Real Madrid 4-3 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 12 May 2007
Result
Real Madrid 4-3 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 12 May 2007, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-3
Real Madrid 4-3 Espanyol: match report
Real Madrid beat Espanyol 4-3 in La Liga on Saturday 12 May 2007. It was 1-3 at half-time.
W. Pandiani opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Ruud van Nistelrooy (29'), Raúl (48'), José Antonio Reyes (59') and Gonzalo Higuaín (89'). Espanyol scored through W. Pandiani (14'), W. Pandiani (26') and W. Pandiani (33').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 63 points from 33 and Espanyol 11th on 45 points from 33. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 76 points, and Espanyol 12th with 49.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 1 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Espanyol's W-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 14'Goal · W. Pandiani
- 26'Goal · W. Pandiani
- 29'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 33'Goal · W. Pandiani
- 48'Goal · Raúl
- 52'Yellow card · Moha
- 54'Yellow card · Javi Chica
- 59'Yellow card · C. Kameni
- 59'Goal · José Antonio Reyes
- 60'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 81'Yellow card · Jônatas
- 89'Yellow card · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 89'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up
Iker Casillas, Roberto Carlos, Sergio Ramos, Cicinho, Mahamadou Diarra, Emerson, Fabio Cannavaro, Raúl, Guti, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Gonzalo Higuaín
Espanyol line-up
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, Jesús Lacruz, Juan Velasco, Marc Torrejón, Eduardo Costa, Jônatas, Angel Martinez, Walter Gerardo Pandiani Urquiza, Moha, Rufete