Real Madrid 2-3 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 8 April 2023

Result

Real Madrid 2-3 Villarreal

La Liga · Saturday 8 April 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Real Madrid 2-3 Villarreal: match report

Real Madrid lost to Villarreal 2-3 in La Liga on Saturday 8 April 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

Real Madrid's goals came from an own goal by Pau Torres (16') and Vinicius Junior (48'). Villarreal scored through Samuel Chukwueze (39'), José Luis Morales (70') and Samuel Chukwueze (80').

Discipline: Real Madrid received no yellow cards; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 59 points from 27 and Villarreal 6th on 44 points from 27. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Villarreal 5th with 64.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Villarreal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Samuel Chukwueze of Villarreal (9.4), ahead of Vinicius Junior (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 6 draws and 1 for Villarreal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Own goal · Pau TorresReal Madrid · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Yéremy PinoVillarreal
  • 35'Yellow card · Alfonso PedrazaVillarreal
  • 39'Goal · Samuel ChukwuezeVillarreal · 1-1
  • 48'Goal · Vinicius JuniorReal Madrid · 2-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Juan FoythVillarreal
  • 70'Goal · José Luis MoralesVillarreal · 2-2
  • 80'Goal · Samuel ChukwuezeVillarreal · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Madrid 3, draws 6, Villarreal 1.

Team news

Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)

Thibaut Courtois, Lucas Vázquez, Antonio Rüdiger, David Alaba, Nacho Fernández, Marco Asensio, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Dani Ceballos, Rodrygo, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior

Villarreal line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Juan Foyth, Aïssa Mandi, Pau Torres, Alfonso Pedraza, Ramón Terrats, Dani Parejo, Álex Baena, Samuel Chukwueze, Giovani Lo Celso, Yéremy Pino