Villarreal 0-2 Málaga: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 11 April 2009
Result
Villarreal 0-2 Málaga
La Liga · Saturday 11 April 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Villarreal 0-2 Málaga: match report
Villarreal lost to Málaga 0-2 in La Liga on Saturday 11 April 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.
Duda opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Villarreal did not score. Málaga scored through Duda (38') and Eliseu (86').
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Málaga received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 4th on 48 points from 29 and Málaga 7th on 43 points from 29. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Málaga 8th with 55.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Málaga in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 2 draws and 0 for Málaga.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-W-L-W-D and Málaga's L-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Jesús Gámez
- 38'Goal · Duda
- 45'Yellow card · Diego Godín
- 49'Yellow card · Apoño
- 72'Yellow card · Guillermo Franco Farquarson
- 86'Goal · Eliseu
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-3-1-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Ángel López, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Ariel Ibagaza, Senna, Bruno, Nihat Kahveci, Giuseppe Rossi
Málaga expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alexis Ruano, Nacho, Gabriel, Gerardo, Jorge Ribeiro, Jesús Gámez, Duda, Apoño, Pablo Couñago, Nabil Baha