Sporting Gijón 1-0 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 21 December 2008
Result
Sporting Gijón 1-0 Almería
La Liga · Sunday 21 December 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sporting Gijón 1-0 Almería: match report
Sporting Gijón won against Almería 1-0 in La Liga on Sunday 21 December 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Tati Maldonado of Sporting Gijón in the 27th minute.
Discipline: Sporting Gijón received 5 yellow cards; Almería received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sporting Gijón were 12th on 18 points from 15 and Almería 15th on 16 points from 15. Sporting Gijón went on to finish that season 16th with 43 points, and Almería 12th with 46.
Sporting Gijón lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Almería in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Sporting Gijón's last five read L-L-W-L-W and Almería's D-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Bruno Saltor
- 21'Yellow card · Carmelo
- 27'Goal · Tati Maldonado
- 30'Yellow card · Michel
- 38'Yellow card · Tati Maldonado
- 45'Yellow card · Matabuena
- 65'Yellow card · Juanito
- 67'Yellow card · Raúl Cámara
Team news
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jorge García, Iván Hernández, Roberto Canella, Sastre, Carmelo, Michel, Tati Maldonado, Matabuena, Mate Bilic, Luis Morán, Sergio Sánchez
Almería line-up (4-3-3)
Diego Alves, Bruno Saltor, Juanma Ortiz, Santiago Wilmer Acasiete Ariadela, Carlos García, Mane, Julio Alvarez, Corona, Juanito, Álvaro Negredo, Pablo Piatti