Villarreal 4-3 Deportivo A Coruña: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 13 January 2008
Result
Villarreal 4-3 Deportivo A Coruña
La Liga · Sunday 13 January 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Villarreal 4-3 Deportivo A Coruña: match report
Villarreal won against Deportivo A Coruña 4-3 in La Liga on Sunday 13 January 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Sergio opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Giuseppe Rossi (30', penalty), Nihat Kahveci (65'), Nihat Kahveci (68') and Jon Dahl Tomasson (80', penalty). Deportivo A Coruña scored through Sergio (27', penalty), Pablo Amo (58') and Andrés Guardado (90').
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Deportivo A Coruña received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 5th on 32 points from 18 and Deportivo A Coruña 19th on 17 points from 18. Villarreal went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Deportivo A Coruña 8th with 52.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Deportivo A Coruña in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 1 draw and 2 for Deportivo A Coruña.
Key events
- 27'Penalty goal · Sergio
- 29'Yellow card · Adrián
- 30'Penalty goal · Giuseppe Rossi
- 43'Yellow card · Nihat Kahveci
- 58'Goal · Pablo Amo
- 65'Goal · Nihat Kahveci
- 68'Goal · Nihat Kahveci
- 77'Yellow card · Santi Cazorla
- 79'Red card · Pablo Amo
- 80'Penalty goal · Jon Dahl Tomasson
- 90'Goal · Andrés Guardado
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Sebastián Viera, Josemi, Joan Capdevila, Pascal Cygan, Fabricio Fuentes, Robert Pirès, Santi Cazorla, Senna, Bruno, Nihat Kahveci, Giuseppe Rossi
Deportivo A Coruña expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Piscu, Filipe Luís, Andrés Guardado, Julián de Guzmán, Fabricio Coloccini, Sergio, Gustavo Munúa Vera, Antonio Barragán, Manuel Pablo, Rodolfo Bodipo