Valencia 3-1 Atlético de Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 3 January 2009
Result
Valencia 3-1 Atlético de Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 3 January 2009, 21:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Valencia 3-1 Atlético de Madrid: match report
Valencia defeated Atlético de Madrid 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 3 January 2009. It was 2-1 at half-time.
David Villa opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Valencia's goals came from David Villa (33', penalty), David Silva (38') and David Silva (68'). Atlético de Madrid scored through Diego Forlán Corazo (44', penalty).
Discipline: Valencia received 2 yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 4th on 30 points from 16 and Atlético de Madrid 3rd on 30 points from 16. Valencia went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Atlético de Madrid 4th with 67.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Atlético de Madrid in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Valencia wins, 2 draws and 1 for Atlético de Madrid.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-W-L-W-D and Atlético de Madrid's W-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · Raúl García
- 33'Penalty goal · David Villa
- 38'Goal · David Silva
- 41'Yellow card · Paulo Assunção
- 44'Penalty goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 44'Yellow card · Rubén Baraja
- 68'Goal · David Silva
- 71'Yellow card · Albelda
- 74'Yellow card · Carlos Gallego
- 76'Yellow card · John Heitinga
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
Renan, Raúl Albiol, Miguel, Emiliano Moretti, Hedwiges Maduro, Juan Mata, David Silva, David Villa, Joaquín, Albelda, Rubén Baraja
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Pernía, Tomás Ujfalusi, Luis García, Paulo Assunção, Simão, Raúl García, Johnny Heitinga, Diego Forlán Corazo, Sergio Agüero, Carlos Gallego, Leo Franco