Athletic Club 2-5 Real Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 14 March 2009

Result

Athletic Club 2-5 Real Madrid

La Liga · Saturday 14 March 2009, 21:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Athletic Club 2-5 Real Madrid: match report

Athletic Club were beaten by Real Madrid 2-5 in La Liga on Saturday 14 March 2009. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Arjen Robben opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Athletic Club's goals came from an own goal by Iván Heinze (36') and Fernando Llorente (45+1'). Real Madrid scored through Arjen Robben (22'), Iván Heinze (34'), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (47'), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (61') and Gonzalo Higuaín (85', penalty).

Discipline: Athletic Club received 7 yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Athletic Club were 10th on 31 points from 26 and Real Madrid 2nd on 57 points from 26. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 78.

Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Athletic Club wins, 0 draws and 7 for Real Madrid.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Andoni IraolaAthletic Club
  • 5'Yellow card · KoikiliAthletic Club
  • 22'Goal · Arjen RobbenReal Madrid · 0-1
  • 34'Goal · Iván HeinzeReal Madrid · 0-2
  • 36'Red card · Francisco YesteAthletic Club
  • 36'Own goal · Iván HeinzeAthletic Club · 1-2
  • 37'Yellow card · Aitor OcioAthletic Club
  • 38'Yellow card · Javi MartínezAthletic Club
  • 40'Yellow card · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarReal Madrid
  • 45+1'Goal · Fernando LlorenteAthletic Club · 2-2
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Wesley SneijderReal Madrid
  • 47'Goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarReal Madrid · 2-3
  • 51'Yellow card · Fernando LlorenteAthletic Club
  • 57'Yellow card · Fernando AmorebietaAthletic Club
  • 61'Goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarReal Madrid · 2-4
  • 81'Yellow card · Dani ParejoReal Madrid
  • 82'Yellow card · Gonzalo HiguaínReal Madrid
  • 85'Penalty goal · Gonzalo HiguaínReal Madrid · 2-5
  • 88'Yellow card · Carlos GurpegiAthletic Club

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Athletic Club 0, draws 0, Real Madrid 7.

Team news

Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Koikili, Fernando Amorebieta, Aitor Ocio, David Lopez, Orbaiz, Javi Martínez, Toquero, Fernando Llorente, Francisco Yeste, Andoni Iraola

Real Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)

Iker Casillas, Marcelo, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Mahamadou Diarra, Wesley Sneijder, Guti, Fabio Cannavaro, Gonzalo Higuaín, Raúl