Villarreal 2-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 13 February 2010
Result
Villarreal 2-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 13 February 2010, 21:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Villarreal 2-1 Athletic Club: match report
Villarreal defeated Athletic Club 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 13 February 2010. The half-time score was 2-1.
Capdevila opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Capdevila (5') and Nilmar (44'). Athletic Club scored through Gabilondo (24').
Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 10th on 26 points from 21 and Athletic Club 7th on 33 points from 21. Villarreal went on to finish that season 7th with 56 points, and Athletic Club 8th with 54.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Athletic Club in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 1 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-L-W-L-D and Athletic Club's W-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Capdevila
- 24'Goal · Gabilondo
- 30'Yellow card · Orbaiz
- 44'Goal · Nilmar
- 48'Yellow card · Mikel San José
- 89'Missed penalty · Andoni Iraola
- 90'Red card · Diego Godín
- 90'Red card · Javi Martínez
- 90'Yellow card · Ariel Santiago Ibagaza
- 90'Second yellow · Orbaiz
Head-to-head
Team news
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Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Javi Venta, Robert Pirès, Cani, David Fuster, Senna, Javier Matilla, Nilmar
Athletic Club line-up (4-4-2)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Fernando Amorebieta, Castillo, Óscar de Marcos, Gabilondo, Orbaiz, Gurpegi, Javi Martínez, Fernando Llorente, Mikel San José, Andoni Iraola