Málaga 1-0 Sporting Gijón: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 4 January 2009
Result
Málaga 1-0 Sporting Gijón
La Liga · Sunday 4 January 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Málaga 1-0 Sporting Gijón: match report
Málaga defeated Sporting Gijón 1-0 in La Liga on Sunday 4 January 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Lolo of Málaga in the 34th minute.
Discipline: Málaga received 1 yellow card; Sporting Gijón received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Málaga were 9th on 22 points from 16 and Sporting Gijón 11th on 21 points from 16. Málaga went on to finish that season 8th with 55 points, and Sporting Gijón 16th with 43.
Málaga lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Málaga's last five read D-W-L-W-D and Sporting Gijón's W-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Canella
- 34'Goal · Lolo
- 78'Yellow card · David Barral
- 82'Yellow card · Lolo
- 82'Yellow card · Lora
Team news
Málaga line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iñaki Goitia, Jesús Gámez, Weligton, Hélder Rosario, Eliseu, Nacho, Lolo, Apoño, Duda, Nabil Baha, Adrián
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jorge García, Pedro, Roberto Canella, Gerard, Raúl Cámara, Michel, Tati Maldonado, Diego Castro, Lora, Mate Bilic, Sergio Sánchez