Villarreal 1 - Real Madrid 0

Villarreal: Viera; Josemi, Fuentes, Cygan, José Enrique; Marcos Senna, Josico; Cani (Tacchinardi 87'), Matias Fernández (Guille Franco 75'), Marcos; Diego Forlán (Tomasson 84'). 4-2-3-1.
Madrid: Casillas; Sergio Ramos, Cannavaro, Iván Helguera, Miguel Torres; Gago (Nieto 81'), Diarra; Reyes (De la Red 66'), Higuaín, Robinho; Van Nistelrooy. 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Villarreal: No change / Madrid: No change.

Goals:
1-0. 68. Marcos. Ran on to Mati Fernández pass and lifted shot over Casillas.

Playing on Saturday, Real Madrid started their game at Villarreal needing a win to take them to the top of the table. However it was another disappointing evening for them, a 1-0 defeat meaning they stay in third spot. Both sides had chances early on, in particular Marcos García bringing a good save out of Casillas and Robinho shooting over the top. But the best chances of the first half fell to the home side on the half hour mark, Casillas keeping out Forlán and Cani, and then reacting quick enough to force Mati Fernández to shoot wide.

Higuaín and Sergio Ramos finally gave Viera some work to do either side of half time, but Villarreal continued to dominate, and midway through the second half a passing move between Forlán and Fernández ended with Marcos García running through to beat Casillas and open the scoring. Capello's side, who have only scored three times in their last seven games, had no reply, and the locals went on comfortably to their first win in four games. More importantly for the fans though, it was the first time in their history that they have beaten Real Madrid after fifteen previous attempts.