Málaga 3-2 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 22 December 2012
Result
Málaga 3-2 Real Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 22 December 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Málaga 3-2 Real Madrid: match report
Málaga defeated Real Madrid 3-2 in La Liga on Saturday 22 December 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Isco opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Málaga's goals came from Isco (49'), R. Santa Cruz (73') and R. Santa Cruz (76'). Real Madrid scored through an own goal by Sergio Sánchez (66') and Karim Benzema (82').
Discipline: Málaga received 1 yellow card; Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Málaga were 4th on 28 points from 16 and Real Madrid 3rd on 31 points from 16. Málaga went on to finish that season 6th with 55 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 82.
Málaga lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Málaga wins, 2 draws and 8 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Málaga's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Real Madrid's D-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 49'Goal · Isco
- 66'Own goal · Sergio Sánchez
- 70'Yellow card · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 73'Goal · R. Santa Cruz
- 76'Goal · R. Santa Cruz
- 80'Yellow card · Pepe
- 82'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 83'Yellow card · Joaquín
- 90+2'Yellow card · Sami Khedira
Head-to-head
Team news
Málaga line-up (4-2-3-1)
Willy Caballero, Jesús Gámez, Nacho Monreal, Eliseu, Sergio Sánchez, Ignacio Camacho, Isco, Joaquín, Javier Saviola, Francisco Portillo, Martín Demichelis
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Antonio Adán, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Álvaro Arbeloa, Sami Khedira, Mesut Özil, Xabi Alonso, Michael Essien, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Ángel Di María