Leganés 3-1 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 3 December 2017

Result

Leganés 3-1 Villarreal

La Liga · Sunday 3 December 2017, 11:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Leganés 3-1 Villarreal: match report

Leganés won against Villarreal 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 3 December 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Dani Raba opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Leganés's goals came from Diego Rico (72'), N. El Zhar (81') and Gabriel Pires (90+3'). Villarreal scored through Dani Raba (60').

Discipline: Leganés received 2 yellow cards; Villarreal received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leganés were 11th on 17 points from 13 and Villarreal 6th on 21 points from 13. Leganés went on to finish that season 17th with 43 points, and Villarreal 5th with 61.

Leganés lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Villarreal in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gabriel Pires of Leganés (8.7), ahead of Manu Trigueros (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Leganés wins, 1 draw and 1 for Villarreal.

Going into the match Leganés's last five read L-L-L-L-W and Villarreal's L-D-W-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Dani RabaVillarreal
  • 42'Yellow card · Daniele BoneraVillarreal
  • 42'Yellow card · Manu TriguerosVillarreal
  • 45'Yellow card · Diego RicoLeganés
  • 50'Yellow card · Adrián MarínVillarreal
  • 60'Goal · Dani RabaVillarreal · 0-1
  • 72'Goal · Diego RicoLeganés · 1-1
  • 81'Goal · N. El ZharLeganés · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · N. El ZharLeganés
  • 90+3'Goal · Gabriel PiresLeganés · 3-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Leganés 0, draws 1, Villarreal 1.

Team news

Leganés line-up (4-4-1-1)

Iván Cuéllar, Tito, Unai Bustinza, Raúl Carnero, Diego Rico, Gabriel Pires, Nabil El Zhar, Alexander Szymanowski, Rubén Pérez, Claudio Beauvue, Javier Eraso

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

Mariano Barbosa, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Adrián Marín, Daniele Bonera, Pablo Fornals, Manu Trigueros, Rodri, Dani Raba, Carlos Bacca, Cédric Bakambu