Villarreal 1-1 Sporting Gijón: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 13 March 2011
Result
Villarreal 1-1 Sporting Gijón
La Liga · Sunday 13 March 2011, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 1-1 Sporting Gijón: match report
Villarreal drew with Sporting Gijón 1-1 in La Liga on Sunday 13 March 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.
Giuseppe Rossi opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Villarreal's goal came from Giuseppe Rossi (29'). Sporting Gijón scored through Diego Castro (90+2', penalty).
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Sporting Gijón received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 4th on 50 points from 27 and Sporting Gijón 17th on 28 points from 27. Villarreal went on to finish that season 4th with 62 points, and Sporting Gijón 9th with 47.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 1 for Sporting Gijón.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-W-D-D-L and Sporting Gijón's W-L-D-D-D.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Giuseppe Rossi
- 41'Yellow card · Cote
- 61'Yellow card · Iván Hernández
- 65'Second yellow · Cote
- 68'Yellow card · Iván Cuéllar
- 79'Yellow card · Capdevila
- 90'Red card · Sastre
- 90+1'Yellow card · Gonzalo Rodríguez
- 90+2'Penalty goal · Diego Castro
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-3-1-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Mateo Musacchio, Joan Capdevila, Mario Gaspar, Santi Cazorla, Cani, Borja Valero, Bruno, Nilmar, Giuseppe Rossi
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-1-4-1)
Iván Cuéllar, Alberto Botía, Cote, Iván Hernández, Sastre, Rivera, Castro, Diego Castro, Miguel de las Cuevas, Nacho Cases, David Barral