Deportivo A Coruña 1-1 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 3 January 2016

Result

Deportivo A Coruña 1-1 Villarreal

La Liga · Sunday 3 January 2016, 17:15 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Deportivo A Coruña 1-1 Villarreal: match report

Deportivo A Coruña drew with Villarreal 1-1 in La Liga on Sunday 3 January 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.

Bruno opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Deportivo A Coruña's goal came from Luis Alberto (48'). Villarreal scored through Bruno (36') and Bruno (90+5', penalty).

Discipline: Deportivo A Coruña received 3 yellow cards; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Deportivo A Coruña were 5th on 31 points from 17 and Villarreal 4th on 32 points from 17. Deportivo A Coruña went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and Villarreal 5th with 61.

Deportivo A Coruña lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno of Villarreal (8.1), ahead of Mario Gaspar (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Deportivo A Coruña wins, 1 draw and 6 for Villarreal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Luis AlbertoDeportivo A Coruña
  • 35'Yellow card · Alejandro ArribasDeportivo A Coruña
  • 36'Goal · BrunoVillarreal · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · BrunoVillarreal
  • 43'Yellow card · Jonathan dos SantosVillarreal
  • 48'Goal · Luis AlbertoDeportivo A Coruña · 1-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Roberto SoldadoVillarreal
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Fernando NavarroDeportivo A Coruña
  • 90+5'Penalty goal · BrunoVillarreal · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Deportivo A Coruña 3, draws 1, Villarreal 6.

Team news

Deportivo A Coruña line-up (4-2-3-1)

Germán Lux, Fernando Navarro, Juanfran, Sidnei, Alejandro Arribas, Álex Bergantiños, Pedro Mosquera, Federico Cartabia, Fayçal Fajr, Luis Alberto, Lucas Pérez

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Alphonse Areola, Mario Gaspar, Mateo Musacchio, Víctor Ruiz, Antonio Rukavina, Tomás Pina, Jonathan dos Santos, Denis Suárez, Bruno, Roberto Soldado Rillo, Cédric Bakambu