Spanish LALIGA

FT Thursday, December 31, 2015
Valencia DLDWD 0
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Villarreal WDWWW 1
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Estadio de la Cerámica · 17,616 att.

Match Report

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Villarreal beat Valencia as Neville's wait for first Liga win continues

Villarreal midfielder Bruno Soriano scored with a brilliant free kick to earn a 1-0 win over regional rivals Valencia in La Liga on Thursday.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
21
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
2
48.1
Possession
51.9
6
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
299
Accurate Passes
333
378
Passes
421
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
2
29
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
58
40
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
16
11
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
13
Effective Clearances
14
18
Clearances
21

Head to Head

VAL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 13Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 6Víctor RuizCD-L
  3. 5Mateo MusacchioCD-R
  4. 27Adrián MarínLB
  5. 2MarioRB
  6. 21BrunoCM-L
  7. 14Manu TriguerosCM-R
  8. 18Denis SuárezLM
  9. 8Jonathan dos SantosRM
  10. 9Roberto SoldadoCF-L
  11. 17Cédric BakambuCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Tomás PinaSUB
  2. 7Samu GarcíaSUB
  3. 25Mariano BarbosaSUB
  4. 19Samu CastillejoSUB
  5. 26NahuelSUB
  6. 22Antonio RukavinaSUB
  7. 10Léo BaptistãoSUB

VAL · 5-3-2

  1. 24Jaume DoménechG
  2. 4Aderlan SantosCD
  3. 23Aymen AbdennourCD-L
  4. 3Rúben VezoCD-R
  5. 2João CanceloLB
  6. 19Antonio BarragánRB
  7. 10Dani ParejoCM
  8. 12Danilo BarbosaCM-L
  9. 21André GomesCM-R
  10. 7Álvaro NegredoCF-L
  11. 9Paco AlcácerCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Santi MinaSUB
  2. 6Lucas OrbánSUB
  3. 18Javi FuegoSUB
  4. 30Francisco VillalbaSUB
  5. 11Pablo PiattiSUB
  6. 20Rodrigo De PaulSUB
  7. 25Mathew RyanSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' André Gomes (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Antonio Barragán (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 64' Goal! Villarreal 1, Valencia 0. Bruno (Villarreal) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
  4. 67' Substitution, Villarreal. Nahuel replaces Jonathan dos Santos.
  5. 68' Roberto Soldado (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 69' Substitution, Valencia. Santi Mina replaces Antonio Barragán.
  7. 74' Substitution, Villarreal. Tomás Pina replaces Manu Trigueros.
  8. 74' Substitution, Valencia. Pablo Piatti replaces Danilo.
  9. 80' Substitution, Villarreal. Leo Baptistao replaces Cédric Bakambu.
  10. 87' Substitution, Valencia. Fran Villalba replaces Daniel Parejo.
  11. 90'+2' Fran Villalba (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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