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 · Villarreal · La Liga predictions

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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Ángel LópezVillarreal
  • 21'Yellow card · PaulãoReal Betis
  • 35'Goal · R. Santa CruzReal Betis · 1-0
  • 38'Goal · Rubén CastroReal Betis · 2-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Joan OriolVillarreal
  • 42'Yellow card · Jonathan PereiraReal Betis
  • 58'Yellow card · Jefferson MonteroReal Betis
  • 59'Goal · BeñatReal Betis · 3-0
  • 66'Second yellow · Ángel LópezVillarreal
  • 90+3'Penalty goal · Marco RubenVillarreal · 3-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · FabriReal Betis

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Real Betis 2, draws 2, Villarreal 5.

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