Real Madrid 4-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 22 January 2012
Result
Real Madrid 4-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 22 January 2012, 20:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Real Madrid 4-1 Athletic Club: match report
Real Madrid defeated Athletic Club 4-1 in La Liga on Sunday 22 January 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Fernando Llorente opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Marcelo (25'), Cristiano Ronaldo (46', penalty), Cristiano Ronaldo (67', penalty) and José Callejón (86'). Athletic Club scored through Fernando Llorente (13').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 46 points from 18 and Athletic Club 7th on 26 points from 18. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 100 points, and Athletic Club 10th with 49.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Athletic Club in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 1 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Athletic Club's W-D-W-D-D.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Fernando Llorente
- 25'Goal · Marcelo
- 26'Yellow card · Óscar de Marcos
- 29'Yellow card · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 46'Penalty goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 46'Yellow card · Iturraspe
- 57'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 66'Red card · Óscar de Marcos
- 67'Penalty goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 74'Yellow card · Arbeloa
- 86'Goal · José Callejón
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Álvaro Arbeloa, Raphaël Varane, Kaká, Mesut Özil, Granero, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Xabi Alonso
Athletic Club line-up (4-1-4-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Fernando Amorebieta, Óscar de Marcos, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Muniain, Ander Herrera, Javi Martínez, Mikel San José, Fernando Llorente, Andoni Iraola