Villarreal v Real Madrid

Start date: Sat May 16, 2009
League: La Liga
Sport: Soccer

Villarreal 3-2 Real Madrid

Pirès 16
Cani 62
Capdevila 90

Van Der Vaart 46
Higuain 88

Game summary

The game was played in La Liga on Saturday May 16.
Garcia was shown a yellow card after 4 minutes.
Villarreal CF took the lead when Pirès scored the first goal after 16 minutes.
Rodríguez was shown a yellow card after 26 minutes.
Ramos was shown a yellow card after 27 minutes.
Van Der Vaart scored an equalizer 46 minutes into the game.
Cani scored a goal for Villarreal CF, making it 2-1, in the 62nd minute.
Eguren was shown a yellow card after 87 minutes.
Higuain scored an equalizer 88 minutes into the game.
Capdevila scored a goal for Villarreal CF, making it 3-2, in the 90th minute.
Capdevila was shown a yellow card after 90 minutes.
González was shown a yellow card after 93 minutes.
The game ended in a 3-2 victory for the home team Villarreal CF.

Team comparison

Average goals and home team advantage

The graphs and numbers here are based on the last 40 played games for Villarreal CF (16 wins, 11 draws and 13 losses) and the last 40 games for Real Madrid (23 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses).

During that period, the average number of goals scored per game was 1.68 for Villarreal CF and 2.98 for Real Madrid. The average for all teams combined within La Liga was 1.44 goals scored per game. This means that Villarreal is better than its peers and Real Madrid is better than its peers when it comes to scoring goals.

The home team, Villarreal, is strong as a home team, winning 50% of their home games. The away team, Real Madrid, usually wins a whopping 55% of its away games which is particularly good compared to the rest of the league.