Deportivo A Coruña 3-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 23 November 2008
Result
Deportivo A Coruña 3-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 23 November 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Deportivo A Coruña 3-1 Athletic Club: match report
Deportivo A Coruña defeated Athletic Club 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 23 November 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.
Zé Castro opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Deportivo A Coruña's goals came from Zé Castro (20'), Joan Verdú (44', penalty) and Andrés Guardado (90+2'). Athletic Club scored through Javi Martínez (71').
Discipline: Deportivo A Coruña received 3 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Deportivo A Coruña were 10th on 15 points from 11 and Athletic Club 18th on 9 points from 11. Deportivo A Coruña went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Athletic Club 13th with 44.
Deportivo A Coruña lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Deportivo A Coruña wins, 2 draws and 2 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Deportivo A Coruña's last five read L-W-W-L-D and Athletic Club's W-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Zé Castro
- 24'Missed penalty · Andoni Iraola
- 32'Yellow card · David López
- 44'Penalty goal · Joan Verdú
- 47'Yellow card · Orbaiz
- 71'Goal · Javi Martínez
- 86'Yellow card · Andrés Guardado
- 87'Yellow card · Zé Castro
- 90'Yellow card · Joan Verdú
- 90+2'Goal · Andrés Guardado
Head-to-head
Team news
Deportivo A Coruña line-up (4-2-3-1)
Aranzubia, Manuel Pablo, Filipe Luís, Piscu, Joan Verdú, Antonio Tomás, Ángel Lafita, Andrés Guardado, Juan Rodríguez, Zé Castro, Rodolfo Bodipo
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Fernando Amorebieta, Aitor Ocio, Mikel Balenziaga, David Lopez, Joseba Garmendia, Susaeta, Orbaiz, Javi Martínez, Fernando Llorente, Andoni Iraola