Villarreal 0-2 Napoli: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 7 December 2011

Result

Villarreal 0-2 Napoli

Champions League · Wednesday 7 December 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Villarreal 0-2 Napoli: match report

Villarreal were beaten by Napoli 0-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 7 December 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Gökhan Inler opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Villarreal did not score. Napoli scored through Gökhan Inler (65') and Marek Hamsik (76').

Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Napoli received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Villarreal were 55th on 3 points from 7 and Napoli 23rd on 8 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Napoli in a 3-4-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 1 for Napoli.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Jonathan de GuzmánVillarreal
  • 22'Yellow card · Cristián ZapataVillarreal
  • 38'Yellow card · Hernán PérezVillarreal
  • 65'Goal · Gökhan InlerNapoli · 0-1
  • 76'Goal · Marek HamsikNapoli · 0-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Ángel LópezVillarreal
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Hugo CampagnaroNapoli

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Villarreal 0, draws 2, Napoli 1.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Diego López, Joan Oriol, Mateo Musacchio, Ángel López, Cristián Zapata, Jonathan de Guzmán, Senna, Bruno, Nilmar, Marco Ruben, Hernán Pérez

Napoli line-up (3-4-3)

Morgan De Sanctis, Salvatore Aronica, Hugo Campagnaro, Camilo Zúñiga, Paolo Cannavaro, Marek Hamšík, Walter Gargano, Gökhan Inler, Edinson Cavani, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Christian Maggio