Real Madrid 4-3 Málaga: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 8 November 2008
Result
Real Madrid 4-3 Málaga
La Liga · Saturday 8 November 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-2
Real Madrid 4-3 Málaga: match report
Real Madrid defeated Málaga 4-3 in La Liga on Saturday 8 November 2008. It was 2-2 at half-time.
Eliseu opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (10'), Gonzalo Higuaín (38', penalty), Gonzalo Higuaín (71') and Gonzalo Higuaín (79'). Málaga scored through Eliseu (7'), Nabil Baha (18') and Apoño (70', penalty).
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Málaga received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 4th on 20 points from 9 and Málaga 8th on 13 points from 9. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Málaga 8th with 55.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 0 for Málaga.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read D-W-W-D-W and Málaga's L-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Eliseu
- 10'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 18'Goal · Nabil Baha
- 37'Yellow card · Weligton
- 38'Penalty goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 40'Yellow card · Iván Heinze
- 42'Yellow card · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 44'Red card · Sergio Ramos
- 69'Yellow card · Fernando Gago
- 70'Penalty goal · Apoño
- 71'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 72'Yellow card · Duda
- 78'Yellow card · Calleja
- 79'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 83'Yellow card · Apoño
- 83'Yellow card · Jesús Gámez
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Marcelo, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Mahamadou Diarra, Wesley Sneijder, Guti, Fabio Cannavaro, Gonzalo Higuaín, Raúl
Málaga expected line-up
Arnau, Gabriel, Gerardo, Fernando Sanz Durán, Alexis Ruano, Nacho, Antonio López, Ricardo Bóvio, Pablo Couñago