Real Madrid 2-0 Getafe: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 31 October 2009
Result
Real Madrid 2-0 Getafe
La Liga · Saturday 31 October 2009, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Real Madrid 2-0 Getafe: match report
Real Madrid won against Getafe 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 31 October 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
Gonzalo Higuaín opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (53') and Gonzalo Higuaín (56'). Getafe did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Getafe received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 19 points from 8 and Getafe 8th on 12 points from 8. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 96 points, and Getafe 6th with 58.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Getafe in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 3 for Getafe.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Getafe's W-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 28'Red card · Raúl Albiol
- 31'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 32'Yellow card · Xabi Alonso
- 53'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 56'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 69'Yellow card · Mario Alvarez
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Álvaro Arbeloa, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Raúl Albiol, Kaká, Lassana Diarra, Karim Benzema, Gonzalo Higuaín, Xabi Alonso
Getafe expected line-up (4-4-2)
Jacobo, Daniel Díaz, Rafa, Jaime Gavilán Martínez, Granero, Manu Del Moral, Ikechukwu Uche, Casquero, Eugen Polanski