Valencia 4-1 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 17 January 2010
Result
Valencia 4-1 Villarreal
La Liga · Sunday 17 January 2010, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Valencia 4-1 Villarreal: match report
Valencia defeated Villarreal 4-1 in La Liga on Sunday 17 January 2010. It was 2-0 at half-time.
É. Banega opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Valencia's goals came from É. Banega (6'), David Villa (28', penalty), David Silva (56') and David Villa (90'). Villarreal scored through Nilmar (61').
Discipline: Valencia received 5 yellow cards; Villarreal received no yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Valencia were 3rd on 35 points from 17 and Villarreal 10th on 23 points from 17. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Villarreal 7th with 56.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Villarreal in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Valencia wins, 3 draws and 5 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-W-D-L-W and Villarreal's D-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 6'Goal · É. Banega
- 27'Red card · Kiko Olivas
- 28'Penalty goal · David Villa
- 37'Yellow card · Bruno Saltor
- 56'Goal · David Silva
- 58'Yellow card · É. Banega
- 61'Goal · Nilmar
- 65'Yellow card · David Navarro
- 71'Yellow card · Albelda
- 87'Yellow card · David Silva
- 90'Goal · David Villa
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
César, Bruno Saltor, David Navarro, Alexis Ruano, Jérémy Mathieu, Juan Mata, David Silva, Éver Banega, David Villa, Joaquín, Albelda
Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Ángel López, Kiko Olivas, Santi Cazorla, Cani, David Fuster, Senna, Bruno, Nilmar