Villarreal 2-1 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 7 January 2023
Result
Villarreal 2-1 Real Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 7 January 2023, 15:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
Villarreal 2-1 Real Madrid: match report
Villarreal won against Real Madrid 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 7 January 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.
Yéremy Pino opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Yéremy Pino (47') and Gerard Moreno (63', penalty). Real Madrid scored through Karim Benzema (60', penalty).
Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 7th on 24 points from 15 and Real Madrid 2nd on 38 points from 15. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 78.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Gerard Moreno of Villarreal (8.3), ahead of Dani Parejo (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 6 draws and 3 for Real Madrid.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Pau Torres
- 47'Goal · Yéremy Pino
- 60'Penalty goal · Karim Benzema
- 63'Penalty goal · Gerard Moreno
- 75'Yellow card · Raúl Albiol
- 90+3'Yellow card · Álex Baena
- 90+5'Yellow card · Pepe Reina
- 90+7'Yellow card · Eduardo Camavinga
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Juan Foyth, Raúl Albiol, Pau Torres, Alberto Moreno, Francis Coquelin, Dani Parejo, Álex Baena, Samuel Chukwueze, Gerard Moreno, Yéremy Pino
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Thibaut Courtois, Éder Militão, Antonio Rüdiger, David Alaba, Ferland Mendy, Toni Kroos, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Luka Modrić, Federico Valverde, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior