Villarreal 4-0 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 12 September 2010

Result

Villarreal 4-0 Espanyol

La Liga · Sunday 12 September 2010, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Villarreal 4-0 Espanyol: match report

Villarreal defeated Espanyol 4-0 in La Liga on Sunday 12 September 2010. The half-time score was 2-0.

Giuseppe Rossi opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Villarreal's goals came from Giuseppe Rossi (23'), Borja Valero (32'), Giuseppe Rossi (55', penalty) and Nilmar (77'). Espanyol did not score.

Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Espanyol received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Villarreal went on to finish that season 4th with 62 points, and Espanyol 10th with 47.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Villarreal wins, 5 draws and 1 for Espanyol.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Pablo OsvaldoEspanyol
  • 23'Goal · Giuseppe RossiVillarreal · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Luis GarcíaEspanyol
  • 27'Yellow card · José CallejónEspanyol
  • 27'Yellow card · Mateo MusacchioVillarreal
  • 28'Yellow card · Juan ForlinEspanyol
  • 32'Goal · Borja ValeroVillarreal · 2-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Ángel LópezVillarreal
  • 40'Yellow card · Giuseppe RossiVillarreal
  • 54'Yellow card · Aldo DuscherEspanyol
  • 55'Penalty goal · Giuseppe RossiVillarreal · 3-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Diego LópezVillarreal
  • 77'Goal · NilmarVillarreal · 4-0
  • 85'Red card · Javi ChicaEspanyol
  • 88'Yellow card · Iván Alonso VallejoEspanyol

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Villarreal 4, draws 5, Espanyol 1.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Diego López, Mateo Musacchio, Ángel López, Joan Capdevila, Marchena, Santi Cazorla, Senna, Borja Valero, Bruno, Nilmar, Giuseppe Rossi

Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)

Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, David García, Víctor Ruiz, Juan Forlin, Javi Márquez, Joan Verdú, Aldo Duscher, Juanmi Callejón, Luis Garcia, Pablo Osvaldo