Atlético de Madrid 3-2 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 15 March 2009
Result
Atlético de Madrid 3-2 Villarreal
La Liga · Sunday 15 March 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Atlético de Madrid 3-2 Villarreal: match report
Atlético de Madrid won against Villarreal 3-2 in La Liga on Sunday 15 March 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Matías Fernández opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Sergio Agüero (52'), Diego Forlán Corazo (80') and Antonio López (83'). Villarreal scored through Matías Fernández (18') and Cani (51').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 5 yellow cards; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 7th on 40 points from 26 and Villarreal 4th on 45 points from 26. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Villarreal 5th with 65.
Atlético de Madrid 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 2 Atlético de Madrid wins, 3 draws and 2 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read D-W-L-D-W and Villarreal's W-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Matías Fernández
- 45'Yellow card · Paulo Assunção
- 46'Yellow card · Senna
- 51'Goal · Cani
- 52'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 54'Yellow card · Carlos Gallego
- 59'Yellow card · Javi Venta
- 61'Yellow card · Diego López
- 64'Second yellow · Javi Venta
- 76'Yellow card · Raúl García
- 80'Goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 83'Goal · Antonio López
- 84'Yellow card · Simão
- 90'Yellow card · Ignacio Camacho
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Antonio López, Pablo Ibáñez, Paulo Assunção, Simão, Raúl García, Johnny Heitinga, Diego Forlán Corazo, Sergio Agüero, Maxi Rodríguez, Carlos Gallego, Leo Franco
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Joan Capdevila, Javi Venta, Fabricio Fuentes, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Robert Pirès, Santi Cazorla, Cani, Matías Fernández, Senna, Giuseppe Rossi