First Division - Day 37

Villarreal 0 - Deportivo 0

Villarreal: Andrés; Mario, Bonera, Alvaro, Jaume Costa; Jonathan Dos Santos (Rodri 90’), Trigueros (Sansone 71’), Bruno, Samu Castillejo; Bakambu, Soldado (Adrián López 75‘). 4-4-2.
Deportivo: Lux; Juanfran, Arribas, Albentosa, Fernando Navarro; Celso Borges, Guilherme; Carles Gil (Bruno Gama 83’), Emre Çolak (Mosquera 90‘), Ola John (Fayçal Fajr 63’); Andone. 4-2-3-1.

Goals: None.

Yellow cards: Trigueros 43’, Lux 45’, Soldado 45’, Andone 53’, Fayçal Fajr 65’, Celso Borges 94’.

Deportivo picked up the point they needed to stay up in a goal-less draw at Villarreal, the result keeping them three points clear of Sporting Gijón with a superior head-to-head record against the Asturians. The locals were also looking for a win though to consolidate their fifth spot and keep up their options of catching fourth placed Sevilla, and although Andrés had to turn a long shot from Ola John for a corner early on, Bruno and Jonathan Dos Santos both went close before the break. Lux was lucky to stay on the park though when the referee only gave him a yellow card for a retaliatory push on Soldado on the stroke of half time, but the visiting keeper made important saves after the restart from Jaume Costa and Sansone, and Bakambu wasted a couple of easy chances to win it for the locals near the end.