Real Madrid 4-2 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 9 January 2011
Result
Real Madrid 4-2 Villarreal
La Liga · Sunday 9 January 2011, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-2
Real Madrid 4-2 Villarreal: match report
Real Madrid beat Villarreal 4-2 in La Liga on Sunday 9 January 2011. The half-time score was 2-2.
Cani opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (9'), Cristiano Ronaldo (45'), Cristiano Ronaldo (79') and Kaká (82'). Villarreal scored through Cani (7') and Marco Ruben (18').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Villarreal received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 44 points from 17 and Villarreal 3rd on 36 points from 17. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 92 points, and Villarreal 4th with 62.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 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-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Cani
- 9'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 18'Goal · Marco Ruben
- 45'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 49'Yellow card · Karim Benzema
- 52'Yellow card · Ángel López
- 72'Yellow card · Xabi Alonso
- 76'Yellow card · Santi Cazorla
- 78'Yellow card · Bruno
- 78'Yellow card · Á. Di María
- 79'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 80'Yellow card · Capdevila
- 82'Goal · Kaká
- 83'Red card · Cani
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Ricardo Carvalho, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Raúl Albiol, Lassana Diarra, Mesut Özil, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Ángel Di María, Xabi Alonso
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Ángel López, Joan Capdevila, José Manuel Catalá, Santi Cazorla, Cani, Borja Valero, Bruno, Marco Ruben, Giuseppe Rossi