Villarreal 3-2 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 16 May 2009
Result
Villarreal 3-2 Real Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 16 May 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 3-2 Real Madrid: match report
Villarreal won against Real Madrid 3-2 in La Liga on Saturday 16 May 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Robert Pirès opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Robert Pirès (17'), Cani (63') and Capdevila (90'). Real Madrid scored through Rafael van der Vaart (46') and Gonzalo Higuaín (88').
Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 7th on 56 points from 35 and Real Madrid 2nd on 78 points from 35. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 78.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 3 draws and 3 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read D-L-W-W-D and Real Madrid's L-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Javi García
- 17'Goal · Robert Pirès
- 27'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 46'Goal · Rafael van der Vaart
- 63'Goal · Cani
- 88'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 90'Yellow card · Capdevila
- 90'Goal · Capdevila
- 90+2'Yellow card · Raúl
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Javi Venta, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Robert Pirès, Cani, Ariel Ibagaza, Llorente, Giuseppe Rossi
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Marcelo, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Mahamadou Diarra, Wesley Sneijder, Guti, Fabio Cannavaro, Gonzalo Higuaín, Raúl