Real Madrid 2-1 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 22 May 2021
Result
Real Madrid 2-1 Villarreal
La Liga · Saturday 22 May 2021, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Real Madrid 2-1 Villarreal: match report
Real Madrid beat Villarreal 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 22 May 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.
Yéremy Pino opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Karim Benzema (87') and Luka Modric (90+2'). Villarreal scored through Yéremy Pino (20').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 81 points from 37 and Villarreal 6th on 58 points from 37. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 84 points, and Villarreal 7th with 58.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luka Modrić of Real Madrid (8.4), ahead of Karim Benzema (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Real Madrid wins, 5 draws and 1 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-D-W-D and Villarreal's W-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Yéremy Pino
- 87'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 90+2'Goal · Luka Modric
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Eden Hazard
- Vicente Iborra de la Fuente
- Lucas Vázquez
- Juan Foyth
- Samuel Chukwueze
- Daniel Carvajal
- Toni Kroos
- Ferland Mendy
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Thibaut Courtois, Álvaro Odriozola, Éder Militão, Raphaël Varane, Miguel Gutiérrez, Federico Valverde, Casemiro, Luka Modrić, Marco Asensio, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Gerónimo Rulli, Mario Gaspar, Raúl Albiol, Pau Torres, Alfonso Pedraza, Yéremy Pino, Étienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Manu Trigueros, Gerard Moreno, Carlos Bacca