Villarreal 3-2 Real Betis: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 5 November 2006
Result
Villarreal 3-2 Real Betis
La Liga · Sunday 5 November 2006, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Villarreal 3-2 Real Betis: match report
Villarreal defeated Real Betis 3-2 in La Liga on Sunday 5 November 2006. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Edu opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Villarreal's goals came from Diego Forlán Corazo (20'), Pascal Cygan (56') and Cani (58'). Real Betis scored through Edu (3') and Rivera (48').
Discipline: Villarreal received 3 yellow cards; Real Betis received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 10th on 12 points from 8 and Real Betis 18th on 4 points from 8. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 62 points, and Real Betis 16th with 40.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 0 draws and 1 for Real Betis.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-D-D-W-W and Real Betis's L-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Edu
- 20'Goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 42'Yellow card · Miguel Ángel
- 46'Yellow card · Senna
- 48'Goal · Rivera
- 56'Goal · Pascal Cygan
- 58'Goal · Cani
- 74'Yellow card · Fabricio Fuentes
- 77'Yellow card · Nano
- 82'Yellow card · Diego Forlán Corazo
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up
Sebastián Viera, Pascal Cygan, Javi Venta, Fabricio Fuentes, Juan Román Riquelme, Leandro Somoza, Senna, Marquitos, Nihat Kahveci, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Diego Forlán Corazo
Real Betis line-up
Pedro Gonzalez Contreras Cano, Melli, Enrique Fernandez Romero, Capi, Rivera, Miguel Ángel, Edu, Robert, Juanito, Nano, Xisco Muñoz