59'). Athletic Club scored through Joseba Etxeberria (35') and Andoni Iraola (45', penalty).
Discipline: Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 5th on 16 points from 7 and Athletic Club 19th on 5 points from 7. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Athletic Club 13th with 44.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 0 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Athletic Club's L-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Wesley Sneijder
- 29'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 35'Goal · Joseba Etxeberria
- 38'Yellow card · Pepe
- 45'Yellow card · Joseba Etxeberria
- 45'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 45'Penalty goal · Andoni Iraola
- 45'Yellow card · Wesley Sneijder
- 59'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 63'Yellow card · Orbaiz
- 65'Yellow card · Míchel Salgado
- 77'Red card · Fernando Amorebieta
- 89'Yellow card · Fernando Llorente
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
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Fernando Amorebieta, Aitor Ocio, Mikel Balenziaga, David Lopez, Gabilondo, Orbaiz, Fernando Llorente, Francisco Yeste, Andoni Iraola, Joseba Etxeberria