Atlético de Madrid 1-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 23 December 2007
Result
Atlético de Madrid 1-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 23 December 2007, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Atlético de Madrid 1-2 Espanyol: match report
Atlético de Madrid lost to Espanyol 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 23 December 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.
Simão opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goal came from Simão (36'). Espanyol scored through Raúl Tamudo (52') and Luis García (84').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 3rd on 31 points from 16 and Espanyol 5th on 30 points from 16. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and Espanyol 12th with 48.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Atlético de Madrid wins, 2 draws and 2 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read D-W-W-W-D and Espanyol's W-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Marc Torrejón
- 30'Red card · Sergio Agüero
- 36'Goal · Simão
- 37'Yellow card · Raúl Tamudo
- 42'Yellow card · Pablo Zabaleta
- 44'Yellow card · Pernía
- 52'Goal · Raúl Tamudo
- 54'Second yellow · Pernía
- 63'Yellow card · Antonio López
- 84'Goal · Luis García
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Christian Abbiati, Pernía, Fabiano Eler, Pablo Ibáñez, Cleber Santana, Simão, Raúl García, Diego Forlán Corazo, Sergio Agüero, Maxi Rodríguez, Carlos Gallego
Espanyol line-up (4-4-1-1)
Carlos Kameni, David García, Pablo Zabaleta, Marc Torrejón, Dani Jarque, Albert Riera, Angel Martinez, Ferran Corominas, Moisés Hurtado, Luis Garcia, Raúl Tamudo