Real Betis 3-1 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 16 December 2007
Result
Real Betis 3-1 Almería
La Liga · Sunday 16 December 2007, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Real Betis 3-1 Almería: match report
Real Betis won against Almería 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 16 December 2007. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Álvaro Negredo opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Real Betis's goals came from Edu (27', penalty), M. Pavone (50') and M. Pavone (83'). Almería scored through Álvaro Negredo (10', penalty).
Discipline: Real Betis received 3 yellow cards; Almería received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Real Betis were 18th on 14 points from 15 and Almería 11th on 19 points from 15. Real Betis went on to finish that season 14th with 47 points, and Almería 9th with 52.
Real Betis lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Almería in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Real Betis's last five read W-L-L-W-L and Almería's W-W-D-D-L.
Key events
- 10'Penalty goal · Álvaro Negredo
- 11'Yellow card · Santiago Acasiete Ariadela
- 12'Yellow card · J. Caffa
- 14'Second yellow · Santiago Acasiete Ariadela
- 18'Yellow card · Branko Ilić
- 23'Red card · Cobeño
- 23'Yellow card · Mané
- 27'Penalty goal · Edu
- 29'Yellow card · Capi
- 50'Goal · M. Pavone
- 51'Yellow card · Soriano
- 82'Yellow card · Rubén Pulido
- 83'Goal · M. Pavone
Team news
Real Betis line-up (4-2-3-1)
Casto, Fernando Vega, David Rivas, Branko Ilić, Arzu, Capi, Rivera, Juan Pablo Caffa, Edu, Mariano Pavone, Juanito
Almería expected line-up (4-3-3)
David Cobeño, Rubén Pulido, Carlos García, Mane, Juanma Ortiz, Crusat, Felipe Melo, Corona, Juanito, Álvaro Negredo, Soriano