Real Madrid 2-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 8 March 2008
Result
Real Madrid 2-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 8 March 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Real Madrid 2-1 Espanyol: match report
Real Madrid defeated Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 8 March 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.
Valdo opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (42') and Raúl (71', penalty). Espanyol scored through Valdo (28').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 59 points from 26 and Espanyol 5th on 42 points from 26. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Espanyol 12th with 48.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 2 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-L-L-W-L and Espanyol's W-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Pablo Zabaleta
- 19'Yellow card · Moisés Hurtado
- 28'Goal · Valdo
- 42'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 47'Yellow card · R. Drenthe
- 71'Penalty goal · Raúl
- 71'Yellow card · Dani Jarque
- 90'Yellow card · M. Smiljanić
- 90+3'Yellow card · Raúl Tamudo
- 90+5'Second yellow · Raúl Tamudo
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
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, David García, Pablo Zabaleta, Marc Torrejón, Dani Jarque, Valdo, Albert Riera, Moisés Hurtado, Milan Smiljanić, Luis Garcia, Jonathan Soriano