Almería 2-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 25 January 2009
Result
Almería 2-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 25 January 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Almería 2-1 Athletic Club: match report
Almería beat Athletic Club 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 25 January 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.
Juanma Ortiz opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Almería's goals came from Juanma Ortiz (25') and K. Uche (39'). Athletic Club scored through Joseba del Olmo (65').
Discipline: Almería received 1 yellow card; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Almería were 15th on 21 points from 19 and Athletic Club 9th on 26 points from 19. Almería went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Athletic Club 13th with 44.
Almería lined up in a 4-4-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Almería win, 2 draws and 0 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Almería's last five read D-D-W-L-D and Athletic Club's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 25'Goal · Juanma Ortiz
- 39'Goal · K. Uche
- 54'Yellow card · Mikel Balenziaga
- 65'Goal · Joseba del Olmo
- 71'Yellow card · Bruno Saltor
- 85'Yellow card · Orbaiz
- 88'Yellow card · Ustaritz
Head-to-head
Team news
Almería line-up (4-4-2)
Diego Alves, Bruno Saltor, Chico Flores, Juanma Ortiz, Carlos García, Mane, Iriney Santos, Crusat, Kalu Uche, Álvaro Negredo, Soriano
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Koikili, Ustaritz, Xabier Etxeita, Mikel Balenziaga, Susaeta, Gurpegi, Toquero, Joseba del Olmo, Francisco Yeste, Joseba Etxeberria