Real Madrid 5-2 Levante: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 18 May 2008
Result
Real Madrid 5-2 Levante
La Liga · Sunday 18 May 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Real Madrid 5-2 Levante: match report
Real Madrid beat Levante 5-2 in La Liga on Sunday 18 May 2008. The half-time score was 3-0.
Ruud van Nistelrooy opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Ruud van Nistelrooy (22'), Sergio Ramos (27'), Ruud van Nistelrooy (40'), Wesley Sneijder (54') and Sergio Ramos (77'). Levante scored through Geijo (52') and Geijo (63').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card; Levante received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 82 points from 37 and Levante 20th on 26 points from 37. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Levante 20th with 26.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Levante in a 5-3-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 1 for Levante.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Levante's L-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 26'Yellow card · José Serrano
- 27'Goal · Sergio Ramos
- 38'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 40'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 50'Yellow card · Juanma
- 52'Goal · Geijo
- 54'Goal · Wesley Sneijder
- 63'Goal · Geijo
- 77'Yellow card · Manuel Rubiales
- 77'Goal · Sergio Ramos
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Jordi Codina, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Mahamadou Diarra, Robinho, Wesley Sneijder, Fabio Cannavaro, Raúl, Guti, Ruud van Nistelrooy
Levante line-up (5-3-2)
Manolo Reina, Manolo Gaspar, Manuel Rubiales, José Serrano, Armando, Javi Fuego, Pedro León, Laurent Courtois, Juanma, Alexandre Geijo, Deskarga