Málaga 1-0 Villarreal: result and report

Málaga 1-0 Villarreal

La Liga · Sunday 1 April 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Málaga defeated Villarreal 1-0 in La Liga on Sunday 1 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from G. Castro of Málaga in the 37th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Málaga received 2 yellow cards; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Málaga were 20th on 14 points from 29 and Villarreal 5th on 47 points from 29. Málaga went on to finish that season 20th with 20 points, and Villarreal 5th with 61.

Málaga lined up in a 4-4-2 and Villarreal in a 4-1-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luis Hernández of Málaga (8.0), level with Rodri (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Málaga win, 3 draws and 6 for Villarreal.

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