Real Madrid 3-4 Sevilla: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 7 December 2008
Result
Real Madrid 3-4 Sevilla
La Liga · Sunday 7 December 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-3
Real Madrid 3-4 Sevilla: match report
Real Madrid lost to Sevilla 3-4 in La Liga on Sunday 7 December 2008. The half-time score was 1-3.
Adriano opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Raúl (18'), Gonzalo Higuaín (66') and Fernando Gago (69'). Sevilla scored through Adriano (3'), Romaric (22'), Frédéric Kanouté (38') and Renato (84').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sevilla received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 4th on 26 points from 13 and Sevilla 6th on 24 points from 13. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Sevilla 3rd with 70.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sevilla in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 3 for Sevilla.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read L-W-L-W-D and Sevilla's L-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Adriano
- 18'Goal · Raúl
- 21'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 22'Goal · Romaric
- 31'Yellow card · Jesús Navas
- 38'Goal · Frédéric Kanouté
- 48'Yellow card · Julien Escudé
- 50'Yellow card · Arjen Robben
- 54'Yellow card · Frédéric Kanouté
- 66'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 66'Yellow card · Fernando Gago
- 67'Yellow card · Fernando Navarro
- 69'Goal · Fernando Gago
- 76'Second yellow · Arjen Robben
- 77'Yellow card · Renato
- 84'Goal · Renato
- 89'Yellow card · Guti
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
Sevilla line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sébastien Squillaci, Adriano, Jesús Navas, Julien Escude, Fernando Navarro, Abdoulay Konko, Aldo Duscher, Renato, Romaric, Frédéric Kanouté, Palop