Real Madrid 0-1 Sporting Gijón: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 2 April 2011

Result

Real Madrid 0-1 Sporting Gijón

La Liga · Saturday 2 April 2011, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Real Madrid 0-1 Sporting Gijón: match report

Real Madrid were beaten by Sporting Gijón 0-1 in La Liga on Saturday 2 April 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from De las Cuevas of Sporting Gijón in the 79th minute.

Discipline: Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards; Sporting Gijón received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 73 points from 29 and Sporting Gijón 15th on 32 points from 29. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 92 points, and Sporting Gijón 9th with 47.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Real Madrid wins, 1 draw and 0 for Sporting Gijón.

Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Sporting Gijón's W-D-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · CoteSporting Gijón
  • 43'Yellow card · Sergio RamosReal Madrid
  • 63'Yellow card · Á. Di MaríaReal Madrid
  • 74'Yellow card · Lassana DiarraReal Madrid
  • 79'Goal · De las CuevasSporting Gijón · 0-1
  • 81'Yellow card · AlbiolReal Madrid
  • 84'Yellow card · Juan PabloSporting Gijón
  • 86'Yellow card · Nacho NovoSporting Gijón

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Real Madrid 4, draws 1, Sporting Gijón 0.

Team news

Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)

Iker Casillas, Ricardo Carvalho, Sergio Ramos, Álvaro Arbeloa, Raúl Albiol, Lassana Diarra, Granero, Mesut Özil, Sami Khedira, Emmanuel Adebayor, Ángel Di María

Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)

Juan Pablo, Alberto Botía, Iván Hernández, Roberto Canella, Rivera, Lora, Castro, Miguel de las Cuevas, Nacho Cases, Nacho Novo, David Barral