Villarreal 1-0 Valencia: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 5 May 2018

Result

Villarreal 1-0 Valencia

La Liga · Saturday 5 May 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Villarreal · Valencia · La Liga predictions

Villarreal 1-0 Valencia: match report

Villarreal won against Valencia 1-0 in La Liga on Saturday 5 May 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Mario Gaspar of Villarreal in the 86th minute.

Discipline: Villarreal received 5 yellow cards; Valencia received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 54 points from 34 and Valencia 4th on 67 points from 35. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Valencia 4th with 73.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Valencia in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Manu Trigueros of Villarreal (7.8), level with Mario Gaspar (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 4 for Valencia.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Antonio RukavinaVillarreal
  • 21'Yellow card · Gonçalo GuedesValencia
  • 29'Yellow card · Denis CheryshevVillarreal
  • 34'Yellow card · RodriVillarreal
  • 43'Yellow card · José GayàValencia
  • 60'Yellow card · Dani ParejoValencia
  • 84'Yellow card · Víctor RuizVillarreal
  • 86'Goal · Mario GasparVillarreal · 1-0
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Sergio AsenjoVillarreal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Villarreal 5, draws 1, Valencia 4.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Víctor Ruiz, Antonio Rukavina, Denis Cheryshev, Samu Castillejo, Manu Trigueros, Rodri, Carlos Bacca, Dani Raba

Valencia line-up (4-4-2)

Neto, Rúben Vezo, Gabriel Paulista, José Gayà, Ezequiel Garay, Gonçalo Guedes, Dani Parejo, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Carlos Soler, Rodrigo, Santi Mina