Villarreal 3-1 Granada: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 12 February 2012
Result
Villarreal 3-1 Granada
La Liga · Sunday 12 February 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 3-1 Granada: match report
Villarreal won against Granada 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 12 February 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Marco Ruben opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Marco Ruben (16'), Borja Valero (64') and an own goal by Júlio César (73'). Granada scored through Íñigo López (50').
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Granada received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 18th on 23 points from 21 and Granada 15th on 25 points from 21. Villarreal went on to finish that season 18th with 41 points, and Granada 17th with 42.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Granada in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Villarreal wins, 0 draws and 1 for Granada.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-D-W-L-D and Granada's W-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Marco Ruben
- 30'Yellow card · Odion Ighalo
- 32'Yellow card · Franco Jara
- 50'Goal · Íñigo López
- 53'Yellow card · Cani
- 64'Goal · Borja Valero
- 71'Yellow card · P. Diakhaté
- 73'Own goal · Júlio César
- 88'Second yellow · P. Diakhaté
- 90+1'Yellow card · Marchena
Head-to-head
Team news
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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Joan Oriol, Ángel López, Cristián Zapata, Marchena, Cani, Camuñas, Senna, Borja Valero, Nilmar, Marco Ruben
Granada line-up (4-2-3-1)
Júlio César, Allan Nyom, Guilherme Siqueira, Íñigo López, Borja Gómez, Fran Rico, Mikel Rico, Carlos Martins, Odion Ighalo, Dani Benítez, Franco Jara