Real Madrid 4-0 Real Zaragoza: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 3 November 2012
Result
Real Madrid 4-0 Real Zaragoza
La Liga · Saturday 3 November 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Real Madrid 4-0 Real Zaragoza: match report
Real Madrid defeated Real Zaragoza 4-0 in La Liga on Saturday 3 November 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Gonzalo Higuaín opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (23'), Á. Di María (25'), Michael Essien (89') and Luka Modric (90+2'). Real Zaragoza did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Real Zaragoza received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 4th on 17 points from 9 and Real Zaragoza 10th on 12 points from 9. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Real Zaragoza 19th with 35.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Zaragoza in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 1 for Real Zaragoza.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-D-W-W and Real Zaragoza's W-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 25'Goal · Á. Di María
- 37'Yellow card · Luka Modric
- 65'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 70'Yellow card · Abraham Minero
- 75'Yellow card · Cristian Sapunaru
- 89'Goal · Michael Essien
- 90+2'Goal · Luka Modric
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Álvaro Arbeloa, Raúl Albiol, Mesut Özil, Michael Essien, Luka Modrić, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ángel Di María, Gonzalo Higuaín
Real Zaragoza line-up (4-2-3-1)
Álvaro González, Glenn Loovens, Cristian Săpunaru, Abraham Minero, Movilla, Apoño, Paco Montañés, José Mari, Víctor Rodríguez, Helder Postiga, Roberto Jiménez