Villarreal 4-4 Atlético de Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 26 October 2008
Result
Villarreal 4-4 Atlético de Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 26 October 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Villarreal 4-4 Atlético de Madrid: match report
Villarreal drew with Atlético de Madrid 4-4 in La Liga on Sunday 26 October 2008. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Simão opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Villarreal's goals came from Senna (47'), Llorente (51'), Gonzalo Rodríguez (57') and Giuseppe Rossi (67'). Atlético de Madrid scored through Simão (1'), Diego Forlán Corazo (22'), Simão (83') and Raúl García (85').
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 4th on 17 points from 7 and Atlético de Madrid 10th on 9 points from 7. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Atlético de Madrid 4th with 67.
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 2 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 2 for Atlético de Madrid.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Simão
- 16'Yellow card · Simão
- 19'Yellow card · É. Banega
- 22'Goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 29'Yellow card · Senna
- 38'Second yellow · É. Banega
- 44'Yellow card · Maniche
- 47'Goal · Senna
- 51'Goal · Llorente
- 57'Goal · Gonzalo Rodríguez
- 67'Goal · Giuseppe Rossi
- 83'Goal · Simão
- 85'Goal · Raúl García
- 90'Yellow card · Gonzalo Rodríguez
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, Bruno, Llorente, Giuseppe Rossi
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Giorgios Seitaridis, Pernía, Álvaro Domínguez, Paulo Assunção, Éver Banega, Maniche, Simão, Johnny Heitinga, Diego Forlán Corazo, Maxi Rodríguez, Leo Franco