Villarreal 4-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 18 February 2006
Result
Villarreal 4-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 18 February 2006, 17:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Villarreal 4-0 Espanyol: match report
Villarreal beat Espanyol 4-0 in La Liga on Saturday 18 February 2006. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Alessio Tacchinardi opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Alessio Tacchinardi (24'), Senna (34'), Diego Forlán Corazo (37') and Héctor Font (81'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: Villarreal received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 8th on 35 points from 23 and Espanyol 14th on 24 points from 23. Villarreal went on to finish that season 7th with 57 points, and Espanyol 15th with 41.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 0 draws and 0 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-D-L-W-L and Espanyol's L-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · José Marí
- 15'Yellow card · Moisés Hurtado
- 22'Yellow card · Josico
- 24'Goal · Alessio Tacchinardi
- 34'Goal · Senna
- 35'Yellow card · Fredson
- 37'Goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 46'Yellow card · Ferran Corominas
- 54'Yellow card · Dani Jarque
- 54'Yellow card · Sergio Sánchez
- 75'Yellow card · Armando Sa
- 76'Yellow card · R. Arruabarrena
- 81'Goal · Héctor Font
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up
Sebastián Viera, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Javi Venta, Juan Pena Montano, Roger Junyent, Senna, José Marí, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Diego Forlán Corazo, Josico, Alessio Tacchinardi
Espanyol line-up
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Armando Sa, Alberto Lopo, Pablo Zabaleta, Juanfran, Dani Jarque, Eduardo Costa, Fredson, Ferran Corominas, Moisés Hurtado, Luis Garcia