Real Betis 3-1 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 7 April 2012
Result
Real Betis 3-1 Villarreal
La Liga · Saturday 7 April 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Real Betis 3-1 Villarreal: match report
Real Betis defeated Villarreal 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 7 April 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.
R. Santa Cruz opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Real Betis's goals came from R. Santa Cruz (35'), Rubén Castro (38') and Beñat (59'). Villarreal scored through Marco Ruben (90+3', penalty).
Discipline: Real Betis received 4 yellow cards; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Betis were 15th on 35 points from 30 and Villarreal 17th on 32 points from 30. Real Betis went on to finish that season 12th with 47 points, and Villarreal 18th with 41.
Real Betis lined up in a 4-4-2 and Villarreal in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Real Betis wins, 2 draws and 5 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Real Betis's last five read W-D-D-L-L and Villarreal's D-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Ángel López
- 21'Yellow card · Paulão
- 35'Goal · R. Santa Cruz
- 38'Goal · Rubén Castro
- 38'Yellow card · Joan Oriol
- 42'Yellow card · Jonathan Pereira
- 58'Yellow card · Jefferson Montero
- 59'Goal · Beñat
- 66'Second yellow · Ángel López
- 90+3'Penalty goal · Marco Ruben
- 90+3'Yellow card · Fabri
Head-to-head
Team news
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Real Betis line-up (4-4-2)
Fabri, Chechu Dorado, Paulão, Nelson, Nacho, Beñat, José Alberto Cañas, Jonathan Pereira, Roque Santa Cruz, Jefferson Montero, Rubén Castro
Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Joan Oriol, Mateo Musacchio, Ángel López, Mario Gaspar, Cani, Senna, Borja Valero, Bruno, Marco Ruben