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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Marco RubenVillarreal · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Odion IghaloGranada
  • 32'Yellow card · Franco JaraGranada
  • 50'Goal · Íñigo LópezGranada · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · CaniVillarreal
  • 64'Goal · Borja ValeroVillarreal · 2-1
  • 71'Yellow card · P. DiakhatéGranada
  • 73'Own goal · Júlio CésarVillarreal · 3-1
  • 88'Second yellow · P. DiakhatéGranada
  • 90+1'Yellow card · MarchenaVillarreal

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Villarreal 0, draws 0, Granada 1.

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