Real Madrid 3-2 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 27 January 2008
Result
Real Madrid 3-2 Villarreal
La Liga · Sunday 27 January 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Real Madrid 3-2 Villarreal: match report
Real Madrid won against Villarreal 3-2 in La Liga on Sunday 27 January 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Robinho opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Robinho (8'), Robinho (53') and Wesley Sneijder (76'). Villarreal scored through Giuseppe Rossi (15') and Capdevila (75').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 50 points from 20 and Villarreal 3rd on 38 points from 20. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Villarreal 2nd with 77.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Madrid win, 3 draws and 1 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Villarreal's W-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Robinho
- 15'Goal · Giuseppe Rossi
- 53'Goal · Robinho
- 65'Yellow card · Fernando Gago
- 75'Goal · Capdevila
- 76'Goal · Wesley Sneijder
- 78'Yellow card · Diego Godín
- 90+2'Yellow card · Senna
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-4-2)
Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Pepe, Mahamadou Diarra, Robinho, Wesley Sneijder, Júlio Baptista, Fabio Cannavaro, Raúl, Ruud van Nistelrooy
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Pascal Cygan, Javi Venta, Santi Cazorla, Cani, Senna, Bruno, Nihat Kahveci, Giuseppe Rossi