Atlético de Madrid 3-0 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 15 January 2012
Result
Atlético de Madrid 3-0 Villarreal
La Liga · Sunday 15 January 2012, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Atlético de Madrid 3-0 Villarreal: match report
Atlético de Madrid defeated Villarreal 3-0 in La Liga on Sunday 15 January 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
R. Falcao opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from R. Falcao (40'), R. Falcao (52', penalty) and Diego (80'). Villarreal did not score.
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Villarreal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 14th on 20 points from 17 and Villarreal 18th on 16 points from 17. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 5th with 56 points, and Villarreal 18th with 41.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Villarreal in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Atlético de Madrid wins, 1 draw and 5 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read D-L-L-W-L and Villarreal's D-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 40'Goal · R. Falcao
- 50'Yellow card · Diego López
- 52'Penalty goal · R. Falcao
- 59'Yellow card · Arda Turan
- 62'Yellow card · Tiago
- 71'Yellow card · Diego
- 80'Goal · Diego
Head-to-head
Team news
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Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, Diego Godín, Filipe Luís, Juanfran, Arda Turan, R. Falcao, Tiago, Adrián, Gabi, Diego, Miranda
Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Joan Oriol, Ángel López, Cristián Zapata, Jonathan de Guzmán, Cani, Borja Valero, Bruno, Nilmar, Hernán Pérez