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
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.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Nihat Kahveci
- 49'Yellow card · Peter Luccin
- 63'Yellow card · Roberto Ayala
- 63'Yellow card · Paredes
- 64'Penalty goal · Giuseppe Rossi
Head-to-head
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