Villarreal 2-0 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 8 May 2010
Result
Villarreal 2-0 Valencia
La Liga · Saturday 8 May 2010, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Villarreal 2-0 Valencia: match report
Villarreal defeated Valencia 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 8 May 2010. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Giuseppe Rossi opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Giuseppe Rossi (10') and Llorente (19'). Valencia did not score.
Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Valencia received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 7th on 52 points from 36 and Valencia 3rd on 68 points from 36. Villarreal went on to finish that season 7th with 56 points, and Valencia 3rd with 71.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Valencia in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 2 for Valencia.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-L-W-W-L and Valencia's W-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Marchena
- 8'Yellow card · Bruno
- 10'Goal · Giuseppe Rossi
- 13'Yellow card · Llorente
- 13'Yellow card · Miguel
- 19'Goal · Llorente
- 53'Yellow card · Albelda
- 59'Yellow card · Vicente
- 64'Yellow card · Nikola Zigic
- 71'Second yellow · Llorente
- 72'Second yellow · Capdevila
- 72'Yellow card · Capdevila
- 74'Yellow card · Diego López
- 78'Yellow card · Jordi Alba
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Ángel López, Santi Cazorla, Cani, Ariel Ibagaza, Bruno, Llorente, Giuseppe Rossi
Valencia line-up (4-1-4-1)
Moyà, David Navarro, Miguel, Jordi Alba, Marchena, Vicente, Manuel Fernandes, Éver Banega, Nikola Zigic, Joaquín, Albelda