Villarreal 0 - Sevilla 0

Villarreal: Reina; Javi Venta, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Quique Alvarez (Peña 68'), Armando Sá; Battaglia, Marcos Senna; Santi Cazorla (Guayre 76'), José Marí (Diego Forlán 62'), Riquelme; Sonny Anderson. 4-2-3-1.
Sevilla: Esteban; Sergio Ramos, Javi Navarro, Pablo Alfaro, David; Martí (Jordi 59'), Casquero (Pablo Ruíz 85'); Daniel Alves, Jesús Navas (Antoñito 46'), Antonio López; Darío Silva. 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Villarreal: Armando Sá, Sonny Anderson for Arruabarrena, Diego Forlán / Sevilla: Casquero, Daniel Alves for Renato, Baptista.

Goals: None.

Villarreal are still looking for their first league victory of the season after they were held to a 0-0 draw by Sevilla. It was a tense match with tempers flaring throughout, although the only real injuries came in the last minute when Pablo Ruiz and David clashed heads, the young central defender ending the match with his head wrapped in blood stained bandages and the left back being stretchered off semi-conscious.

Chances were few and far between though, especially in the first half when only Riquelme tried his luck from long distance a couple of times. The Andalucians were missing their Brazilian starts Baptista and Renato, but could still have scored after the break when Darío Silva just failed to lob Reina and then Jordi fired a shot just wide.

Sonny Anderson came close to giving his side the lead when he made space but only managed to shoot straight at Esteban, and Forlán got free late on but couldn't beat the keeper with a low shot. But a game in general to forget, and the only good thing to come out of it was a point for both teams.