Villarreal 1-0 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 17 January 2015
Result
Villarreal 1-0 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 17 January 2015, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 1-0 Athletic Club: match report
Villarreal beat Athletic Club 1-0 in La Liga on Saturday 17 January 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.
Denis Cheryshev opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Villarreal's goals came from Denis Cheryshev (42') and Bruno (83', penalty). Athletic Club did not score.
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 7th on 32 points from 18 and Athletic Club 14th on 18 points from 18. Villarreal went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and Athletic Club 7th with 54.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 2 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read D-D-W-W-W and Athletic Club's D-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 42'Goal · Denis Cheryshev
- 54'Yellow card · Xabi Etxeita
- 56'Yellow card · Bruno
- 76'Yellow card · Mikel San José
- 77'Yellow card · Denis Cheryshev
- 83'Penalty goal · Bruno
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Gabriel Paulista, Tomás Pina, Jonathan dos Santos, Denis Cheryshev, Bruno, Luciano Vietto, Ikechukwu Uche
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Aymeric Laporte, Óscar de Marcos, Xabier Etxeita, Mikel Balenziaga, Mikel San José, Susaeta, Mikel Rico, Unai López, Aritz Aduriz, Borja Viguera