Villarreal 1-1 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 25 November 2007
Result
Villarreal 1-1 Almería
La Liga · Sunday 25 November 2007, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 1-1 Almería: match report
Villarreal drew with Almería 1-1 in La Liga on Sunday 25 November 2007. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Nihat Kahveci opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Villarreal's goal came from Nihat Kahveci (13'). Almería scored through Álvaro Negredo (52').
Discipline: Villarreal received 5 yellow cards; Almería received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 3rd on 27 points from 12 and Almería 16th on 12 points from 12. Villarreal went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Almería 9th with 52.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Almería in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Almería's D-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Nihat Kahveci
- 14'Yellow card · Fabricio Fuentes
- 47'Yellow card · Carlos García
- 48'Yellow card · Bruno
- 49'Yellow card · Ángel López
- 52'Goal · Álvaro Negredo
- 71'Yellow card · Aitor Rekarte
- 80'Yellow card · Juanito
- 84'Yellow card · Cani
- 86'Yellow card · Juanma Ortiz
- 90+2'Yellow card · Pascal Cygan
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Sebastián Viera, Joan Capdevila, Pascal Cygan, Ángel López, Fabricio Fuentes, Robert Pirès, Santi Cazorla, Senna, Bruno, Guillermo Franco Farquarson, Nihat Kahveci
Almería line-up (4-4-2)
David Cobeño, Aitor Rekarte, Felipe Melo, Rubén Pulido, Juanma Ortiz, Carlos García, Mane, Crusat, Kalu Uche, Álvaro Negredo, Soriano