Villarreal 2-0 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 21 March 2009
Result
Villarreal 2-0 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 21 March 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Villarreal 2-0 Athletic Club: match report
Villarreal defeated Athletic Club 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 21 March 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Santi Cazorla opened the scoring in the 68th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Santi Cazorla (68') and Matías Fernández (90'). Athletic Club did not score.
Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 4th on 45 points from 27 and Athletic Club 12th on 31 points from 27. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Athletic Club 13th with 44.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 0 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-W-D-W-D and Athletic Club's L-L-L-D-D.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Capdevila
- 23'Yellow card · Ariel Santiago Ibagaza
- 34'Yellow card · Susaeta
- 60'Yellow card · Sebastián Eguren Ledesma
- 68'Goal · Santi Cazorla
- 74'Yellow card · Fernando Amorebieta
- 78'Second yellow · Susaeta
- 80'Yellow card · Senna
- 90'Goal · Matías Fernández
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Ángel López, Fabricio Fuentes, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Santi Cazorla, Ariel Ibagaza, Senna, Nihat Kahveci, Giuseppe Rossi
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Koikili, Fernando Amorebieta, Aitor Ocio, Gabilondo, Susaeta, Orbaiz, Javi Martínez, Toquero, Fernando Llorente, Andoni Iraola