Villarreal 2-1 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 9 November 2008
Result
Villarreal 2-1 Almería
La Liga · Sunday 9 November 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Villarreal 2-1 Almería: match report
Villarreal defeated Almería 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 9 November 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.
Giuseppe Rossi opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Villarreal's goals came from Giuseppe Rossi (2') and Llorente (16'). Almería scored through Pablo Piatti (61').
Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Almería received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 3rd on 21 points from 9 and Almería 12th on 12 points from 9. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Almería 12th with 46.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Almería in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 1 for Almería.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-D-D-W-W and Almería's D-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Giuseppe Rossi
- 16'Goal · Llorente
- 20'Yellow card · Diego López
- 28'Yellow card · Bruno
- 44'Yellow card · Giuseppe Rossi
- 61'Goal · Pablo Piatti
- 75'Yellow card · H. Pellerano
- 82'Yellow card · Juanito
- 90'Yellow card · Capdevila
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Javi Venta, Robert Pirès, Santi Cazorla, Senna, Bruno, Llorente, Giuseppe Rossi
Almería line-up (4-4-1-1)
Diego Alves, Bruno Saltor, Chico Flores, Mane, Hernán Pellerano, Julio Alvarez, Crusat, Juanito, Kalu Uche, Álvaro Negredo, Pablo Piatti