Valencia 0-1 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 23 December 2017
Result
Valencia 0-1 Villarreal
La Liga · Saturday 23 December 2017, 15:15 UTC · half-time 0-1
Valencia 0-1 Villarreal: match report
Valencia were beaten by Villarreal 0-1 in La Liga on Saturday 23 December 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Carlos Bacca of Villarreal in the 24th minute.
Discipline: Valencia received 6 yellow cards; Villarreal received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 3rd on 34 points from 16 and Villarreal 6th on 24 points from 16. Valencia went on to finish that season 4th with 73 points, and Villarreal 5th with 61.
Valencia lined up in a 4-4-2 and Villarreal in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dani Parejo of Valencia (8.3), ahead of Gabriel Paulista (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Valencia wins, 2 draws and 4 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Villarreal's W-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Geoffrey Kondogbia
- 24'Goal · Carlos Bacca
- 27'Yellow card · Pablo Fornals
- 39'Yellow card · Álvaro González
- 45'Yellow card · Dani Parejo
- 54'Yellow card · Manu Trigueros
- 58'Yellow card · Simone Zaza
- 62'Yellow card · Antonio Rukavina
- 81'Yellow card · Gabriel Paulista
- 82'Yellow card · Neto
- 90+2'Yellow card · Martín Montoya
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
Neto, Gabriel Paulista, Martín Montoya, Ezequiel Garay, Toni Lato, Gonçalo Guedes, Dani Parejo, Andreas Pereira, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Simone Zaza, Rodrigo
Villarreal line-up (4-3-1-2)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Víctor Ruiz, Antonio Rukavina, Pablo Fornals, Samu Castillejo, Manu Trigueros, Rodri, Carlos Bacca, Cédric Bakambu