Real Betis 1-2 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 27 September 2008
Result
Real Betis 1-2 Real Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 27 September 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Real Betis 1-2 Real Madrid: match report
Real Betis lost to Real Madrid 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 27 September 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
Iván Heinze opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Real Betis's goal came from Sergio García (54'). Real Madrid scored through Iván Heinze (18') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (90+1').
Discipline: Real Betis received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Betis were 17th on 2 points from 4 and Real Madrid 4th on 9 points from 4. Real Betis went on to finish that season 17th with 42 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 78.
Real Betis lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Betis win, 2 draws and 3 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Real Betis's last five read L-D-D-L and Real Madrid's W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Iván Heinze
- 37'Yellow card · Rafael van der Vaart
- 39'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 43'Yellow card · Sergio García
- 54'Red card · Marcelo
- 54'Goal · Sergio García
- 61'Yellow card · Mahamadou Diarra
- 76'Yellow card · Casillas
- 81'Yellow card · M. Pavone
- 83'Second yellow · Sergio García
- 88'Yellow card · Juanito
- 90+1'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Betis line-up (4-2-3-1)
Casto, Damiá, Fabián Monzón, Nelson, Arzu, Capi, Achille Emana, Sergio García, José Marí, Juanito, Mehmet Aurelio
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Marcelo, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Mahamadou Diarra, Wesley Sneijder, Guti, Fabio Cannavaro, Gonzalo Higuaín, Raúl