Villarreal 2-1 Málaga: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 25 October 2009
Result
Villarreal 2-1 Málaga
La Liga · Sunday 25 October 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Villarreal 2-1 Málaga: match report
Villarreal defeated Málaga 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 25 October 2009. The half-time score was 1-1.
Nilmar opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Nilmar (27') and Capdevila (54'). Málaga scored through Albert Luque (44').
Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Málaga received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 20th on 3 points from 7 and Málaga 19th on 4 points from 7. Villarreal went on to finish that season 7th with 56 points, and Málaga 17th with 37.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 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 1 for Málaga.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-D-L-L-L and Málaga's L-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Milan Stepanov
- 25'Yellow card · Juanito
- 27'Goal · Nilmar
- 44'Goal · Albert Luque
- 54'Goal · Capdevila
- 56'Yellow card · Llorente
- 66'Yellow card · Sebastián Eguren Ledesma
- 85'Yellow card · Diego Godín
- 90'Yellow card · Apoño
- 90'Yellow card · Capdevila
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Javi Venta, Iván Marcano, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Cani, Senna, Damian Escudero, Llorente, Nilmar
Málaga line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jesús Gámez, Weligton, Manuel Torres Caturla, Milan Stepanov, Apoño, Juanito, Albert Luque, Victor Obinna, Nabil Baha, Fernando, Gustavo Munúa Vera