Napoli 2-0 Villarreal: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 27 September 2011

Result

Napoli 2-0 Villarreal

Champions League · Tuesday 27 September 2011, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Napoli 2-0 Villarreal: match report

Napoli won against Villarreal 2-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 27 September 2011. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Marek Hamsik opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Napoli's goals came from Marek Hamsik (14') and Edinson Cavani (17', penalty). Villarreal did not score.

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

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Napoli lined up in a 3-4-3 and Villarreal in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Napoli wins, 2 draws and 0 for Villarreal.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Salvatore AronicaNapoli
  • 14'Goal · Marek HamsikNapoli · 1-0
  • 16'Yellow card · Gonzalo RodríguezVillarreal
  • 17'Penalty goal · Edinson CavaniNapoli · 2-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Paolo CannavaroNapoli
  • 84'Yellow card · CaniVillarreal
  • 84'Yellow card · Giuseppe RossiVillarreal

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Napoli 0, draws 2, Villarreal 0.

Team news

Napoli line-up (3-4-3)

Morgan De Sanctis, Salvatore Aronica, Andrea Dossena, Hugo Campagnaro, Camilo Zúñiga, Paolo Cannavaro, Marek Hamšík, Walter Gargano, Gökhan Inler, Edinson Cavani, Ezequiel Lavezzi

Villarreal line-up (4-3-1-2)

Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Mateo Musacchio, Cristián Zapata, José Manuel Catalá, Jonathan de Guzmán, Cani, Senna, Bruno, Nilmar, Giuseppe Rossi