Villarreal 2-0 Real Zaragoza: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 16 March 2008

Result

Villarreal 2-0 Real Zaragoza

La Liga · Sunday 16 March 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Villarreal 2-0 Real Zaragoza: match report

Villarreal defeated Real Zaragoza 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 16 March 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Nihat Kahveci opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Nihat Kahveci (10') and Giuseppe Rossi (64', penalty). Real Zaragoza did not score.

Discipline: Villarreal received no yellow cards; Real Zaragoza received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 3rd on 50 points from 27 and Real Zaragoza 15th on 32 points from 27. Villarreal went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Real Zaragoza 18th with 42.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Zaragoza in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 2 for Real Zaragoza.

Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-D-W-D-W and Real Zaragoza's W-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Nihat KahveciVillarreal · 1-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Peter LuccinReal Zaragoza
  • 63'Yellow card · Roberto AyalaReal Zaragoza
  • 63'Yellow card · ParedesReal Zaragoza
  • 64'Penalty goal · Giuseppe RossiVillarreal · 2-0

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Villarreal 2, draws 1, Real Zaragoza 2.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Javi Venta, Robert Pirès, Matías Fernández, Senna, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Nihat Kahveci, Jon Dahl Tomasson

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

César, Carlos Diogo Enseñat, Paredes, Roberto Ayala, Óscar González, Peter Luccin, Francesco Matuzalem, Alberto Zapater, Sergio García, Ricardo Oliveira, Gabi