Villarreal 2-1 Numancia: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 8 February 2009
Result
Villarreal 2-1 Numancia
La Liga · Sunday 8 February 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Villarreal 2-1 Numancia: match report
Villarreal beat Numancia 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 8 February 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Giuseppe Rossi opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Giuseppe Rossi (16') and Giuseppe Rossi (66'). Numancia scored through Carlos Aranda (40').
Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Numancia received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 5th on 34 points from 21 and Numancia 17th on 20 points from 21. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Numancia 19th with 35.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Numancia in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 0 draws and 0 for Numancia.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-D-W-D-L and Numancia's L-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Giuseppe Rossi
- 29'Yellow card · Sebastián Eguren Ledesma
- 40'Goal · Carlos Aranda
- 47'Yellow card · Diego Godín
- 51'Yellow card · Gonzalo Rodríguez
- 60'Yellow card · Sergio Boris
- 66'Goal · Giuseppe Rossi
- 79'Yellow card · Llorente
- 90+1'Yellow card · Raúl Bravo
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Ángel López, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Cani, Ariel Ibagaza, Senna, Llorente, Giuseppe Rossi
Numancia line-up (4-2-3-1)
Juan Pablo, Juanra, Domingo Cisma, Raul Bravo, Sergio Boris, Dimas, César Palacios, Barkero, Javier Del Pino, Carlos Aranda, Gorka Brit