Sporting Gijón 1-2 Real Betis: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 23 November 2008
Result
Sporting Gijón 1-2 Real Betis
La Liga · Sunday 23 November 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sporting Gijón 1-2 Real Betis: match report
Sporting Gijón lost to Real Betis 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 23 November 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Diego Castro opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Sporting Gijón's goal came from Diego Castro (26'). Real Betis scored through F. Monzón (52') and Achille Emana (59').
Discipline: Sporting Gijón received 4 yellow cards; Real Betis received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sporting Gijón were 8th on 15 points from 11 and Real Betis 11th on 14 points from 11. Sporting Gijón went on to finish that season 16th with 43 points, and Real Betis 17th with 42.
Sporting Gijón lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Betis in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Sporting Gijón's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Real Betis's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Arzu
- 18'Yellow card · Iván Hernández
- 26'Goal · Diego Castro
- 35'Yellow card · Diego Castro
- 52'Goal · F. Monzón
- 59'Goal · Achille Emana
- 71'Yellow card · Matabuena
- 75'Yellow card · Nelson
- 85'Yellow card · Gerard
- 86'Yellow card · Sergio García
- 90'Yellow card · Juanma
Team news
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iván Cuéllar, Iván Hernández, Roberto Canella, Gerard, Sastre, Diego Castro, Diego Camacho, Matabuena, Mate Bilic, Luis Morán, David Barral
Real Betis line-up (4-2-3-1)
Casto, Damiá, Fabián Monzón, Nelson, Juanma, Arzu, Capi, Achille Emana, Sergio García, Juanito, Mehmet Aurelio