Villarreal 3-0 Atlético de Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 29 March 2008
Result
Villarreal 3-0 Atlético de Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 29 March 2008, 21:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Villarreal 3-0 Atlético de Madrid: match report
Villarreal won against Atlético de Madrid 3-0 in La Liga on Saturday 29 March 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.
Santi Cazorla opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Santi Cazorla (39'), Nihat Kahveci (43') and Nihat Kahveci (65'). Atlético de Madrid did not score.
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 3rd on 56 points from 29 and Atlético de Madrid 4th on 50 points from 29. Villarreal went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Atlético de Madrid 5th with 64.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Atlético de Madrid in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 2 draws and 2 for Atlético de Madrid.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Atlético de Madrid's W-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 39'Goal · Santi Cazorla
- 43'Goal · Nihat Kahveci
- 44'Yellow card · Senna
- 60'Yellow card · Maxi Rodríguez
- 65'Goal · Nihat Kahveci
- 81'Yellow card · Giuseppe Rossi
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Javi Venta, Robert Pirès, Santi Cazorla, Senna, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Nihat Kahveci, Giuseppe Rossi
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Christian Abbiati, Antonio López, Pernía, Pablo Ibáñez, Luis García, Ignacio Camacho, Raúl García, Diego Forlán Corazo, Sergio Agüero, Maxi Rodríguez, Carlos Gallego