Villarreal 2-0 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Monday 3 January 2011
Result
Villarreal 2-0 Almería
La Liga · Monday 3 January 2011, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 2-0 Almería: match report
Villarreal defeated Almería 2-0 in La Liga on Monday 3 January 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.
Catalá opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Villarreal's goals came from Catalá (22') and Borja Valero (58'). Almería did not score.
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Almería received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 3rd on 33 points from 16 and Almería 18th on 13 points from 16. Villarreal went on to finish that season 4th with 62 points, and Almería 20th with 30.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Almería in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 2 draws and 3 for Almería.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-L-W-W-D and Almería's L-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Catalá
- 25'Yellow card · Marco Ruben
- 55'Yellow card · Diego Alves
- 58'Goal · Borja Valero
- 63'Yellow card · Bruno
- 77'Yellow card · H. Bernardello
- 88'Yellow card · Juanma Ortiz
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Ángel López, Joan Capdevila, José Manuel Catalá, Santi Cazorla, Cani, Borja Valero, Bruno, Marco Ruben, Giuseppe Rossi
Almería line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Alves, Marcelo Silva, Michel Macedo, Juanma Ortiz, Carlos García, Crusat, Corona, Modeste M'bami, Hernán Bernardello, Kalu Uche, Pablo Piatti