Villarreal 1-0 Sporting Gijón: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 10 January 2016
Result
Villarreal 1-0 Sporting Gijón
La Liga · Sunday 10 January 2016, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 1-0 Sporting Gijón: match report
Villarreal defeated Sporting Gijón 1-0 in La Liga on Sunday 10 January 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Cédric Bakambu opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Cédric Bakambu (26') and Cédric Bakambu (51'). Sporting Gijón did not score.
Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Sporting Gijón received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 4th on 33 points from 18 and Sporting Gijón 19th on 15 points from 17. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Sporting Gijón 17th with 39.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Roberto Soldado Rillo of Villarreal (8.4), ahead of Cédric Bakambu (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sporting Gijón.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Sporting Gijón's L-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Cédric Bakambu
- 33'Yellow card · Carlos Carmona
- 51'Goal · Cédric Bakambu
- 53'Yellow card · Bruno
- 61'Yellow card · Víctor Ruiz
- 79'Yellow card · Samu
- 87'Yellow card · Nacho Cases
- 87'Yellow card · Roberto Soldado
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Alphonse Areola, Mario Gaspar, Mateo Musacchio, Víctor Ruiz, Adrián Marín, Jonathan dos Santos, Manu Trigueros, Denis Suárez, Bruno, Roberto Soldado Rillo, Cédric Bakambu
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iván Cuéllar, Luis Hernández, Bernardo Espinosa, Lora, Isma López, Álex Menéndez, Nacho Cases, Omar Mascarell, Carlos Carmona, Alen Halilovic, Antonio Sanabria