Real Madrid 5-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 8 May 2010
Result
Real Madrid 5-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 8 May 2010, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Real Madrid 5-1 Athletic Club: match report
Real Madrid defeated Athletic Club 5-1 in La Liga on Saturday 8 May 2010. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (22', penalty), Gonzalo Higuaín (73'), Sergio Ramos (80'), Karim Benzema (81') and Marcelo (89'). Athletic Club scored through Francisco Yeste (41').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 92 points from 36 and Athletic Club 8th on 51 points from 36. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 96 points, and Athletic Club 8th with 54.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 1 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Athletic Club's D-L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 22'Penalty goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 22'Yellow card · Andoni Iraola
- 22'Red card · Fernando Amorebieta
- 24'Yellow card · Fernando Gago
- 41'Goal · Francisco Yeste
- 57'Yellow card · Arbeloa
- 63'Yellow card · Guti
- 67'Yellow card · Gorka Iraizoz
- 73'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 80'Goal · Sergio Ramos
- 81'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 89'Goal · Marcelo
Head-to-head
Team news
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Real Madrid expected line-up (4-4-2)
Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Ezequiel Garay, Marcelo, Álvaro Arbeloa, Lassana Diarra, Granero, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuaín, Xabi Alonso
Athletic Club line-up (4-3-1-2)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Koikili, Fernando Amorebieta, Óscar de Marcos, Gurpegi, Javi Martínez, Iturraspe, Toquero, Francisco Yeste, Mikel San José, Andoni Iraola