Villarreal 4-2 Real Zaragoza: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 24 January 2010

Result

Villarreal 4-2 Real Zaragoza

La Liga · Sunday 24 January 2010, 16:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Villarreal 4-2 Real Zaragoza: match report

Villarreal beat Real Zaragoza 4-2 in La Liga on Sunday 24 January 2010. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Capdevila opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Capdevila (4'), Nilmar (19'), Giuseppe Rossi (25') and Ariel Santiago Ibagaza (87'). Real Zaragoza scored through Eliseu (74') and Lafita (81').

Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Real Zaragoza received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 10th on 23 points from 18 and Real Zaragoza 19th on 14 points from 18. Villarreal went on to finish that season 7th with 56 points, and Real Zaragoza 14th with 41.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 2 for Real Zaragoza.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · CapdevilaVillarreal · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · NilmarVillarreal · 2-0
  • 25'Goal · Giuseppe RossiVillarreal · 3-0
  • 36'Yellow card · GabiReal Zaragoza
  • 49'Yellow card · Carlos Diogo EnseñatReal Zaragoza
  • 64'Yellow card · Leonardo PonzioReal Zaragoza
  • 67'Yellow card · Santi CazorlaVillarreal
  • 73'Yellow card · EliseuReal Zaragoza
  • 74'Goal · EliseuReal Zaragoza · 3-1
  • 81'Goal · LafitaReal Zaragoza · 3-2
  • 87'Goal · Ariel Santiago IbagazaVillarreal · 4-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Villarreal 3, draws 1, Real Zaragoza 2.

Team news

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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Diego López, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Ángel López, Iván Marcano, Robert Pirès, Santi Cazorla, Senna, Bruno, Nilmar, Giuseppe Rossi

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

Juan Pablo Carrizo, Carlos Diogo Enseñat, Paredes, Eliseu, Rubén Pulido, Jorge Lopéz, Ángel Lafita, H. Suazo, Gabi, Jirí Jarosík, Leonardo Ponzio