Real Madrid 3-0 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 27 April 2008
Result
Real Madrid 3-0 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 27 April 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 3-0 Athletic Club: match report
Real Madrid won against Athletic Club 3-0 in La Liga on Sunday 27 April 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Javier Saviola opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Javier Saviola (13'), Arjen Robben (74') and Gonzalo Higuaín (76'). Athletic Club did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 72 points from 33 and Athletic Club 11th on 46 points from 33. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Athletic Club 11th with 50.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Athletic Club in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 0 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-D-W-L and Athletic Club's W-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Javier Saviola
- 31'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 35'Yellow card · Iván Heinze
- 37'Missed penalty · Joseba Garmendia
- 38'Yellow card · Joseba Garmendia
- 53'Yellow card · Javi Martínez
- 74'Goal · Arjen Robben
- 76'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Mahamadou Diarra, Robinho, Wesley Sneijder, Fabio Cannavaro, Raúl, Ruud van Nistelrooy
Athletic Club line-up (4-4-2)
Armando Riveiro, Fernando Amorebieta, Koikili, Joseba Garmendia, Gabilondo, Gurpegi, Javi Martínez, Susaeta, Fernando Llorente, Andoni Iraola, Joseba Etxeberria