Villarreal 2-1 Málaga: result and report
La Liga · Thursday 12 April 2012
Result
Villarreal 2-1 Málaga
La Liga · Thursday 12 April 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Villarreal 2-1 Málaga: match report
Villarreal beat Málaga 2-1 in La Liga on Thursday 12 April 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Santi Cazorla opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Senna (83', penalty) and Hernán Pérez (90+4'). Málaga scored through Santi Cazorla (65').
Discipline: Villarreal received no yellow cards; Málaga received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 17th on 32 points from 31 and Málaga 4th on 50 points from 31. Villarreal went on to finish that season 18th with 41 points, and Málaga 4th with 58.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Málaga in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 3 for Málaga.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-D-W-D-L and Málaga's W-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · Duda
- 58'Yellow card · Eliseu
- 65'Goal · Santi Cazorla
- 81'Red card · C. Kameni
- 83'Penalty goal · Senna
- 90+3'Yellow card · Ignacio Camacho
- 90+4'Goal · Hernán Pérez
- 90+5'Yellow card · Ruud van Nistelrooy
Head-to-head
Team news
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Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Mateo Musacchio, Cristián Zapata, José Manuel Catalá, Camuñas, Senna, Borja Valero, Bruno, Marco Ruben, Alejandro Martinuccio
Málaga line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, Weligton, Joris Mathijsen, Nacho Monreal, Eliseu, Sergio Sánchez, Ignacio Camacho, Santi Cazorla, Duda, Isco, Salomón Rondón