Villarreal 4-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 7 November 2010
Result
Villarreal 4-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 7 November 2010, 16:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Villarreal 4-1 Athletic Club: match report
Villarreal beat Athletic Club 4-1 in La Liga on Sunday 7 November 2010. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Fernando Llorente opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Nilmar (39'), Santi Cazorla (45'), Giuseppe Rossi (84') and Jefferson Montero (90'). Athletic Club scored through Fernando Llorente (6').
Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 3rd on 20 points from 9 and Athletic Club 10th on 13 points from 9. Villarreal went on to finish that season 4th with 62 points, and Athletic Club 7th with 58.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 1 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read D-W-D-W-W and Athletic Club's W-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Fernando Llorente
- 18'Yellow card · Jon Aurtenetxe
- 20'Yellow card · Borja Valero
- 22'Yellow card · Iker Muniain
- 27'Yellow card · Mateo Musacchio
- 39'Goal · Nilmar
- 44'Yellow card · Santi Cazorla
- 45'Goal · Santi Cazorla
- 62'Yellow card · Carlos Gurpegi
- 69'Yellow card · Óscar de Marcos
- 78'Second yellow · Jon Aurtenetxe
- 84'Goal · Giuseppe Rossi
- 88'Yellow card · Bruno
- 90'Goal · Jefferson Montero
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Mateo Musacchio, Ángel López, Joan Capdevila, Marchena, Santi Cazorla, Cani, Borja Valero, Bruno, Nilmar, Giuseppe Rossi
Athletic Club line-up (4-4-2)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Ustaritz, Jon Aurtenetxe, Susaeta, Gurpegi, Javi Martínez, Muniain, Toquero, Mikel San José, Fernando Llorente, Andoni Iraola