Villarreal 1-2 Deportivo Alavés: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 10 February 2018

Result

Villarreal 1-2 Deportivo Alavés

La Liga · Saturday 10 February 2018, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Villarreal 1-2 Deportivo Alavés: match report

Villarreal were beaten by Deportivo Alavés 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 10 February 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Rodrigo Ely opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Villarreal's goal came from Carlos Bacca (77'). Deportivo Alavés scored through Rodrigo Ely (39') and Ibai Gómez (71').

Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Deportivo Alavés received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 5th on 37 points from 22 and Deportivo Alavés 16th on 22 points from 22. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Deportivo Alavés 14th with 47.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Deportivo Alavés in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mario Gaspar of Villarreal (7.8), ahead of Fernando Pacheco (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 2 for Deportivo Alavés.

Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Deportivo Alavés's W-L-D-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Carlos BaccaVillarreal
  • 29'Yellow card · Víctor LaguardiaDeportivo Alavés
  • 39'Goal · Rodrigo ElyDeportivo Alavés · 0-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Rubén DuarteDeportivo Alavés
  • 63'Yellow card · Samu CastillejoVillarreal
  • 64'Yellow card · John GuidettiDeportivo Alavés
  • 70'Yellow card · Jaume CostaVillarreal
  • 71'Goal · Ibai GómezDeportivo Alavés · 0-2
  • 77'Goal · Carlos BaccaVillarreal · 1-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Fernando PachecoDeportivo Alavés
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Dani RabaVillarreal

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Villarreal 2, draws 1, Deportivo Alavés 2.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-3-1-2)

Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Pablo Fornals, Samu Castillejo, Manu Trigueros, Javi Fuego, Carlos Bacca, Roger Martínez

Deportivo Alavés line-up (4-4-2)

Fernando Pacheco, Rubén Duarte Sánchez, Alexis Ruano, Víctor Laguardia, Rodrigo Ely, Dani Torres, Alfonso Pedraza, Tomás Pina, Hernán Pérez, John Guidetti, Munir El Haddadi