Villarreal 3-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 9 June 2007
Result
Villarreal 3-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 9 June 2007, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Villarreal 3-1 Athletic Club: match report
Villarreal beat Athletic Club 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 9 June 2007. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Andoni Iraola opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Villarreal's goals came from Diego Forlán Corazo (37', penalty), Diego Forlán Corazo (38') and an own goal by Ustaritz (52'). Athletic Club scored through Andoni Iraola (21').
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 7th on 56 points from 36 and Athletic Club 17th on 37 points from 36. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 62 points, and Athletic Club 17th with 40.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 0 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Athletic Club's W-L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Andoni Iraola
- 36'Yellow card · Ustaritz
- 37'Penalty goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 38'Goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 52'Own goal · Ustaritz
- 54'Yellow card · Alessio Tacchinardi
- 63'Yellow card · José Enrique
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up
Sebastián Viera, Gonzalo Rodríguez, José Enrique, Javi Venta, Fabricio Fuentes, Robert Pirès, Cani, Guillermo Franco Farquarson, Diego Forlán Corazo, Josico, Alessio Tacchinardi
Athletic Club line-up
Aranzubia, Ander Murillo, Javier Casas, Ustaritz, Josu Sarriegi, Javi González, Javi Martínez, Aritz Aduriz, Francisco Yeste, Andoni Iraola, Joseba Etxeberria