Real Madrid 3-2 Getafe: result and report
La Liga · Tuesday 21 April 2009
Result
Real Madrid 3-2 Getafe
La Liga · Tuesday 21 April 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Real Madrid 3-2 Getafe: match report
Real Madrid won against Getafe 3-2 in La Liga on Tuesday 21 April 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Andrzej Olszewski opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (45'), Guti (85') and Gonzalo Higuaín (90+1'). Getafe scored through Andrzej Olszewski (9') and J. Albín (84').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card; Getafe received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 72 points from 31 and Getafe 15th on 34 points from 31. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Getafe 18th with 42.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Getafe in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 3 for Getafe.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Getafe's L-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Andrzej Olszewski
- 28'Yellow card · Fernando Gago
- 42'Yellow card · Rafael van der Vaart
- 45'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 46'Yellow card · Granero
- 57'Yellow card · Pepe
- 64'Yellow card · R. Drenthe
- 69'Yellow card · Rafa
- 82'Yellow card · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 83'Yellow card · V. Stojković
- 84'Goal · J. Albín
- 85'Goal · Guti
- 86'Red card · Pepe
- 90'Yellow card · Daniel Díaz
- 90'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 90+1'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
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
Getafe expected line-up (4-3-1-2)
Jacobo, Mario Alvarez, Cortés, Daniel Díaz, Jaime Gavilán Martínez, Granero, Juan Albín, Eugen Polanski, Ikechukwu Uche, Casquero