Real Madrid 4-2 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 8 February 2014
Result
Real Madrid 4-2 Villarreal
La Liga · Saturday 8 February 2014, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Real Madrid 4-2 Villarreal: match report
Real Madrid beat Villarreal 4-2 in La Liga on Saturday 8 February 2014. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Gareth Bale opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Gareth Bale (7'), Karim Benzema (25'), Jesé (64') and Karim Benzema (76'). Villarreal scored through Mario Gaspar (43') and Giovani Dos Santos (69').
Discipline: Real Madrid received no yellow cards; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 54 points from 22 and Villarreal 5th on 40 points from 22. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 87 points, and Villarreal 6th with 59.
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 7 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 1 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Villarreal's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Gareth Bale
- 25'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 43'Goal · Mario Gaspar
- 55'Yellow card · Jaume Costa
- 59'Yellow card · Mario Gaspar
- 64'Goal · Jesé
- 69'Goal · Giovani Dos Santos
- 76'Goal · Karim Benzema
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Daniel Carvajal, Luka Modrić, Asier Illarramendi, Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale, Jesé, Ángel Di María
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Mateo Musacchio, Chechu Dorado, Javier Aquino, Jaume Costa, Bruno, Moi Gómez, Edu Ramos, Giovani Dos Santos, Jonathan Pereira