Villarreal 2-2 Real Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 19 May 2018

Result

Villarreal 2-2 Real Madrid

La Liga · Saturday 19 May 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Villarreal 2-2 Real Madrid: match report

Villarreal drew with Real Madrid 2-2 in La Liga on Saturday 19 May 2018. The half-time score was 0-2.

Gareth Bale opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Roger Martínez (70') and Samu Castillejo (85'). Real Madrid scored through Gareth Bale (11') and Cristiano Ronaldo (32').

Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 5th on 60 points from 37 and Real Madrid 3rd on 75 points from 37. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Real Madrid 3rd with 76.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Toni Kroos of Real Madrid (8.5), ahead of Rodri (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Villarreal wins, 4 draws and 4 for Real Madrid.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Gareth BaleReal Madrid · 0-1
  • 32'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid · 0-2
  • 48'Yellow card · Luka ModricReal Madrid
  • 70'Goal · Roger MartínezVillarreal · 1-2
  • 79'Yellow card · Samu CastillejoVillarreal
  • 79'Yellow card · Álvaro GonzálezVillarreal
  • 84'Yellow card · CasemiroReal Madrid
  • 85'Goal · Samu CastillejoVillarreal · 2-2
  • 88'Yellow card · Roger MartínezVillarreal
  • 89'Yellow card · Toni KroosReal Madrid
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Salem Al-DawsariVillarreal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Villarreal 2, draws 4, Real Madrid 4.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Andrés Fernández, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Adrián Marín, Daniele Bonera, Pablo Fornals, Rodri, Javi Fuego, Roberto Soriano, Enes Ünal, Nicola Sansone

Real Madrid line-up (4-3-1-2)

Luca Zidane, Daniel Carvajal, Sergio Ramos, Raphaël Varane, Marcelo, Toni Kroos, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Isco, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale