Real Madrid 1-0 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 4 January 2009
Result
Real Madrid 1-0 Villarreal
La Liga · Sunday 4 January 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 1-0 Villarreal: match report
Real Madrid defeated Villarreal 1-0 in La Liga on Sunday 4 January 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Arjen Robben of Real Madrid in the 31st minute.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Villarreal received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 5th on 29 points from 16 and Villarreal 6th on 29 points from 16. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Villarreal 5th with 65.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Real Madrid wins, 3 draws and 1 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-L-L-L-W and Villarreal's L-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- 29'Yellow card · Ángel López
- 31'Goal · Arjen Robben
- 45+1'Yellow card · Gonzalo Rodríguez
- 64'Yellow card · Senna
- 71'Yellow card · Fernando Gago
- 75'Yellow card · Sebastián Eguren Ledesma
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Marcelo, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Mahamadou Diarra, Wesley Sneijder, Guti, Fabio Cannavaro, Gonzalo Higuaín, Raúl
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Ángel López, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Robert Pirès, Santi Cazorla, Senna, Nihat Kahveci, Giuseppe Rossi