Real Madrid 5-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 4 March 2012
Result
Real Madrid 5-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 4 March 2012, 20:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Real Madrid 5-0 Espanyol: match report
Real Madrid won against Espanyol 5-0 in La Liga on Sunday 4 March 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (23'), Sami Khedira (38'), Gonzalo Higuaín (47'), Kaká (66') and Gonzalo Higuaín (78'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 64 points from 24 and Espanyol 11th on 33 points from 24. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 100 points, and Espanyol 14th with 46.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Real Madrid wins, 1 draw and 1 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Espanyol's L-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 31'Yellow card · Ricardo Carvalho
- 38'Goal · Sami Khedira
- 47'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 53'Yellow card · Romaric
- 56'Yellow card · Juan Forlin
- 66'Goal · Kaká
- 67'Yellow card · Vladimir Weiss
- 78'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 83'Yellow card · Raúl Baena
Head-to-head
Team news
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Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Ricardo Carvalho, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Álvaro Arbeloa, Sami Khedira, Kaká, Mesut Özil, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso, Gonzalo Higuaín
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kiko Casilla, Raúl Rodríguez, Héctor Moreno, Javi López, Juan Forlin, Joan Verdú, Romaric, Philippe Coutinho, Álvaro Vázquez, Vladimír Weiss, Dídac Vilà