Real Madrid 5-1 Granada: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 7 January 2012
Result
Real Madrid 5-1 Granada
La Liga · Saturday 7 January 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Real Madrid 5-1 Granada: match report
Real Madrid won against Granada 5-1 in La Liga on Saturday 7 January 2012. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Karim Benzema (19'), Sergio Ramos (34'), Gonzalo Higuaín (47'), Karim Benzema (50') and Cristiano Ronaldo (89'). Granada scored through Mikel Rico (22').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card; Granada received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 40 points from 16 and Granada 13th on 19 points from 16. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 100 points, and Granada 17th with 42.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Granada in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Granada's W-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 22'Goal · Mikel Rico
- 24'Yellow card · Roberto
- 34'Goal · Sergio Ramos
- 47'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 50'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 60'Yellow card · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 89'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Raphaël Varane, Sami Khedira, Mesut Özil, Lassana Diarra, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Xabi Alonso, Gonzalo Higuaín
Granada line-up (4-2-3-1)
Allan Nyom, Guilherme Siqueira, Íñigo López, Mikel Rico, Carlos Martins, Hassan Yebda, Odion Ighalo, Dani Benítez, Ikechukwu Uche, Roberto, Pape Malick Diakhaté