Villarreal 2-1 Málaga: result and report

La Liga · Wednesday 3 May 2006

Result

Villarreal 2-1 Málaga

La Liga · Wednesday 3 May 2006, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Villarreal 2-1 Málaga: match report

Villarreal beat Málaga 2-1 in La Liga on Wednesday 3 May 2006. The half-time score was 2-1.

Guillermo Franco Farquarson opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Guillermo Franco Farquarson (10') and Alessio Tacchinardi (19'). Málaga scored through Gerardo (21', penalty).

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Villarreal were 10th on 50 points from 35 and Málaga 20th on 24 points from 35. Villarreal went on to finish that season 7th with 57 points, and Málaga 20th with 24.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 0 for Málaga.

Going into the match Villarreal's last five read D-L-L-D-W and Málaga's L-L-D-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Guillermo Franco FarquarsonVillarreal · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · Alessio TacchinardiVillarreal · 2-0
  • 21'Penalty goal · GerardoMálaga · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Villarreal 0, draws 1, Málaga 0.

Team news

Villarreal line-up

Mariano Barbosa, Cesar Arzo, Javi Venta, Juan Pena Montano, Josemi, Juan Román Riquelme, Guillermo Franco Farquarson, José Marí, Diego Forlán Corazo, Josico, Alessio Tacchinardi

Málaga line-up

Arnau, Gabriel, César Navas, Alexis Ruano, Gerardo, Nacho, Antonio Sánchez Gómez, Duda, Juan Rodríguez, Pablo Couñago, Clever Romero Silva