Atlético de Madrid 6-3 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 6 April 2008
Result
Atlético de Madrid 6-3 Almería
La Liga · Sunday 6 April 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 4-3
Atlético de Madrid 6-3 Almería: match report
Atlético de Madrid defeated Almería 6-3 in La Liga on Sunday 6 April 2008. The half-time score was 4-3.
Antonio López opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Antonio López (2'), Diego Forlán Corazo (6', penalty), Simão (34'), Simão (45'), Sergio Agüero (52') and Sergio Agüero (69'). Almería scored through Felipe Melo (11'), Juanma Ortiz (18') and Álvaro Negredo (37').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 1 yellow card; Almería received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 4th on 50 points from 30 and Almería 8th on 42 points from 30. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and Almería 9th with 52.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Almería in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Atlético de Madrid wins, 1 draw and 0 for Almería.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Antonio López
- 4'Red card · Rubén Pulido
- 6'Yellow card · Crusat
- 6'Penalty goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 11'Goal · Felipe Melo
- 18'Goal · Juanma Ortiz
- 27'Yellow card · Juanito
- 34'Goal · Simão
- 37'Goal · Álvaro Negredo
- 40'Second yellow · Juanito
- 45'Goal · Simão
- 52'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 69'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 74'Yellow card · Sergio Agüero
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Christian Abbiati, Antonio López, Pernía, Pablo Ibáñez, Simão, Ignacio Camacho, Raúl García, Diego Forlán Corazo, Sergio Agüero, Maxi Rodríguez, Carlos Gallego
Almería line-up (4-3-3)
Diego Alves, Bruno Saltor, Felipe Melo, Rubén Pulido, Juanma Ortiz, Carlos García, Mane, Crusat, Juanito, Álvaro Negredo, Soriano