Almería 3-1 Sporting Gijón: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 10 May 2009
Result
Almería 3-1 Sporting Gijón
La Liga · Sunday 10 May 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Almería 3-1 Sporting Gijón: match report
Almería defeated Sporting Gijón 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 10 May 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Carmelo opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Almería's goals came from Nieto (27'), K. Uche (55') and Pablo Piatti (90'). Sporting Gijón scored through Carmelo (16').
Discipline: Almería received 4 yellow cards; Sporting Gijón received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Almería were 11th on 43 points from 34 and Sporting Gijón 18th on 34 points from 34. Almería went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Sporting Gijón 16th with 43.
Almería lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Almería wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sporting Gijón.
Going into the match Almería's last five read W-W-L-W-L and Sporting Gijón's D-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Carmelo
- 27'Goal · Nieto
- 31'Yellow card · Carmelo
- 55'Goal · K. Uche
- 64'Yellow card · Álvaro Negredo
- 72'Yellow card · Carlos García Badías
- 79'Yellow card · Soriano
- 81'Yellow card · David Barral
- 90'Goal · Pablo Piatti
- 90'Yellow card · Juanma Ortiz
Head-to-head
Team news
Almería line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jaime Suárez, Guilherme Santos, Michel Macedo, Juanma Ortiz, Carlos García, Hernán Pellerano, Nieto, Juanito, Kalu Uche, Álvaro Negredo, Soriano
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iván Cuéllar, Jorge García, Gerard, Sastre, Cote, Carmelo, Michel, Diego Castro, Diego Camacho, Matabuena, Mate Bilic