Real Madrid 6-2 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 21 February 2010
Result
Real Madrid 6-2 Villarreal
La Liga · Sunday 21 February 2010, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Real Madrid 6-2 Villarreal: match report
Real Madrid won against Villarreal 6-2 in La Liga on Sunday 21 February 2010. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (18'), Kaká (20', penalty), Gonzalo Higuaín (54'), Gonzalo Higuaín (71'), Kaká (79') and Xabi Alonso (87', penalty). Villarreal scored through Senna (31') and Nilmar (66').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 53 points from 22 and Villarreal 10th on 29 points from 22. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 96 points, and Villarreal 7th with 56.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Real Madrid wins, 3 draws and 2 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Villarreal's W-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 20'Yellow card · Iván Marcano
- 20'Penalty goal · Kaká
- 31'Goal · Senna
- 48'Yellow card · Lassana Diarra
- 54'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 60'Yellow card · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 63'Yellow card · Javi Venta
- 66'Goal · Nilmar
- 71'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 79'Yellow card · Arbeloa
- 79'Goal · Kaká
- 87'Yellow card · Robert Pirès
- 87'Penalty goal · Xabi Alonso
Head-to-head
Team news
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Real Madrid line-up (4-1-3-2)
Iker Casillas, Álvaro Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Raúl Albiol, Kaká, Lassana Diarra, Granero, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuaín, Xabi Alonso
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Joan Capdevila, Javi Venta, Iván Marcano, Mateo Musacchio, David Fuster, Senna, Bruno, Javier Matilla, Nilmar, Marco Ruben