Athletic Club 1-2 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 24 February 2008
Result
Athletic Club 1-2 Villarreal
La Liga · Sunday 24 February 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Athletic Club 1-2 Villarreal: match report
Athletic Club lost to Villarreal 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 24 February 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Fernando Llorente opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Athletic Club's goal came from Fernando Llorente (3'). Villarreal scored through Guillermo Franco Farquarson (65') and Capdevila (82').
Discipline: Athletic Club received 5 yellow cards; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 11th on 29 points from 24 and Villarreal 3rd on 43 points from 24. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Villarreal 2nd with 77.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-4-2 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Athletic Club wins, 1 draw and 4 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read W-W-L-D-L and Villarreal's D-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Fernando Llorente
- 12'Yellow card · Aitor Ramos
- 16'Yellow card · Guillermo Franco Farquarson
- 25'Yellow card · Fernando Amorebieta
- 32'Yellow card · Francisco Yeste
- 35'Yellow card · Susaeta
- 58'Yellow card · Javi Martínez
- 65'Goal · Guillermo Franco Farquarson
- 75'Yellow card · Sebastián Eguren Ledesma
- 82'Goal · Capdevila
Head-to-head
Team news
Athletic Club line-up (4-4-2)
Armando Riveiro, Fernando Amorebieta, Koikili, Aitor Ocio, Muñoz, Javi Martínez, Susaeta, Aitor Ramos, Fernando Llorente, Francisco Yeste, Andoni Iraola
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Ángel López, Cani, Matías Fernández, Senna, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Guillermo Franco Farquarson, Nihat Kahveci