Sporting Gijón 1-2 Málaga: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 2 January 2011
Result
Sporting Gijón 1-2 Málaga
La Liga · Sunday 2 January 2011, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Sporting Gijón 1-2 Málaga: match report
Sporting Gijón lost to Málaga 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 2 January 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.
Diego Castro opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Sporting Gijón's goal came from Diego Castro (42', penalty). Málaga scored through Weligton (45') and Apoño (59', penalty).
Discipline: Sporting Gijón received 5 yellow cards; Málaga received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sporting Gijón were 19th on 12 points from 16 and Málaga 18th on 13 points from 16. Sporting Gijón went on to finish that season 9th with 47 points, and Málaga 11th with 46.
Sporting Gijón lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Málaga in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sporting Gijón win, 2 draws and 1 for Málaga.
Going into the match Sporting Gijón's last five read D-D-L-L-L and Málaga's L-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Kris Stadsgaard
- 40'Yellow card · Patrick Jan Mtiliga
- 41'Yellow card · Eliseu
- 42'Penalty goal · Diego Castro
- 45'Goal · Weligton
- 49'Yellow card · Sebastián Eguren Ledesma
- 59'Penalty goal · Apoño
- 59'Yellow card · Iván Cuéllar
- 68'Yellow card · Botía
- 85'Yellow card · De las Cuevas
- 90'Yellow card · Mate Bilic
Head-to-head
Team news
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iván Cuéllar, Alberto Botía, Cote, Rivera, Carmelo, Lora, Grégory Arnolin, Diego Castro, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Miguel de las Cuevas, Gastón Sangoy
Málaga line-up (4-2-3-1)
Arnau, Jesús Gámez, Weligton, Kris Stadsgaard, Eliseu, Patrick Jan Mtiliga, Apoño, Duda, Recio, Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, Salomón Rondón