Atlético de Madrid 1-2 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 18 October 2008
Result
Atlético de Madrid 1-2 Real Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 18 October 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Atlético de Madrid 1-2 Real Madrid: match report
Atlético de Madrid lost to Real Madrid 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 18 October 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
Ruud van Nistelrooy opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Atlético de Madrid's goal came from Simão (90'). Real Madrid scored through Ruud van Nistelrooy (1') and Gonzalo Higuaín (90+6', penalty).
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 7th on 9 points from 6 and Real Madrid 5th on 13 points from 6. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 78.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Atlético de Madrid wins, 2 draws and 4 for Real Madrid.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 8'Yellow card · Carlos Gallego
- 30'Red card · Carlos Gallego
- 36'Yellow card · Raúl García
- 39'Red card · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 45'Yellow card · Paulo Assunção
- 78'Yellow card · John Heitinga
- 86'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 90'Goal · Simão
- 90+1'Yellow card · Simão
- 90+4'Yellow card · Javi García
- 90+6'Penalty goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Pernía, Tomás Ujfalusi, Paulo Assunção, Éver Banega, Maniche, Raúl García, Johnny Heitinga, Diego Forlán Corazo, Sergio Agüero, Carlos Gallego, Leo Franco
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Marcelo, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Mahamadou Diarra, Wesley Sneijder, Guti, Fabio Cannavaro, Gonzalo Higuaín, Raúl