Espanyol 0-2 Atlético de Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Thursday 8 May 2008
Result
Espanyol 0-2 Atlético de Madrid
La Liga · Thursday 8 May 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Espanyol 0-2 Atlético de Madrid: match report
Espanyol were beaten by Atlético de Madrid 0-2 in La Liga on Thursday 8 May 2008. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Sergio Agüero opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Espanyol did not score. Atlético de Madrid scored through Sergio Agüero (26') and Diego Forlán Corazo (29').
Discipline: Espanyol received 3 yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 11th on 48 points from 35 and Atlético de Madrid 5th on 58 points from 35. Espanyol went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Atlético de Madrid 5th with 64.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Atlético de Madrid in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Espanyol wins, 2 draws and 0 for Atlético de Madrid.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read D-D-D-L-L and Atlético de Madrid's W-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Pernía
- 25'Yellow card · Javi Chica
- 26'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 29'Goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 40'Yellow card · Carlos Gallego
- 42'Yellow card · Luis García
- 80'Yellow card · Marc Torrejón
- 85'Yellow card · Maxi Rodríguez
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-4-1-1)
Iñaki Lafuente, Javi Chica, David García, Pablo Zabaleta, Marc Torrejón, Albert Riera, Angel Martinez, Ferran Corominas, Milan Smiljanić, Luis Garcia, Ewerthon
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Antonio López, Pernía, Pablo Ibáñez, Luis García, Ignacio Camacho, Raúl García, Diego Forlán Corazo, Sergio Agüero, Maxi Rodríguez, Carlos Gallego, Leo Franco