Villarreal 2-1 Leganés: result and report

La Liga · Tuesday 17 April 2018

Result

Villarreal 2-1 Leganés

La Liga · Tuesday 17 April 2018, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Villarreal 2-1 Leganés: match report

Villarreal won against Leganés 2-1 in La Liga on Tuesday 17 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Víctor Ruiz opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Villarreal's goals came from Víctor Ruiz (42') and Carlos Bacca (55'). Leganés scored through Darko Brasanac (82').

Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Leganés received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 48 points from 32 and Leganés 14th on 39 points from 32. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Leganés 17th with 43.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leganés in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Víctor Ruiz of Villarreal (7.8), level with Carlos Bacca (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 1 draw and 1 for Leganés.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · Gabriel PiresLeganés
  • 39'Yellow card · Manu TriguerosVillarreal
  • 42'Goal · Víctor RuizVillarreal · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Carlos BaccaVillarreal · 2-0
  • 82'Goal · Darko BrasanacLeganés · 2-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Villarreal 1, draws 1, Leganés 1.

Team news

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

Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Víctor Ruiz, Antonio Rukavina, Denis Cheryshev, Samu Castillejo, Manu Trigueros, Rodri, Dani Raba, Carlos Bacca

Leganés line-up (4-2-3-1)

Iván Cuéllar, Tito, Raúl Carnero, Mauro Dos Santos, Ezequiel Muñoz, Gerard Gumbau, Gabriel Pires, José Naranjo, Rubén Pérez, Darko Brasanac, Claudio Beauvue