Villarreal 2-1 Levante: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 20 January 2018
Result
Villarreal 2-1 Levante
La Liga · Saturday 20 January 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 2-1 Levante: match report
Villarreal won against Levante 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 20 January 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Manu Trigueros opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Manu Trigueros (26', penalty) and Denis Cheryshev (50'). Levante scored through Roger Martí (90+4', penalty).
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Levante received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 31 points from 19 and Levante 16th on 18 points from 19. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Levante 15th with 46.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Levante in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Samu Castillejo of Villarreal (8.7), ahead of Manu Trigueros (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Villarreal wins, 0 draws and 5 for Levante.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-D-W-W-L and Levante's L-L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 26'Penalty goal · Manu Trigueros
- 31'Yellow card · Saša Lukić
- 39'Yellow card · Jaume Costa
- 50'Goal · Denis Cheryshev
- 64'Yellow card · Sergio Postigo
- 87'Yellow card · Álvaro González
- 90+4'Penalty goal · Roger Martí
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-3-1-2)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Jaume Costa, Daniele Bonera, Pablo Fornals, Samu Castillejo, Manu Trigueros, Rodri, Denis Cheryshev, Enes Ünal
Levante line-up (4-3-3)
Oier Olazábal, Róber Pier, Coke, Sergio Postigo, Antonio Luna, Cheick Doukouré, Jefferson Lerma, Saša Lukić, José Luis Morales, Emmanuel Boateng, Jason