Real Madrid 2-3 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 23 March 2008
Result
Real Madrid 2-3 Valencia
La Liga · Sunday 23 March 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Real Madrid 2-3 Valencia: match report
Real Madrid were beaten by Valencia 2-3 in La Liga on Sunday 23 March 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.
David Villa opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Raúl (34') and Raúl (56'). Valencia scored through David Villa (33'), David Villa (67', penalty) and Arizmendi (88').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Valencia received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 62 points from 28 and Valencia 12th on 36 points from 28. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Valencia 10th with 51.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Valencia in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 1 draw and 1 for Valencia.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read L-W-W-L-L and Valencia's L-D-L-D-D.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Marchena
- 33'Goal · David Villa
- 34'Goal · Raúl
- 56'Goal · Raúl
- 67'Penalty goal · David Villa
- 84'Yellow card · Pepe
- 85'Yellow card · Fabio Cannavaro
- 88'Goal · Arizmendi
- 90+2'Yellow card · Marcelo
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Mahamadou Diarra, Wesley Sneijder, Robinho, Fabio Cannavaro, Raúl, Ruud van Nistelrooy
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
Timo Hildebrand, Raúl Albiol, Marco Caneira, Miguel, Hedwiges Maduro, Marchena, Éver Banega, Juan Mata, David Silva, David Villa, Arizmendi