Villarreal 2-2 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Thursday 3 January 2019
Result
Villarreal 2-2 Real Madrid
La Liga · Thursday 3 January 2019, 20:30 UTC · half-time 1-2
Villarreal 2-2 Real Madrid: match report
Villarreal drew with Real Madrid 2-2 in La Liga on Thursday 3 January 2019. The half-time score was 1-2.
Santi Cazorla opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Santi Cazorla (4') and Santi Cazorla (82'). Real Madrid scored through Karim Benzema (7') and Raphaël Varane (20').
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 18th on 15 points from 16 and Real Madrid 4th on 29 points from 16. Villarreal went on to finish that season 14th with 44 points, and Real Madrid 3rd with 68.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Santi Cazorla of Villarreal (9.0), ahead of Raphaël Varane (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Villarreal wins, 4 draws and 4 for Real Madrid.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Santi Cazorla
- 7'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 20'Goal · Raphaël Varane
- 41'Yellow card · Casemiro
- 45'Yellow card · Álvaro González
- 82'Goal · Santi Cazorla
- 89'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 90+1'Yellow card · Jaume Costa
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sergio Asenjo, Miguel Layún, Álvaro González, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Santiago Cáseres, Javi Fuego, Samuel Chukwueze, Pablo Fornals, Santi Cazorla, Gerard Moreno
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Luka Modrić, Lucas Vázquez, Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale