Real Madrid 6-2 Málaga: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 8 May 2013
Result
Real Madrid 6-2 Málaga
La Liga · Wednesday 8 May 2013, 19:30 UTC · half-time 4-2
Real Madrid 6-2 Málaga: match report
Real Madrid beat Málaga 6-2 in La Liga on Wednesday 8 May 2013. The half-time score was 4-2.
Raúl Albiol opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Raúl Albiol (3'), Cristiano Ronaldo (26'), Mesut Özil (33'), Karim Benzema (45+1'), Luka Modric (63') and Ángel Di María (90+1'). Málaga scored through R. Santa Cruz (15') and Antunes (36').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card; Málaga received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 75 points from 34 and Málaga 6th on 51 points from 34. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Málaga 6th with 55.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Málaga in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 1 for Málaga.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Málaga's L-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Raúl Albiol
- 15'Goal · R. Santa Cruz
- 21'Red card · Sergio Sánchez
- 22'Missed penalty · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 25'Yellow card · R. Santa Cruz
- 26'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 33'Goal · Mesut Özil
- 36'Goal · Antunes
- 45+1'Yellow card · Martín Demichelis
- 45+1'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 63'Goal · Luka Modric
- 73'Second yellow · Martín Demichelis
- 73'Yellow card · Eliseu
- 80'Yellow card · Manuel Iturra
- 80'Yellow card · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 90+1'Goal · Ángel Di María
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Raphaël Varane, Fábio Coentrão, Raúl Albiol, Nacho Fernández, Mesut Özil, Xabi Alonso, Michael Essien, Luka Modrić, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema
Málaga line-up (4-4-2)
Willy Caballero, Diego Lugano, Martín Demichelis, Eliseu, Sergio Sánchez, Vitorino Antunes, Ignacio Camacho, Isco, Júlio Baptista, Francisco Portillo, Roque Santa Cruz