Real Madrid 6-1 Real Betis: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 21 February 2009
Result
Real Madrid 6-1 Real Betis
La Liga · Saturday 21 February 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 6-1
Real Madrid 6-1 Real Betis: match report
Real Madrid beat Real Betis 6-1 in La Liga on Saturday 21 February 2009. The half-time score was 6-1.
Gonzalo Higuaín opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (7'), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (15'), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (24'), Raúl (36'), Raúl (42') and Sergio Ramos (45+1'). Real Betis scored through Ricardo Oliveira (30').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card; Real Betis received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 50 points from 23 and Real Betis 15th on 26 points from 23. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Real Betis 17th with 42.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Betis in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 1 for Real Betis.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Real Betis's D-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 15'Goal · Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- 24'Goal · Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- 30'Goal · Ricardo Oliveira
- 35'Yellow card · Achille Emana
- 36'Goal · Raúl
- 42'Yellow card · Ricardo Oliveira
- 42'Goal · Raúl
- 43'Yellow card · Arzu
- 45+1'Goal · Sergio Ramos
- 82'Yellow card · Iván Heinze
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
Real Betis line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ricardo, Melli, Fernando Vega, Damiá, Nelson, Arzu, Mark González, Achille Emana, Juande Prados, Ricardo Oliveira, Mehmet Aurelio