Deportivo A Coruña 2-4 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 12 May 2018

Result

Deportivo A Coruña 2-4 Villarreal

La Liga · Saturday 12 May 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-3

Deportivo A Coruña · Villarreal · La Liga predictions

Deportivo A Coruña 2-4 Villarreal: match report

Deportivo A Coruña were beaten by Villarreal 2-4 in La Liga on Saturday 12 May 2018. It was 0-3 at half-time.

Samu Castillejo opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Deportivo A Coruña's goals came from Borja Valle (58') and Borja Valle (88'). Villarreal scored through Samu Castillejo (2'), Manu Trigueros (31'), Samu Castillejo (45') and Denis Cheryshev (90+2').

Discipline: Deportivo A Coruña received 3 yellow cards; Villarreal received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Deportivo A Coruña were 18th on 29 points from 36 and Villarreal 6th on 57 points from 36. Deportivo A Coruña went on to finish that season 18th with 29 points, and Villarreal 5th with 61.

Deportivo A Coruña lined up in a 4-3-3 and Villarreal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pablo Fornals of Villarreal (9.1), ahead of Samu Castillejo (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Deportivo A Coruña wins, 5 draws and 3 for Villarreal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Samu CastillejoVillarreal · 0-1
  • 22'Yellow card · GuilhermeDeportivo A Coruña
  • 31'Goal · Manu TriguerosVillarreal · 0-2
  • 45'Goal · Samu CastillejoVillarreal · 0-3
  • 58'Goal · Borja ValleDeportivo A Coruña · 1-3
  • 61'Yellow card · Borja ValleDeportivo A Coruña
  • 74'Yellow card · Raúl AlbentosaDeportivo A Coruña
  • 88'Goal · Borja ValleDeportivo A Coruña · 2-3
  • 90+2'Goal · Denis CheryshevVillarreal · 2-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Deportivo A Coruña 2, draws 5, Villarreal 3.

Team news

Deportivo A Coruña line-up (4-3-3)

Rubén, Juanfran, Fernando Navarro, Raúl Albentosa, Luis Carlos Correia Pinto, Michael Krohn-Dehli, Federico Valverde, Guilherme, Lucas Pérez, Adrián, Borja Valle

Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Pablo Fornals, Samu Castillejo, Manu Trigueros, Rodri, Dani Raba, Carlos Bacca