Real Madrid 3-1 Deportivo A Coruña: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 28 October 2007
Result
Real Madrid 3-1 Deportivo A Coruña
La Liga · Sunday 28 October 2007, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Real Madrid 3-1 Deportivo A Coruña: match report
Real Madrid defeated Deportivo A Coruña 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 28 October 2007. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Xisco Jiménez opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Ruud van Nistelrooy (7', penalty), Raúl (78') and Robinho (89'). Deportivo A Coruña scored through Xisco Jiménez (1').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards; Deportivo A Coruña received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 19 points from 8 and Deportivo A Coruña 17th on 8 points from 8. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Deportivo A Coruña 8th with 52.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Deportivo A Coruña in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 2 for Deportivo A Coruña.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Deportivo A Coruña's L-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Xisco Jiménez
- 7'Penalty goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 21'Yellow card · Juan Rodriguez
- 28'Yellow card · Julián de Guzmán
- 47'Yellow card · Míchel Salgado
- 53'Yellow card · Guti
- 71'Yellow card · Sergio
- 75'Yellow card · Riki
- 76'Yellow card · Fernando Gago
- 78'Goal · Raúl
- 79'Second yellow · Sergio
- 83'Yellow card · Wesley Sneijder
- 89'Goal · Robinho
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-4-2)
Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Christoph Metzelder, Mahamadou Diarra, Robinho, Wesley Sneijder, Raúl, Fabio Cannavaro, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Guti
Deportivo A Coruña line-up (4-2-3-1)
Dudú Aouate, Manuel Pablo, Filipe Luís, Piscu, Joan Verdú, Andrés Guardado, Juan Rodríguez, Xisco, Fabricio Coloccini, Julián de Guzmán, Sergio