Villarreal 1-0 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 13 December 2015
Result
Villarreal 1-0 Real Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 13 December 2015, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 1-0 Real Madrid: match report
Villarreal defeated Real Madrid 1-0 in La Liga on Sunday 13 December 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Roberto Soldado of Villarreal in the 8th minute.
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 23 points from 14 and Real Madrid 3rd on 28 points from 14. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Real Madrid 3rd with 84.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to James Rodríguez of Real Madrid (8.2), ahead of Gareth Bale (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 7 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-L-D-L-D and Real Madrid's W-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Roberto Soldado
- 31'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 66'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 72'Yellow card · E. Bailly
- 90+2'Yellow card · Denis Suárez
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal expected line-up (4-4-2)
Mariano Barbosa, Víctor Ruiz, Mario Gaspar, Antonio Rukavina, Samu Castillejo, Manu Trigueros, Samu, Bruno, Roberto Soldado Rillo, Cédric Bakambu
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Keylor Navas, Danilo, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, James Rodríguez, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo