Villarreal 1-1 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 9 January 2010
Result
Villarreal 1-1 Almería
La Liga · Saturday 9 January 2010, 21:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 1-1 Almería: match report
Villarreal drew with Almería 1-1 in La Liga on Saturday 9 January 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Nilmar opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Villarreal's goal came from Nilmar (40'). Almería scored through Corona (68', penalty).
Discipline: Villarreal received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Almería received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 9th on 22 points from 16 and Almería 15th on 16 points from 16. Villarreal went on to finish that season 7th with 56 points, and Almería 13th with 42.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Almería in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 1 draw and 2 for Almería.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read D-W-W-W-L and Almería's W-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Modeste M'bami
- 37'Yellow card · Iván Marcano
- 40'Goal · Nilmar
- 60'Yellow card · Senna
- 68'Penalty goal · Corona
- 80'Yellow card · Juanma Ortiz
- 83'Second yellow · Iván Marcano
- 90'Yellow card · David Fuster
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Ángel López, Iván Marcano, Robert Pirès, Santi Cazorla, Senna, Bruno, Nilmar, Giuseppe Rossi
Almería expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Alves, Hernán Pellerano, Guilherme Santos, Chico Flores, Crusat, Nieto, Kalu Uche, Álvaro Negredo, Pablo Piatti, Soriano