Real Betis 2-3 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Wednesday 26 October 2005

Result

Real Betis 2-3 Villarreal

La Liga · Wednesday 26 October 2005, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Real Betis 2-3 Villarreal: match report

Real Betis were beaten by Villarreal 2-3 in La Liga on Wednesday 26 October 2005. It was 1-1 at half-time.

José Marí opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Real Betis's goals came from Ricardo Oliveira (27') and an own goal by Javi Venta (62'). Villarreal scored through José Marí (10'), Juan Sorin (58') and Sebastián Riquelme (65', penalty).

Discipline: Real Betis received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Villarreal received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Betis were 14th on 9 points from 8 and Villarreal 8th on 12 points from 8. Real Betis went on to finish that season 14th with 42 points, and Villarreal 7th with 57.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · José MaríVillarreal · 0-1
  • 12'Yellow card · Paolo CastelliniReal Betis
  • 12'Yellow card · Quique ÁlvarezVillarreal
  • 27'Goal · Ricardo OliveiraReal Betis · 1-1
  • 52'Yellow card · JosicoVillarreal
  • 54'Yellow card · R. ArruabarrenaVillarreal
  • 58'Goal · Juan SorinVillarreal · 1-2
  • 62'Own goal · Javi VentaReal Betis · 2-2
  • 64'Yellow card · Sebastián RiquelmeVillarreal
  • 65'Second yellow · JoaquínReal Betis
  • 65'Penalty goal · Sebastián RiquelmeVillarreal · 2-3
  • 65'Yellow card · JoaquínReal Betis
  • 65'Yellow card · NanoReal Betis
  • 72'Red card · MelliReal Betis
  • 84'Yellow card · EduReal Betis

Team news

Real Betis line-up

Toni Doblas, Paolo Castellini, Melli, Rivera, Marcos Assunção, Ricardo Oliveira, Joaquín, Edu, Juanito, Nano, Xisco Muñoz

Villarreal line-up

Sebastián Viera, Juan Sorin, Enrique Alvarez San Juan, Javi Venta, Juan Pena Montano, Juan Román Riquelme, José Marí, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Diego Forlán Corazo, Josico, Alessio Tacchinardi