Villarreal 0-2 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 23 September 2009
Result
Villarreal 0-2 Real Madrid
La Liga · Wednesday 23 September 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Villarreal 0-2 Real Madrid: match report
Villarreal were beaten by Real Madrid 0-2 in La Liga on Wednesday 23 September 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Villarreal did not score. Real Madrid scored through Cristiano Ronaldo (2') and Kaká (73', penalty).
Discipline: Villarreal received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 17th on 2 points from 3 and Real Madrid 2nd on 9 points from 3. Villarreal went on to finish that season 7th with 56 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 96.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 3 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-D-D and Real Madrid's W-W-W.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 13'Yellow card · Gonzalo Rodríguez
- 35'Second yellow · Gonzalo Rodríguez
- 52'Yellow card · Guti
- 61'Yellow card · Fernando Gago
- 71'Yellow card · Bruno
- 72'Yellow card · Ángel López
- 73'Penalty goal · Kaká
- 82'Yellow card · Lassana Diarra
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Ángel López, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Santi Cazorla, Cani, Bruno, Nilmar, Giuseppe Rossi
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Marcelo, Christoph Metzelder, Miguel Torres, Míchel Salgado, Rafael van der Vaart, Arjen Robben, Gonzalo Higuaín, Guti