Racing Santander 0-2 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Wednesday 26 September 2007

Result

Racing Santander 0-2 Villarreal

La Liga · Wednesday 26 September 2007, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Racing Santander 0-2 Villarreal: match report

Racing Santander were beaten by Villarreal 0-2 in La Liga on Wednesday 26 September 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Nihat Kahveci opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Racing Santander did not score. Villarreal scored through Nihat Kahveci (40', penalty) and Giuseppe Rossi (76').

Discipline: Racing Santander received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Villarreal received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Racing Santander were 15th on 5 points from 4 and Villarreal 2nd on 9 points from 4. Racing Santander went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and Villarreal 2nd with 77.

Racing Santander 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 2 Racing Santander wins, 0 draws and 2 for Villarreal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · SennaVillarreal
  • 40'Penalty goal · Nihat KahveciVillarreal · 0-1
  • 50'Yellow card · CaniVillarreal
  • 54'Yellow card · Sebastián VieraVillarreal
  • 62'Red card · Aldo DuscherRacing Santander
  • 72'Yellow card · Pascal CyganVillarreal
  • 76'Goal · Giuseppe RossiVillarreal · 0-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Racing Santander 2, draws 0, Villarreal 2.

Team news

Racing Santander line-up (4-4-2)

Toño, Oriol, Ezequiel Garay, Pinillos, Aldo Duscher, Jorge Lopéz, Colsa, Serrano, Ebi Smolarek, Munitis, Luis Fernández

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Sebastián Viera, Joan Capdevila, Pascal Cygan, Ángel López, Fabricio Fuentes, Cani, Matías Fernández, Senna, Nihat Kahveci, Giuseppe Rossi, Josico