Real Betis 0-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 21 December 2008
Result
Real Betis 0-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 21 December 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Real Betis 0-1 Athletic Club: match report
Real Betis lost to Athletic Club 0-1 in La Liga on Sunday 21 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
The only goal came from Javi Martínez of Athletic Club in the 42nd minute.
Discipline: Real Betis received no yellow cards; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Betis were 12th on 18 points from 15 and Athletic Club 15th on 16 points from 15. Real Betis went on to finish that season 17th with 42 points, and Athletic Club 13th with 44.
Real Betis lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Real Betis wins, 2 draws and 2 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Real Betis's last five read L-D-L-W-W and Athletic Club's W-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · David López
- 42'Goal · Javi Martínez
- 53'Yellow card · Fernando Amorebieta
- 84'Yellow card · Gorka Iraizoz
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Betis line-up (4-2-3-1)
Casto, Melli, Fernando Vega, Damiá, Nelson, Juanma, Arzu, Rivera, Juande Prados, Sergio García, Juanito
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Ander Murillo, Fernando Amorebieta, Aitor Ocio, Mikel Balenziaga, David Lopez, Orbaiz, Javi Martínez, Ion Vélez, Fernando Llorente, Francisco Yeste