Villarreal 3-1 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 23 May 2009
Result
Villarreal 3-1 Valencia
La Liga · Saturday 23 May 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Villarreal 3-1 Valencia: match report
Villarreal won against Valencia 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 23 May 2009. The half-time score was 2-1.
Llorente opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Llorente (15'), Llorente (32') and Cani (67'). Valencia scored through David Villa (41').
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Valencia received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 59 points from 36 and Valencia 5th on 59 points from 36. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Valencia 6th with 62.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Valencia in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 1 for Valencia.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Valencia's L-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Llorente
- 21'Yellow card · Rubén Baraja
- 32'Goal · Llorente
- 36'Yellow card · Capdevila
- 37'Yellow card · Albiol
- 41'Goal · David Villa
- 49'Yellow card · Hedwiges Maduro
- 51'Yellow card · Alexis
- 67'Goal · Cani
- 87'Yellow card · Guillermo Franco Farquarson
- 88'Yellow card · Morientes
- 90'Yellow card · Juan Mata
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Javi Venta, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Robert Pirès, Cani, Ariel Ibagaza, Llorente, Giuseppe Rossi
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
César, Raúl Albiol, Alexis Ruano, Miguel, Hedwiges Maduro, Marchena, Juan Mata, Pablo Hernández, David Villa, Joaquín, Rubén Baraja