Valencia 2-3 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 12 December 2009
Result
Valencia 2-3 Real Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 12 December 2009, 21:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Valencia 2-3 Real Madrid: match report
Valencia lost to Real Madrid 2-3 in La Liga on Saturday 12 December 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
Gonzalo Higuaín opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Valencia's goals came from David Villa (59') and Joaquín (80'). Real Madrid scored through Gonzalo Higuaín (54'), Gonzalo Higuaín (65') and Ezequiel Garay (83').
Discipline: Valencia received 4 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 3rd on 28 points from 13 and Real Madrid 2nd on 31 points from 13. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 96.
Valencia lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Valencia wins, 1 draw and 4 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Real Madrid's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Xabi Alonso
- 36'Yellow card · Jérémy Mathieu
- 54'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 59'Goal · David Villa
- 62'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 65'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 75'Yellow card · David Navarro
- 80'Goal · Joaquín
- 83'Goal · Ezequiel Garay
- 85'Yellow card · Marchena
- 90'Yellow card · Bruno Saltor
Head-to-head
Team news
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Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
César, Bruno Saltor, David Navarro, Dealbert, Jérémy Mathieu, Marchena, Juan Mata, Pablo Hernández, Éver Banega, David Villa, Albelda
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Álvaro Arbeloa, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Raúl Albiol, Lassana Diarra, Rafael van der Vaart, Karim Benzema, Gonzalo Higuaín, Xabi Alonso