Málaga 2-3 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Monday 27 September 2010

Result

Málaga 2-3 Villarreal

La Liga · Monday 27 September 2010, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-3

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Málaga 2-3 Villarreal: match report

Málaga lost to Villarreal 2-3 in La Liga on Monday 27 September 2010. The half-time score was 2-3.

Eliseu opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Málaga's goals came from Eliseu (4') and Salomón Rondón (30'). Villarreal scored through Santi Cazorla (21'), Giuseppe Rossi (24') and Santi Cazorla (34').

Discipline: Málaga received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Villarreal received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Málaga were 12th on 6 points from 4 and Villarreal 5th on 9 points from 4. Málaga went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Villarreal 4th with 62.

Málaga lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Málaga wins, 2 draws and 2 for Villarreal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · EliseuMálaga · 1-0
  • 21'Goal · Santi CazorlaVillarreal · 1-1
  • 24'Goal · Giuseppe RossiVillarreal · 1-2
  • 30'Goal · Salomón RondónMálaga · 2-2
  • 34'Goal · Santi CazorlaVillarreal · 2-3
  • 39'Yellow card · NilmarVillarreal
  • 41'Red card · EliseuMálaga
  • 42'Yellow card · MarchenaVillarreal
  • 54'Yellow card · Giuseppe RossiVillarreal
  • 62'Yellow card · Manuel Torres CaturlaMálaga
  • 75'Yellow card · Mateo MusacchioVillarreal

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Málaga 2, draws 2, Villarreal 2.

Team news

Málaga line-up (4-1-4-1)

Rubén, Weligton, Iván González, Kris Stadsgaard, Eliseu, Patrick Jan Mtiliga, Apoño, Sandro Silva, Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, Salomón Rondón, Fernando

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Diego López, Mateo Musacchio, Ángel López, Joan Capdevila, Marchena, Santi Cazorla, Senna, Borja Valero, Bruno, Nilmar, Giuseppe Rossi