Valencia 2-1 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Friday 5 March 2021

Result

Valencia 2-1 Villarreal

La Liga · Friday 5 March 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Valencia 2-1 Villarreal: match report

Valencia won against Villarreal 2-1 in La Liga on Friday 5 March 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Gerard Moreno opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Valencia's goals came from Carlos Soler (86', penalty) and Gonçalo Guedes (90+1'). Villarreal scored through Gerard Moreno (40', penalty).

Discipline: Valencia received 4 yellow cards; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Valencia were 13th on 27 points from 25 and Villarreal 7th on 37 points from 25. Valencia went on to finish that season 13th with 43 points, and Villarreal 7th with 58.

Valencia lined up in a 4-4-2 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Uros Racic of Valencia (7.8), level with Maxi Gómez (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Uroš RačićValencia
  • 23'Yellow card · Carlos SolerValencia
  • 36'Yellow card · Juan FoythVillarreal
  • 39'Yellow card · José GayàValencia
  • 40'Penalty goal · Gerard MorenoVillarreal · 0-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Étienne CapoueVillarreal
  • 67'Yellow card · Maxi GómezValencia
  • 85'Yellow card · Raúl AlbiolVillarreal
  • 86'Penalty goal · Carlos SolerValencia · 1-1
  • 90+1'Goal · Gonçalo GuedesValencia · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Valencia 3, draws 1, Villarreal 6.

Team news

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Valencia line-up (4-4-2)

Jasper Cillessen, Thierry Correia, Gabriel Paulista, Hugo Guillamón, José Gayà, Daniel Wass, Carlos Soler, Uros Racic, Álex Blanco, Kang-in Lee, Maxi Gómez

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Sergio Asenjo, Juan Foyth, Raúl Albiol, Pau Torres, Pervis Estupiñán, Samuel Chukwueze, Étienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Moi Gómez, Gerard Moreno, Paco Alcácer