Real Madrid 2-1 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 21 April 2007
Result
Real Madrid 2-1 Valencia
La Liga · Saturday 21 April 2007, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 2-1 Valencia: match report
Real Madrid defeated Valencia 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 21 April 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.
Ruud van Nistelrooy opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Ruud van Nistelrooy (18') and Sergio Ramos (73'). Valencia scored through Morientes (51').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Valencia received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 3rd on 54 points from 30 and Valencia 4th on 53 points from 30. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 76 points, and Valencia 4th with 66.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Madrid win, 1 draw and 1 for Valencia.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Valencia's W-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 32'Yellow card · Fernando Gago
- 36'Yellow card · Roberto Ayala
- 51'Goal · Morientes
- 53'Yellow card · Raúl Albiol
- 67'Yellow card · Guti
- 73'Goal · Sergio Ramos
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid expected line-up
Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Iván Helguera, Miguel Torres, Mahamadou Diarra, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Raúl, Fabio Cannavaro, Gonzalo Higuaín
Valencia line-up
Cañizares, Miguel, Del Horno, Roberto Ayala, Raúl Albiol, Emiliano Moretti, David Silva, David Villa, Morientes, Joaquín, Albelda