Villarreal 3-2 Real Betis: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 5 November 2006

Result

Villarreal 3-2 Real Betis

La Liga · Sunday 5 November 2006, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Villarreal 3-2 Real Betis: match report

Villarreal defeated Real Betis 3-2 in La Liga on Sunday 5 November 2006. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Edu opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Villarreal's goals came from Diego Forlán Corazo (20'), Pascal Cygan (56') and Cani (58'). Real Betis scored through Edu (3') and Rivera (48').

Discipline: Villarreal received 3 yellow cards; Real Betis received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 10th on 12 points from 8 and Real Betis 18th on 4 points from 8. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 62 points, and Real Betis 16th with 40.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 0 draws and 1 for Real Betis.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · EduReal Betis · 0-1
  • 20'Goal · Diego Forlán CorazoVillarreal · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Miguel ÁngelReal Betis
  • 46'Yellow card · SennaVillarreal
  • 48'Goal · RiveraReal Betis · 1-2
  • 56'Goal · Pascal CyganVillarreal · 2-2
  • 58'Goal · CaniVillarreal · 3-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Fabricio FuentesVillarreal
  • 77'Yellow card · NanoReal Betis
  • 82'Yellow card · Diego Forlán CorazoVillarreal

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Villarreal 1, draws 0, Real Betis 1.

Team news

Villarreal line-up

Sebastián Viera, Pascal Cygan, Javi Venta, Fabricio Fuentes, Juan Román Riquelme, Leandro Somoza, Senna, Marquitos, Nihat Kahveci, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Diego Forlán Corazo

Real Betis line-up

Pedro Gonzalez Contreras Cano, Melli, Enrique Fernandez Romero, Capi, Rivera, Miguel Ángel, Edu, Robert, Juanito, Nano, Xisco Muñoz