Espanyol 1-2 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 24 September 2005
Result
Espanyol 1-2 Villarreal
La Liga · Saturday 24 September 2005, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Espanyol 1-2 Villarreal: match report
Espanyol lost to Villarreal 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 24 September 2005. The half-time score was 0-1.
Josico opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Espanyol's goal came from Luis García (59'). Villarreal scored through Josico (43') and Senna (65').
Discipline: Espanyol received 1 yellow card; Villarreal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Espanyol were 9th on 6 points from 4 and Villarreal 20th on 2 points from 4. Espanyol went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Villarreal 7th with 57.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-W-W-L and Villarreal's L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 43'Goal · Josico
- 44'Yellow card · Juan Pena Montano
- 53'Yellow card · David García
- 59'Goal · Luis García
- 65'Goal · Senna
Team news
Espanyol line-up
Carlos Kameni, Armando Sa, David García, Didier Domi, Dani Jarque, Eduardo Costa, De la Peña, Ito, Ferran Corominas, Moisés Hurtado, Luis Garcia
Villarreal line-up
Sebastián Viera, Juan Sorin, Enrique Alvarez San Juan, Javi Venta, Juan Pena Montano, Juan Román Riquelme, Senna, José Marí, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Diego Forlán Corazo, Josico