Real Madrid 1-0 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 20 December 2008
Result
Real Madrid 1-0 Valencia
La Liga · Saturday 20 December 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 1-0 Valencia: match report
Real Madrid defeated Valencia 1-0 in La Liga on Saturday 20 December 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Gonzalo Higuaín of Real Madrid in the 3rd minute.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards; Valencia received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 6th on 26 points from 15 and Valencia 2nd on 30 points from 15. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Valencia 6th with 62.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Valencia in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 1 draw and 2 for Valencia.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read L-L-L-W-L and Valencia's W-L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 22'Yellow card · Del Horno
- 28'Yellow card · Míchel Salgado
- 30'Yellow card · Marchena
- 32'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 66'Second yellow · Marchena
- 69'Yellow card · Albiol
- 83'Yellow card · Arjen Robben
- 88'Yellow card · Palanca
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
Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
Renan, Raúl Albiol, Del Horno, Miguel, Marchena, Juan Mata, Manuel Fernandes, David Villa, Joaquín, Albelda, Rubén Baraja