Almería 3-0 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 4 April 2009
Result
Almería 3-0 Villarreal
La Liga · Saturday 4 April 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Almería 3-0 Villarreal: match report
Almería defeated Villarreal 3-0 in La Liga on Saturday 4 April 2009. The half-time score was 3-0.
Álvaro Negredo opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Almería's goals came from Álvaro Negredo (7'), Pablo Piatti (20') and Mané (35'). Villarreal did not score.
Discipline: Almería received 2 yellow cards; Villarreal received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Almería were 15th on 31 points from 28 and Villarreal 4th on 48 points from 28. Almería went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Villarreal 5th with 65.
Almería lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Almería win, 1 draw and 1 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Almería's last five read L-L-L-W-D and Villarreal's W-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Álvaro Negredo
- 20'Goal · Pablo Piatti
- 21'Yellow card · Fabricio Fuentes
- 25'Yellow card · Javi Venta
- 35'Goal · Mané
- 41'Yellow card · H. Pellerano
- 45'Yellow card · Juanma Ortiz
- 45'Yellow card · Robert Pirès
- 59'Second yellow · Robert Pirès
- 61'Yellow card · Gonzalo Rodríguez
Head-to-head
Team news
Almería line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jaime Suárez, Juanma Ortiz, Santiago Wilmer Acasiete Ariadela, Mane, Hernán Pellerano, Iriney Santos, Crusat, Corona, Juanito, Álvaro Negredo, Pablo Piatti
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Joan Capdevila, Javi Venta, Fabricio Fuentes, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Robert Pirès, Santi Cazorla, Javier Matilla, Llorente, Giuseppe Rossi