First Division - Day 12

Villarreal 1 - Eibar 1

Villarreal: Areola; Mario Gaspar, Eric Bailly (Bonera 34’), Víctor Ruíz, Jaume Costa; Samu Castillejo, Bruno, Trigueros (Jonathan Dos Santos 54’), Denis Suárez; Soldado, Bakambu (Samuel 62‘). 4-4-2.
Eibar: Riesgo; Pantic, Mauro Dos Santos, Ekiza (Iván Ramis 74’), Juncà; Keko, Escalante, Dani García, Saúl Berjón (Takashi Inui 80’); Borja Bastón, Sergi Enrich (Luna 86‘). 4-4-2.

Goals:
0-1. 27. Sergi Enrich. Turned shot past Areola after Borja Bastón lifted ball across.
1-1. 85. Jaume Costa. Picked up return Denis pass and poked shot in off far post.

Yellow cards: Jaume Costa 41’, Soldado 44’, Keko 74’, 76’, Mario 75’, Escalante 79’, Dani García 93’ / red cards: Keko 76’.

Villarreal are back up to fourth in the table despite being held to a 1-1 draw by sixth placed Eibar on Sunday afternoon. Bakambu and Borja Bastón tried their luck at either end in the opening minutes, and midway through the first half the visitors took the lead, Sergi Enrich turning a shot past Areola after Borja played the ball over to him. Keko fired a long shot just over the top and Enrich tested Areola again with a header, and soon afterwards the Basque side could have gone further in front when Jaume Costa gave away a penalty on Borja. This time though the French keeper saved Dani García’s spot kick, and after the restart Denis Suárez and Samu Castillejo both went close as the locals pushed forward. The two teams were left with ten men later in the second half, Bonera picking up an injury after Marcelino had made all of his substitutions, and Keko picking up two bookings in as many minutes, and with two minutes to go Costa ran on to a return pass from Denis Suárez to poke home the equalizer.