Real Betis 2-2 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 1 March 2009
Result
Real Betis 2-2 Villarreal
La Liga · Sunday 1 March 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Real Betis 2-2 Villarreal: match report
Real Betis drew with Villarreal 2-2 in La Liga on Sunday 1 March 2009. The half-time score was 1-2.
Santi Cazorla opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Real Betis's goals came from Sergio García (42') and Ricardo Oliveira (56'). Villarreal scored through Santi Cazorla (5') and Santi Cazorla (36').
Discipline: Real Betis received 5 yellow cards; Villarreal received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Betis were 17th on 26 points from 24 and Villarreal 4th on 41 points from 24. Real Betis went on to finish that season 17th with 42 points, and Villarreal 5th with 65.
Real Betis 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 Real Betis wins, 1 draw and 4 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Real Betis's last five read L-D-W-D-L and Villarreal's W-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Santi Cazorla
- 36'Goal · Santi Cazorla
- 42'Yellow card · Cani
- 42'Goal · Sergio García
- 43'Yellow card · Mark González
- 56'Goal · Ricardo Oliveira
- 59'Yellow card · Juanito
- 77'Yellow card · Melli
- 79'Yellow card · Santi Cazorla
- 90+1'Yellow card · Sebastián Eguren Ledesma
- 90+2'Yellow card · Diego Godín
- 90+2'Yellow card · David Odonkor
- 90+2'Yellow card · Rivera
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Betis line-up (4-4-2)
Ricardo, Melli, Fernando Vega, Nelson, Juanma, Arzu, Mark González, Sergio García, Ricardo Oliveira, Juanito, Mehmet Aurelio
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Javi Venta, Fabricio Fuentes, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Robert Pirès, Santi Cazorla, Cani, Matías Fernández, Giuseppe Rossi