Sevilla sinks Villarreal to take over third
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12/14/2008 - Seville, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sevilla moved into third place in the La Liga standings on Sunday as Renato's goal right before halftime helped the home side down Villarreal, 1-0 at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.
The win allows Sevilla to jump over Villarreal and into a second-place tie with Valencia, which owns a slight edge in goal difference. Sevilla has now played Valencia, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Villarreal in successive weeks, and come away with seven points from the four-match stretch.
Villarreal sits in fourth place, one point back of Sevilla and Valencia.
A slow first half that produced few scoring chances came to life right before the break when Sevilla went in front through Renato.
A cross from the right wing was cleared from the box, but Sevilla nodded the ball back into the area, where Frederic Kanoute got a touch on the ball and Renato smashed it home from close range.
Villarreal barely threatened in the first half, and things got even more difficult after the break when Joseba Llorente was booked for the second time for a hard foul on Julien Escude, reducing Villarreal to 10 men.
Sevilla was able to comfortably hold on from there, and they will travel to Mallorca next weekend before the Christmas break, while Villarreal hosts Barcelona.
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