Villarreal 2-0 Málaga: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 5 November 2017
Result
Villarreal 2-0 Málaga
La Liga · Sunday 5 November 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Villarreal 2-0 Málaga: match report
Villarreal beat Málaga 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 5 November 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Nicola Sansone opened the scoring in the 68th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Nicola Sansone (68') and Nicola Sansone (76'). Málaga did not score.
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Málaga received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 17 points from 10 and Málaga 20th on 4 points from 10. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Málaga 20th with 20.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Málaga in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicola Sansone of Villarreal (8.5), ahead of Pablo Fornals (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 2 for Málaga.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read D-W-W-W-L and Málaga's W-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · G. Castro
- 38'Yellow card · Adalberto Peñaranda
- 45+1'Yellow card · Chuca
- 60'Yellow card · Adrián
- 68'Goal · Nicola Sansone
- 76'Goal · Nicola Sansone
- 76'Yellow card · Juankar
- 81'Yellow card · Jaume Costa
- 83'Yellow card · Recio
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-3-1-2)
Mariano Barbosa, Mario Gaspar, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Daniele Bonera, Pablo Fornals, Rodri, Roberto Soriano, Chuca, Carlos Bacca, Cédric Bakambu
Málaga line-up (4-2-3-1)
Roberto Jiménez, Luis Hernández, Juankar, Roberto Rosales, Paul Baysse, Adrián González Morales, Juanpi, Gonzalo Castro, Recio, Keko, Adalberto Peñaranda