Valencia 3-0 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 9 May 2009
Result
Valencia 3-0 Real Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 9 May 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Valencia 3-0 Real Madrid: match report
Valencia won against Real Madrid 3-0 in La Liga on Saturday 9 May 2009. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Juan Mata opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Valencia's goals came from Juan Mata (29'), David Silva (32') and Rubén Baraja (68'). Real Madrid did not score.
Discipline: Valencia received 3 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 4th on 56 points from 34 and Real Madrid 2nd on 78 points from 34. Valencia went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 78.
Valencia lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Valencia wins, 1 draw and 4 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-D-W-W-W and Real Madrid's L-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Javi García
- 27'Yellow card · Fernando Gago
- 29'Goal · Juan Mata
- 32'Goal · David Silva
- 35'Yellow card · David Silva
- 37'Yellow card · Alexis
- 64'Yellow card · Marchena
- 68'Goal · Rubén Baraja
- 81'Yellow card · Marcelo
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-3-2-1)
César, Raúl Albiol, Alexis Ruano, Miguel, Hedwiges Maduro, Marchena, Juan Mata, David Silva, David Villa, Joaquín, Rubén Baraja
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Marcelo, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Mahamadou Diarra, Wesley Sneijder, Guti, Fabio Cannavaro, Gonzalo Higuaín, Raúl