Espanyol 0-1 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 17 December 2006
Result
Espanyol 0-1 Real Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 17 December 2006, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Espanyol 0-1 Real Madrid: match report
Espanyol were beaten by Real Madrid 0-1 in La Liga on Sunday 17 December 2006. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Ruud van Nistelrooy of Real Madrid in the 49th minute.
Discipline: Espanyol received 2 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Espanyol were 12th on 19 points from 14 and Real Madrid 3rd on 29 points from 14. Espanyol went on to finish that season 12th with 49 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 76.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Espanyol win, 0 draws and 1 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read W-W-D-W-D and Real Madrid's L-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Moisés Hurtado
- 38'Yellow card · Robinho
- 47'Yellow card · Fabio Cannavaro
- 49'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 53'Second yellow · Fabio Cannavaro
- 72'Yellow card · Roberto Carlos
- 76'Yellow card · Pablo Zabaleta
- 79'Yellow card · Míchel Salgado
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, Pablo Zabaleta, Marc Torrejón, Dani Jarque, De la Peña, Moisés Hurtado, Luis Garcia, Raúl Tamudo, Moha, Rufete
Real Madrid line-up
Iker Casillas, Míchel Salgado, Roberto Carlos, Sergio Ramos, Emerson, Robinho, José Antonio Reyes, Fabio Cannavaro, Raúl, Guti, Ruud van Nistelrooy