Atlético de Madrid 3-1 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 5 March 2011
Result
Atlético de Madrid 3-1 Villarreal
La Liga · Saturday 5 March 2011, 21:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Atlético de Madrid 3-1 Villarreal: match report
Atlético de Madrid defeated Villarreal 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 5 March 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.
José Antonio Reyes opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from José Antonio Reyes (5'), Sergio Agüero (69') and Diego Forlán Corazo (72'). Villarreal scored through Giuseppe Rossi (33').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 8th on 35 points from 26 and Villarreal 4th on 50 points from 26. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Villarreal 4th with 62.
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 3 Atlético de Madrid wins, 2 draws and 5 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read D-D-W-L-L and Villarreal's W-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · José Antonio Reyes
- 14'Yellow card · Mario Suárez
- 33'Goal · Giuseppe Rossi
- 33'Yellow card · Álvaro Domínguez
- 52'Yellow card · Cani
- 56'Yellow card · José Antonio Reyes
- 60'Yellow card · Gonzalo Rodríguez
- 69'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 72'Goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 85'Yellow card · Mateo Musacchio
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
David de Gea, Mario Suárez, Filipe Luís, Diego Godín, Tomás Ujfalusi, Álvaro Domínguez, Elias, José Antonio Reyes, Tiago, Diego Forlán Corazo, Sergio Agüero
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Mateo Musacchio, Joan Capdevila, Mario Gaspar, Santi Cazorla, Cani, Borja Valero, Bruno, Nilmar, Giuseppe Rossi