Real Madrid 4-1 Sporting Gijón: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 24 September 2008
Result
Real Madrid 4-1 Sporting Gijón
La Liga · Wednesday 24 September 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Real Madrid 4-1 Sporting Gijón: match report
Real Madrid defeated Sporting Gijón 4-1 in La Liga on Wednesday 24 September 2008. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Rafael van der Vaart opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Rafael van der Vaart (18'), Rafael van der Vaart (33'), Gonzalo Higuaín (37'), Rafael van der Vaart (47'), Arjen Robben (51'), Raúl (59') and Raúl (64'). Sporting Gijón scored through Kike Mateo (53').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 7th on 6 points from 3 and Sporting Gijón 20th on 0 points from 3. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Sporting Gijón 16th with 43.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-L and Sporting Gijón's L-L-L.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Rafael van der Vaart
- 33'Goal · Rafael van der Vaart
- 37'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 47'Goal · Rafael van der Vaart
- 51'Goal · Arjen Robben
- 53'Goal · Kike Mateo
- 59'Goal · Raúl
- 64'Goal · Raúl
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Pepe, Marcelo, Miguel Torres, Mahamadou Diarra, Ruben de la Red Gutierrez, Rafael van der Vaart, Arjen Robben, Fabio Cannavaro, Raúl, Gonzalo Higuaín
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pedro, Jürgen Colin, Iván Hernández, Roberto Canella, Raúl Cámara, Michel, Tati Maldonado, Diego Camacho, David Barral, Sergio Sánchez, Kike Mateo