Real Madrid 3-1 Sporting Gijón: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 20 March 2010

Result

Real Madrid 3-1 Sporting Gijón

La Liga · Saturday 20 March 2010, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Real Madrid 3-1 Sporting Gijón: match report

Real Madrid won against Sporting Gijón 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 20 March 2010. It was 0-0 at half-time.

David Barral opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Rafael van der Vaart (55'), Xabi Alonso (57') and Gonzalo Higuaín (62'). Sporting Gijón scored through David Barral (53').

Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Sporting Gijón received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 65 points from 26 and Sporting Gijón 12th on 32 points from 26. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 96 points, and Sporting Gijón 15th with 40.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Real Madrid wins, 1 draw and 0 for Sporting Gijón.

Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Sporting Gijón's D-L-W-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 53'Goal · David BarralSporting Gijón · 0-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Juan PabloSporting Gijón
  • 55'Goal · Rafael van der VaartReal Madrid · 1-1
  • 57'Goal · Xabi AlonsoReal Madrid · 2-1
  • 62'Goal · Gonzalo HiguaínReal Madrid · 3-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Gonzalo HiguaínReal Madrid
  • 90'Yellow card · Ezequiel GarayReal Madrid

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Real Madrid 2, draws 1, Sporting Gijón 0.

Team news

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Real Madrid line-up (4-4-2)

Iker Casillas, Álvaro Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Ezequiel Garay, Lassana Diarra, Rafael van der Vaart, Granero, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuaín, Xabi Alonso

Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)

Juan Pablo, Alberto Botía, Roberto Canella, Rivera, Lora, Grégory Arnolin, Diego Castro, Diego Camacho, Luis Morán, Miguel de las Cuevas, David Barral