Málaga 2-2 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 16 November 2008

Result

Málaga 2-2 Villarreal

La Liga · Sunday 16 November 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Málaga 2-2 Villarreal: match report

Málaga drew with Villarreal 2-2 in La Liga on Sunday 16 November 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Giuseppe Rossi opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Málaga's goals came from Duda (30') and Hélder Rosario (90'). Villarreal scored through Giuseppe Rossi (8') and Llorente (50').

Discipline: Málaga received 4 yellow cards; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Málaga were 10th on 13 points from 10 and Villarreal 2nd on 24 points from 10. Málaga went on to finish that season 8th with 55 points, and Villarreal 5th with 65.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Málaga wins, 1 draw and 1 for Villarreal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Giuseppe RossiVillarreal · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Diego GodínVillarreal
  • 30'Goal · DudaMálaga · 1-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Robert PirèsVillarreal
  • 44'Yellow card · Miguel ÁngelMálaga
  • 50'Goal · LlorenteVillarreal · 1-2
  • 53'Yellow card · Jesús GámezMálaga
  • 79'Yellow card · Giuseppe RossiVillarreal
  • 81'Yellow card · CallejaMálaga
  • 90'Goal · Hélder RosarioMálaga · 2-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · ApoñoMálaga

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Málaga 0, draws 1, Villarreal 1.

Team news

Málaga expected line-up

Arnau, Gabriel, Gerardo, Fernando Sanz Durán, Alexis Ruano, Nacho, Antonio López, Ricardo Bóvio, Pablo Couñago

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Ángel López, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Robert Pirès, Santi Cazorla, Senna, Llorente, Giuseppe Rossi