Villarreal 2-0 Espanyol: result and report

Villarreal 2-0 Espanyol

La Liga · Sunday 11 May 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Villarreal defeated Espanyol 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 11 May 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.

Javi Venta opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Javi Venta (30') and Robert Pirès (41'). Espanyol did not score.

Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 2nd on 71 points from 36 and Espanyol 11th on 48 points from 36. Villarreal went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Espanyol 12th with 48.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-4-1-1.

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

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