Espanyol 3-0 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 5 January 2008
Result
Espanyol 3-0 Villarreal
La Liga · Saturday 5 January 2008, 21:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Espanyol 3-0 Villarreal: match report
Espanyol won against Villarreal 3-0 in La Liga on Saturday 5 January 2008. The half-time score was 3-0.
Raúl Tamudo opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Raúl Tamudo (9'), Valdo (14') and Raúl Tamudo (36'). Villarreal did not score.
Discipline: Espanyol received 1 yellow card; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 3rd on 33 points from 17 and Villarreal 4th on 32 points from 17. Espanyol went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Villarreal 2nd with 77.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Villarreal in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Espanyol wins, 2 draws and 2 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read W-W-D-D-W and Villarreal's D-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Raúl Tamudo
- 14'Goal · Valdo
- 36'Goal · Raúl Tamudo
- 44'Yellow card · Cani
- 45'Yellow card · De la Peña
- 67'Yellow card · Capdevila
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-4-1-1)
Carlos Kameni, David García, Jesús Lacruz, Pablo Zabaleta, Marc Torrejón, Valdo, De la Peña, Albert Riera, Moisés Hurtado, Luis Garcia, Raúl Tamudo
Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sebastián Viera, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Ángel López, Fabricio Fuentes, Robert Pirès, Cani, Matías Fernández, Senna, Rio Mavuba, Giuseppe Rossi