Villarreal 2-1 Real Betis: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 4 October 2008
Result
Villarreal 2-1 Real Betis
La Liga · Saturday 4 October 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Villarreal 2-1 Real Betis: match report
Villarreal defeated Real Betis 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 4 October 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
Damià opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Gonzalo Rodríguez (68') and Llorente (70'). Real Betis scored through Damià (20').
Discipline: Villarreal received 5 yellow cards; Real Betis received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 2nd on 13 points from 5 and Real Betis 18th on 2 points from 5. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Real Betis 17th with 42.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Betis in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 2 for Real Betis.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Real Betis's L-L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Damià
- 22'Yellow card · Arzu
- 42'Yellow card · Capi
- 47'Yellow card · Javi Venta
- 52'Yellow card · Ariel Santiago Ibagaza
- 53'Yellow card · José Marí
- 64'Yellow card · Gonzalo Rodríguez
- 68'Goal · Gonzalo Rodríguez
- 68'Yellow card · Mehmet Aurelio
- 70'Goal · Llorente
- 82'Yellow card · Robert Pirès
- 87'Yellow card · Achille Emana
- 90'Yellow card · Sebastián Eguren Ledesma
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Javi Venta, Ángel López, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Santi Cazorla, Ariel Ibagaza, Senna, Llorente, Giuseppe Rossi
Real Betis line-up (4-2-3-1)
Casto, Fernando Vega, Damiá, Nelson, Arzu, Mark González, Capi, Achille Emana, José Marí, Juanito, Mehmet Aurelio