Villarreal 0 – RMA 0: Victory and goals elusive for both sides
On Saturday, Villarreal and RMA were held to a 0-0 draw at the Estadio de la Ceramica. Both Villarreal and RMA arrived on the back of wins. Villarreal were looking to continue their run after winning their previous two games against Real Betis away and Mallorca at home, by 2-0 and 3-0 respectively while RMA were able to continue their winning streak after a 1-0 win against Granada in their last match. As the table looks today, Villarreal are in 5th place on the table and has 36 points while RMA sit in 1st with 54 points after 24 matches.
For Villarreal, Manu Trigueros, Boulaye Dia, Pervis Estupinan, Yeremi Pino and Serge Aurier, came on for Vicente Iborra, Arnaut Danjuma, Alfonso Pedraza, Samuel Chukwueze and Giovani Lo Celso. RMA brought on Luka Jovic, Rodrygo, Luka Modric, Eden Hazard and Nacho, to replace Gareth Bale, Marco Asensio, Federico Valverde, Vinicius Junior and Marcelo.
There were bookings for Juan Foyth and Raul Albiol from Villarreal, and Eder Militao, Marco Asensio, Gareth Bale and Casemiro, for RMA.
Villarreal will next travel to Granada, while RMA will face Alaves at home.
| Technical card: | |
|---|---|
| Villarreal: | Geronimo Rulli, Juan Foyth, Raul Albiol, Pau Torres, Alfonso Pedraza (Pervis Estupinan, min.74), Samuel Chukwueze (Yeremi Pino, min.74), Giovani Lo Celso (Serge Aurier, min.87), Vicente Iborra (Manu Trigueros, min.67), Dani Parejo, Alberto Moreno and Arnaut Danjuma (Boulaye Dia, min.67) |
| R Madrid: | Thibaut Courtois, Dani Carvajal, David Alaba, Eder Militao, Marcelo (Nacho, min.82), Federico Valverde (Luka Modric, min.78), Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Gareth Bale (Luka Jovic, min.75), Marco Asensio (Rodrygo, min.78) and Vinicius Junior (Eden Hazard, min.82) |
| Stadium: | the Estadio de la Ceramica |
| Goals: | 0-0 |
