Villarreal 3-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 2 October 2005
Result
Villarreal 3-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 2 October 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Villarreal 3-1 Athletic Club: match report
Villarreal won against Athletic Club 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 2 October 2005. The half-time score was 1-1.
Joseba Etxeberria opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Sebastián Riquelme (45'), José Marí (61') and Senna (77'). Athletic Club scored through Joseba Etxeberria (19').
Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 14th on 5 points from 5 and Athletic Club 13th on 5 points from 5. Villarreal went on to finish that season 7th with 57 points, and Athletic Club 12th with 45.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-L-D-D-L and Athletic Club's D-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Sebastián Riquelme
- 19'Goal · Joseba Etxeberria
- 19'Yellow card · Juan Pena Montano
- 23'Yellow card · Cesar Arzo
- 44'Red card · Javier Casas
- 45'Goal · Sebastián Riquelme
- 51'Yellow card · Fernando Llorente
- 61'Goal · José Marí
- 77'Goal · Senna
- 86'Yellow card · Luis Prieto
- 90'Yellow card · Diego Forlán Corazo
Team news
Villarreal line-up
Sebastián Viera, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Juan Sorin, Javi Venta, Juan Pena Montano, Juan Román Riquelme, Senna, José Marí, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Diego Forlán Corazo, Josico
Athletic Club line-up
Aranzubia, Javier Casas, Jesús Lacruz, Luis Prieto, Orbaiz, Gurpegi, Ibón Gutiérrez, Fernando Llorente, Francisco Yeste, Andoni Iraola, Joseba Etxeberria