Atlético de Madrid 4-1 Deportivo A Coruña: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 16 November 2008

Result

Atlético de Madrid 4-1 Deportivo A Coruña

La Liga · Sunday 16 November 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Atlético de Madrid · Deportivo A Coruña · La Liga predictions

Atlético de Madrid 4-1 Deportivo A Coruña: match report

Atlético de Madrid defeated Deportivo A Coruña 4-1 in La Liga on Sunday 16 November 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

John Heitinga opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from John Heitinga (26'), Diego Forlán Corazo (51'), Maxi Rodríguez (66') and Diego Forlán Corazo (80'). Deportivo A Coruña scored through Filipe Luís (86').

Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received no yellow cards; Deportivo A Coruña received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 8th on 14 points from 10 and Deportivo A Coruña 6th on 15 points from 10. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Deportivo A Coruña 7th with 58.

Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Deportivo A Coruña in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Atlético de Madrid wins, 0 draws and 2 for Deportivo A Coruña.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · John HeitingaAtlético de Madrid · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Alberto LopoDeportivo A Coruña
  • 51'Goal · Diego Forlán CorazoAtlético de Madrid · 2-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Juan RodriguezDeportivo A Coruña
  • 66'Goal · Maxi RodríguezAtlético de Madrid · 3-0
  • 80'Goal · Diego Forlán CorazoAtlético de Madrid · 4-0
  • 86'Goal · Filipe LuísDeportivo A Coruña · 4-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Atlético de Madrid 4, draws 0, Deportivo A Coruña 2.

Team news

Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)

Pernía, Tomás Ujfalusi, Paulo Assunção, Maniche, Simão, Johnny Heitinga, Diego Forlán Corazo, Sergio Agüero, Maxi Rodríguez, Carlos Gallego, Leo Franco

Deportivo A Coruña line-up (4-2-3-1)

Aranzubia, Manuel Pablo, Filipe Luís, Alberto Lopo, Piscu, Joan Verdú, Ángel Lafita, Andrés Guardado, Juan Rodríguez, Riki, Sergio