Sevilla 3-2 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 24 April 2011
Result
Sevilla 3-2 Villarreal
La Liga · Sunday 24 April 2011, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Sevilla 3-2 Villarreal: match report
Sevilla won against Villarreal 3-2 in La Liga on Sunday 24 April 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.
Ivan Rakitić opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Sevilla's goals came from Ivan Rakitić (9'), Álvaro Negredo (14') and Romaric (62'). Villarreal scored through Marchena (56') and Giuseppe Rossi (73').
Discipline: Sevilla received 3 yellow cards; Villarreal received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sevilla were 7th on 47 points from 32 and Villarreal 4th on 57 points from 32. Sevilla went on to finish that season 5th with 59 points, and Villarreal 4th with 62.
Sevilla 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 Sevilla wins, 1 draw and 4 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Sevilla's last five read L-D-W-W-D and Villarreal's W-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Mateo Musacchio
- 9'Goal · Ivan Rakitić
- 14'Goal · Álvaro Negredo
- 15'Yellow card · Didier Zokora
- 18'Yellow card · Mario Gaspar
- 56'Goal · Marchena
- 62'Goal · Romaric
- 65'Yellow card · Ivan Rakitić
- 73'Goal · Giuseppe Rossi
- 79'Yellow card · Marchena
- 79'Yellow card · Romaric
- 85'Second yellow · Marchena
- 90+2'Yellow card · Mubarak Wakaso
Head-to-head
Team news
Sevilla line-up (4-2-3-1)
Javi Varas, Martín Cáceres, Federico Fazio, Julien Escude, Fernando Navarro, Alejandro Alfaro, Ivan Rakitić, Federico Fazio, Diego Perotti, Diego Capel, Álvaro Negredo
Villarreal expected line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Mateo Musacchio, Mario Gaspar, José Manuel Catalá, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Bruno, Santi Cazorla, Borja Valero, Marchena, Giuseppe Rossi, Nilmar