Villarreal 2-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 20 September 2015
Result
Villarreal 2-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 20 September 2015, 16:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 2-1 Athletic Club: match report
Villarreal beat Athletic Club 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 20 September 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Bruno opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Villarreal's goals came from Bruno (43', penalty), Mario Gaspar (67') and Léo Baptistão (80'). Athletic Club scored through Aduriz (90+2').
Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 5th on 7 points from 3 and Athletic Club 12th on 3 points from 3. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Athletic Club 4th with 61.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Léo Baptistão of Villarreal (8.0), ahead of Bruno (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 3 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-W-D and Athletic Club's W-L-L.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Aymeric Laporte
- 24'Yellow card · Bruno
- 43'Penalty goal · Bruno
- 45+3'Yellow card · Léo Baptistão
- 49'Yellow card · Gurpegi
- 50'Yellow card · Matías Nahuel
- 60'Yellow card · E. Bailly
- 64'Yellow card · Aritz Aduriz
- 64'Yellow card · Aduriz
- 67'Goal · Mario Gaspar
- 80'Goal · Léo Baptistão
- 88'Yellow card · Óscar de Marcos
- 90+2'Goal · Aduriz
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Alphonse Areola, Mario Gaspar, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Eric Bailly, Tomás Pina, Samu Castillejo, Bruno, Matías Nahuel, Roberto Soldado Rillo, Cédric Bakambu
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Aymeric Laporte, Óscar de Marcos, Gurpegi, Mikel Balenziaga, Javier Eraso, Mikel San José, Mikel Rico, Ager Aketxe, Sabin Merino, Kike Sola