Match Report
9 points and 4 places separated them: Villarreal 1st with 10, Elfsborg 5th with 1. Elfsborg had been under-performing their position — 37th on five-round form against 5th in the table. Per game in the league, Villarreal were scoring 1.75 and conceding 0.75, Elfsborg 0.75 and 3, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game.
6 games without a win framed Elfsborg's arrival. Villarreal had banked 10 of the last 15 points on offer; Elfsborg, 1.
Estadio de la Cerámica in Villareal, capacity 23,008, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Villarreal led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.