Villarreal 3-1 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 20 October 2007
Result
Villarreal 3-1 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 20 October 2007, 18:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Villarreal 3-1 FC Barcelona: match report
Villarreal won against FC Barcelona 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 20 October 2007. It was 3-1 at half-time.
Santi Cazorla opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Villarreal's goals came from Santi Cazorla (2'), Senna (12', penalty) and Senna (34', penalty). FC Barcelona scored through Bojan Krkic (24').
Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 3rd on 15 points from 7 and FC Barcelona 2nd on 17 points from 7. Villarreal went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and FC Barcelona 3rd with 67.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 0 draws and 3 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-W-W-W-W and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Santi Cazorla
- 12'Penalty goal · Senna
- 24'Goal · Bojan Krkic
- 33'Yellow card · Gabriel Milito
- 34'Penalty goal · Senna
- 53'Yellow card · Capdevila
- 61'Yellow card · Deco
- 73'Yellow card · Xavi
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-1-1)
Sebastián Viera, Joan Capdevila, Pascal Cygan, Javi Venta, Fabricio Fuentes, Robert Pirès, Santi Cazorla, Cani, Senna, Bruno, Guillermo Franco Farquarson
FC Barcelona expected line-up
Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Oleguer, Andrés Iniesta, Deco, Ronaldinho, Ludovic Giuly, Víctor Valdés, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta