Real Madrid 8-1 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 21 May 2011
Result
Real Madrid 8-1 Almería
La Liga · Saturday 21 May 2011, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Real Madrid 8-1 Almería: match report
Real Madrid defeated Almería 8-1 in La Liga on Saturday 21 May 2011. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (4'), Emmanuel Adebayor (31'), Karim Benzema (48'), Emmanuel Adebayor (53'), Karim Benzema (64'), Emmanuel Adebayor (73'), Cristiano Ronaldo (77') and Joselu (87'). Almería scored through K. Uche (33').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card; Almería received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 89 points from 37 and Almería 20th on 30 points from 37. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 92 points, and Almería 20th with 30.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Almería in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 1 for Almería.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Almería's W-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 31'Goal · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 33'Goal · K. Uche
- 48'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 50'Yellow card · Xabi Alonso
- 53'Goal · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 64'Yellow card · Juanma Ortiz
- 64'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 73'Goal · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 77'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 87'Goal · Joselu
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Jerzy Dudek, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Álvaro Arbeloa, Raúl Albiol, Kaká, Mesut Özil, Emmanuel Adebayor, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Xabi Alonso
Almería line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jaime Suárez, Marcelo Silva, Hernán Pellerano, Antonio Luna, Juanma Ortiz, Carlos García, Crusat, Corona, Hernán Bernardello, Kalu Uche, Pablo Piatti