Real Madrid 2-0 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 18 April 2010
Result
Real Madrid 2-0 Valencia
La Liga · Sunday 18 April 2010, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 2-0 Valencia: match report
Real Madrid won against Valencia 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 18 April 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.
Gonzalo Higuaín opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (25') and Cristiano Ronaldo (78'). Valencia did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Valencia received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 80 points from 32 and Valencia 3rd on 59 points from 32. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 96 points, and Valencia 3rd with 71.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Valencia in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Real Madrid wins, 1 draw and 3 for Valencia.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Valencia's W-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 25'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 30'Yellow card · Alexis
- 40'Yellow card · Hedwiges Maduro
- 52'Yellow card · Bruno Saltor
- 67'Yellow card · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 78'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 90'Yellow card · Raúl Albiol
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-4-2)
Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Ezequiel Garay, Marcelo, Álvaro Arbeloa, Lassana Diarra, Granero, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuaín, Xabi Alonso
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
César, Bruno Saltor, Alexis Ruano, Jordi Alba, Hedwiges Maduro, Juan Mata, Pablo Hernández, David Silva, Éver Banega, David Villa, Albelda