Villarreal 3-0 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 19 January 2008
Result
Villarreal 3-0 Valencia
La Liga · Saturday 19 January 2008, 21:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 3-0 Valencia: match report
Villarreal defeated Valencia 3-0 in La Liga on Saturday 19 January 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Robert Pirès opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Robert Pirès (6'), Capdevila (63') and Nihat Kahveci (69'). Valencia did not score.
Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Valencia received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 5th on 35 points from 19 and Valencia 7th on 27 points from 19. Villarreal went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Valencia 10th with 51.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Valencia in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 2 for Valencia.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-L-D-W-L and Valencia's L-D-D-L-D.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Robert Pirès
- 28'Yellow card · Rubén Baraja
- 60'Yellow card · Marco Caneira
- 63'Goal · Capdevila
- 69'Goal · Nihat Kahveci
- 73'Yellow card · Giuseppe Rossi
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Pascal Cygan, Javi Venta, Robert Pirès, Cani, Senna, Bruno, Nihat Kahveci, Giuseppe Rossi
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
Timo Hildebrand, Raúl Albiol, Marco Caneira, Emiliano Moretti, Marchena, Vicente, David Silva, David Villa, Joaquín, Arizmendi, Rubén Baraja