Sporting Gijón 1-0 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 15 May 2016

Result

Sporting Gijón 1-0 Villarreal

La Liga · Sunday 15 May 2016, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sporting Gijón 1-0 Villarreal: match report

Sporting Gijón defeated Villarreal 1-0 in La Liga on Sunday 15 May 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jony opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Sporting Gijón's goals came from Jony (8') and Sergio Álvarez (79'). Villarreal did not score.

Discipline: Sporting Gijón received 1 yellow card; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting Gijón were 17th on 36 points from 37 and Villarreal 5th on 61 points from 37. Sporting Gijón went on to finish that season 17th with 39 points, and Villarreal 5th with 61.

Sporting Gijón lined up in a 4-4-2 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Manu Trigueros of Villarreal (8.0), ahead of Sergio Álvarez (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sporting Gijón win, 2 draws and 6 for Villarreal.

Going into the match Sporting Gijón's last five read D-W-L-W-D and Villarreal's L-W-D-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · JonySporting Gijón · 1-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Víctor RuizVillarreal
  • 62'Yellow card · R. Aït-AtmaneSporting Gijón
  • 79'Goal · Sergio ÁlvarezSporting Gijón · 2-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Mario GasparVillarreal

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Sporting Gijón 1, draws 2, Villarreal 6.

Team news

Sporting Gijón line-up (4-4-2)

Iván Cuéllar, Luis Hernández, Lora, Isma López, Jorge Meré, Sergio Álvarez, Carlos Carmona, Jony, Rachid Aït-Atmane, Miguel Ángel Guerrero, Antonio Sanabria

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Mariano Barbosa, Mario Gaspar, Antonio Rukavina, Daniele Bonera, Eric Bailly, Jonathan dos Santos, Manu Trigueros, Samu Castillejo, Matías Nahuel, Samu, Léo Baptistão