Real Madrid 3-1 Osasuna: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 18 January 2009
Result
Real Madrid 3-1 Osasuna
La Liga · Sunday 18 January 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Real Madrid 3-1 Osasuna: match report
Real Madrid beat Osasuna 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 18 January 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.
Javad Nekounam opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Sergio Ramos (49'), Gonzalo Higuaín (63') and Arjen Robben (90+2'). Osasuna scored through Javad Nekounam (19').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Osasuna received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 3rd on 35 points from 18 and Osasuna 20th on 13 points from 18. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Osasuna 14th with 43.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Osasuna in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Real Madrid wins, 1 draw and 0 for Osasuna.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-L-L and Osasuna's L-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Juanfran
- 19'Goal · Javad Nekounam
- 45+2'Yellow card · Masoud Shojaei
- 49'Goal · Sergio Ramos
- 54'Yellow card · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 57'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 61'Yellow card · Iván Heinze
- 63'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 67'Yellow card · Puñal
- 70'Yellow card · Javi Flaño
- 82'Second yellow · Juanfran
- 90+2'Goal · Arjen Robben
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
Osasuna line-up (4-1-4-1)
Roberto, César Azpilicueta, Nacho Monreal, Miguel Flaño, Juanfran, Josetxo, Francisco Puñal, Masoud Shojaei Soleimani, Jaroslav Plašil, Javad Nekounam, Walter Gerardo Pandiani Urquiza