Villarreal 0-3 Manchester City: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 2 November 2011
Result
Villarreal 0-3 Manchester City
Champions League · Wednesday 2 November 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2
Villarreal 0-3 Manchester City: match report
Villarreal lost to Manchester City 0-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday 2 November 2011. The half-time score was 0-2.
Yaya Touré opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Villarreal did not score. Manchester City scored through Yaya Touré (30'), Mario Balotelli (45+2', penalty) and Yaya Touré (71').
Discipline: Villarreal received 5 yellow cards; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 52nd on 3 points from 5 and Manchester City 42nd on 4 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Villarreal wins, 0 draws and 1 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-L-L-W-L and Manchester City's W-L-D.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Mario Balotelli
- 27'Yellow card · Mubarak Wakaso
- 30'Goal · Yaya Touré
- 39'Yellow card · Catalá
- 45+1'Yellow card · Mateo Musacchio
- 45+2'Penalty goal · Mario Balotelli
- 45+3'Yellow card · Marchena
- 68'Yellow card · Hernán Pérez
- 71'Goal · Yaya Touré
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Mateo Musacchio, Mario Gaspar, José Manuel Catalá, Marchena, Jonathan de Guzmán, Mubarak Wakaso, Borja Valero, Hernán Pérez, Joselu Moreno
Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Micah Richards, Jérôme Boateng, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Adam Johnson, James Milner, David Silva, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera