Real Madrid 6-0 Real Zaragoza: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 19 December 2009
Result
Real Madrid 6-0 Real Zaragoza
La Liga · Saturday 19 December 2009, 21:00 UTC · half-time 4-0
Real Madrid 6-0 Real Zaragoza: match report
Real Madrid beat Real Zaragoza 6-0 in La Liga on Saturday 19 December 2009. The half-time score was 4-0.
Gonzalo Higuaín opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (3'), Rafael van der Vaart (26'), Rafael van der Vaart (28'), Gonzalo Higuaín (34'), Cristiano Ronaldo (50') and Karim Benzema (71'). Real Zaragoza did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Real Zaragoza received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 34 points from 14 and Real Zaragoza 18th on 12 points from 14. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 96 points, and Real Zaragoza 14th with 41.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Real Zaragoza in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 3 draws and 0 for Real Zaragoza.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Real Zaragoza's L-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 20'Yellow card · Lassana Diarra
- 23'Yellow card · Paredes
- 26'Goal · Rafael van der Vaart
- 28'Goal · Rafael van der Vaart
- 34'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 41'Yellow card · Ander Herrera
- 50'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 52'Yellow card · Carlos Diogo Enseñat
- 71'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 80'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-1-2)
Iker Casillas, Álvaro Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Raúl Albiol, Ezequiel Garay, Mahamadou Diarra, Lassana Diarra, Rafael van der Vaart, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuaín
Real Zaragoza line-up (4-3-3)
Javier López Vallejo, Carlos Diogo Enseñat, Paredes, Roberto Ayala, Francisco Pavón, Ander Herrera, Jermaine Pennant, Abel Aguilar, Ángel Lafita, Arizmendi, Leonardo Ponzio