Real Madrid 3-2 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 5 May 2019

Result

Real Madrid 3-2 Villarreal

La Liga · Sunday 5 May 2019, 14:15 UTC · half-time 2-1

Real Madrid · Villarreal · La Liga predictions

Real Madrid 3-2 Villarreal: match report

Real Madrid won against Villarreal 3-2 in La Liga on Sunday 5 May 2019. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Mariano Díaz opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Mariano Díaz (2'), Vallejo (40') and Mariano Díaz (49'). Villarreal scored through Gerard Moreno (11') and Jaume Costa (90+4').

Discipline: Real Madrid received no yellow cards; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 3rd on 65 points from 35 and Villarreal 14th on 40 points from 35. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 3rd with 68 points, and Villarreal 14th with 44.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Villarreal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gerard Moreno of Villarreal (9.2), ahead of Mariano Díaz (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Real Madrid wins, 4 draws and 2 for Villarreal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Mariano DíazReal Madrid · 1-0
  • 11'Goal · Gerard MorenoVillarreal · 1-1
  • 40'Goal · VallejoReal Madrid · 2-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Ramiro Funes MoriVillarreal
  • 49'Goal · Mariano DíazReal Madrid · 3-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Álvaro GonzálezVillarreal
  • 89'Yellow card · Vicente IborraVillarreal
  • 90+4'Goal · Jaume CostaVillarreal · 3-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Madrid 4, draws 4, Villarreal 2.

Team news

Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)

Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, Raphaël Varane, Jesús Vallejo, Marcelo, Federico Valverde, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Lucas Vázquez, Mariano Díaz, Brahim Díaz

Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Andrés Fernández, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Ramiro Funes Mori, Xavi Quintillà, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Santi Cazorla, Samuel Chukwueze, Pablo Fornals, Alfonso Pedraza, Gerard Moreno