Real Madrid 1-0 Galatasaray: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 3 April 2013
Result
Real Madrid 1-0 Galatasaray
Champions League · Wednesday 3 April 2013, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Real Madrid 1-0 Galatasaray: match report
Real Madrid won against Galatasaray 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 3 April 2013. The half-time score was 2-0.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (9'), Karim Benzema (29') and Gonzalo Higuaín (73'). Galatasaray did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards; Galatasaray received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 13th on 14 points from 8 and Galatasaray 23rd on 12 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Galatasaray in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Madrid win, 0 draws and 1 for Galatasaray.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-D-W-L-D and Galatasaray's D-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 29'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 41'Yellow card · Dany Nounkeu
- 71'Yellow card · Felipe Melo
- 73'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 74'Yellow card · Didier Drogba
- 78'Yellow card · Burak Yılmaz
- 84'Yellow card · Xabi Alonso
- 84'Yellow card · Michael Essien
- 90'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 90+2'Yellow card · Luka Modric
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Fábio Coentrão, Sami Khedira, Mesut Özil, Xabi Alonso, Michael Essien, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Ángel Di María
Galatasaray line-up (4-3-1-2)
Fernando Muslera, Felipe Melo, Dany Nounkeu, Pablo Lago, Emmanuel Eboué, Hamit Altıntop, S. İnan, Albert Riera, Wesley Sneijder, Didier Drogba, B. Yılmaz