Villarreal 2-3 Sevilla: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 26 November 2017
Result
Villarreal 2-3 Sevilla
La Liga · Sunday 26 November 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 2-3 Sevilla: match report
Villarreal were beaten by Sevilla 2-3 in La Liga on Sunday 26 November 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Cédric Bakambu opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Cédric Bakambu (19') and Carlos Bacca (53'). Sevilla scored through Clément Lenglet (56'), Franco Vázquez (57') and É. Banega (78', penalty).
Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sevilla received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 21 points from 12 and Sevilla 5th on 22 points from 12. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Sevilla 7th with 58.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Sevilla in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Éver Banega of Sevilla (8.6), ahead of Carlos Bacca (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 5 draws and 4 for Sevilla.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Cédric Bakambu
- 23'Yellow card · Víctor Ruiz
- 53'Goal · Carlos Bacca
- 55'Yellow card · Ramiro Guerra
- 55'Yellow card · Ramiro Guerra
- 56'Goal · Clément Lenglet
- 57'Goal · Franco Vázquez
- 66'Yellow card · Guido Pizarro
- 72'Yellow card · É. Banega
- 77'Second yellow · Víctor Ruiz
- 78'Penalty goal · É. Banega
- 86'Yellow card · Joaquín Correa
- 90+2'Yellow card · Jaume Costa
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-3-1-2)
Mariano Barbosa, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Pablo Fornals, Manu Trigueros, Rodri, Roberto Soriano, Carlos Bacca, Cédric Bakambu
Sevilla line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sergio Rico, Lionel Carole, Clément Lenglet, Johannes Geis, Gabriel Mercado, Éver Banega, Joaquín Correa, Guido Pizarro, Pablo Sarabia, Franco Vázquez, Luis Muriel