Sporting Gijón 2-1 Málaga: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 15 January 2012
Result
Sporting Gijón 2-1 Málaga
La Liga · Sunday 15 January 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sporting Gijón 2-1 Málaga: match report
Sporting Gijón beat Málaga 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 15 January 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.
Alejandro Gálvez opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Sporting Gijón's goals came from Alejandro Gálvez (36') and Óscar Trejo (90+2'). Málaga scored through Ruud van Nistelrooy (88').
Discipline: Sporting Gijón received 5 yellow cards; Málaga received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sporting Gijón were 19th on 15 points from 17 and Málaga 8th on 25 points from 17. Sporting Gijón went on to finish that season 19th with 37 points, and Málaga 4th with 58.
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 3 for Málaga.
Going into the match Sporting Gijón's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Málaga's D-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Joris Mathijsen
- 11'Yellow card · Jérémy Toulalan
- 36'Goal · Alejandro Gálvez
- 46'Yellow card · André Castro
- 71'Yellow card · Sebastián Eguren Ledesma
- 83'Yellow card · Juan Pablo
- 85'Yellow card · Óscar Trejo
- 86'Yellow card · Nacho Cases
- 86'Yellow card · Isco
- 88'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 90+2'Goal · Óscar Trejo
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Juan Pablo, Roberto Canella, Damián Suárez, Alejandro Gálvez, Castro, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Grégory Arnolin, Nacho Cases, Nacho Novo, Miguel de las Cuevas, David Barral
Málaga line-up (4-2-3-1)
Willy Caballero, Joris Mathijsen, Nacho Monreal, Eliseu, Sergio Sánchez, Jérémy Toulalan, Santi Cazorla, Isco, Sebastián Fernández, Martín Demichelis, Ruud van Nistelrooy