Real Madrid 2-0 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 4 December 2010
Result
Real Madrid 2-0 Valencia
La Liga · Saturday 4 December 2010, 21:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Real Madrid 2-0 Valencia: match report
Real Madrid beat Valencia 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 4 December 2010. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 73rd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (73') and Cristiano Ronaldo (87'). Valencia did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Valencia received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 32 points from 13 and Valencia 5th on 24 points from 13. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 92 points, and Valencia 3rd with 71.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Valencia in a 5-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Real Madrid wins, 1 draw and 3 for Valencia.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Valencia's W-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Jordi Alba
- 10'Yellow card · Albelda
- 10'Yellow card · Pepe
- 28'Yellow card · Bruno Saltor
- 33'Yellow card · Sami Khedira
- 39'Yellow card · A. Costa
- 65'Second yellow · Albelda
- 73'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 75'Yellow card · Joaquín
- 77'Yellow card · Granero
- 87'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-1-2)
Iker Casillas, Pepe, Marcelo, Álvaro Arbeloa, Raúl Albiol, Lassana Diarra, Mesut Özil, Sami Khedira, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ángel Di María, Xabi Alonso
Valencia expected line-up (5-4-1)
César, Miguel, Ricardo Costa, Jérémy Mathieu, David Navarro, Juan Mata, Hedwiges Maduro, Aritz Aduriz, Joaquín