Villarreal 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 17 March 2011
Result
Villarreal 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Europa League · Thursday 17 March 2011, 20:05 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal · Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Europa League predictions
Villarreal 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report
Villarreal beat Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 17 March 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Santi Cazorla opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Villarreal's goals came from Santi Cazorla (33') and Giuseppe Rossi (61'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Eren Derdiyok (82').
Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 9th on 23 points from 11 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7th on 23 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 0 draws and 0 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-D-D-W-W and Bayer 04 Leverkusen's L-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Stefan Reinartz
- 31'Yellow card · Michal Kadlec
- 33'Goal · Santi Cazorla
- 61'Goal · Giuseppe Rossi
- 70'Yellow card · Gonzalo Rodríguez
- 75'Yellow card · Daniel Schwaab
- 82'Goal · Eren Derdiyok
- 85'Yellow card · Lars Bender
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Mateo Musacchio, José Manuel Catalá, Mario Gaspar, Marchena, Santi Cazorla, Borja Valero, Bruno, Marco Ruben, Giuseppe Rossi
Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-4-2)
René Adler, Domagoj Vida, Michal Kadlec, Stefan Reinartz, Simon Rolfes, Lars Bender, Renato Augusto, Gonzalo Castro, Stefan Kießling, Eren Derdiyok, Sami Hyypia