Villarreal 2-0 Racing Santander: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 3 October 2010

Result

Villarreal 2-0 Racing Santander

La Liga · Sunday 3 October 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Villarreal 2-0 Racing Santander: match report

Villarreal defeated Racing Santander 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 3 October 2010. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Nilmar opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Nilmar (9') and Giuseppe Rossi (14'). Racing Santander did not score.

Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Racing Santander received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 2nd on 12 points from 5 and Racing Santander 17th on 4 points from 5. Villarreal went on to finish that season 4th with 62 points, and Racing Santander 12th with 46.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Racing Santander in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 2 for Racing Santander.

Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Racing Santander's L-D-W-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · NilmarVillarreal · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · Giuseppe RossiVillarreal · 2-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Diego LópezVillarreal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Villarreal 6, draws 2, Racing Santander 2.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Diego López, Mateo Musacchio, Ángel López, Joan Capdevila, Marchena, Santi Cazorla, Senna, Borja Valero, Bruno, Nilmar, Giuseppe Rossi

Racing Santander line-up (4-4-2)

Toño, Domingo Cisma, Pinillos, Marc Torrejón, Walter Ponce, Mehdi Lacen, Kennedy Bakircioglu, Alexandros Tziolis, Pape Diop, Ariel Gerardo Nahuelpán Osten, Munitis