Villarreal stretched their unbeaten run to 13 matches but were unable to put any more daylight between themselves and rival European hopefuls Malaga as the two teams shared a 1-1 draw on Saturday evening. Jonathan Dos Santos' thunderous volley on the stroke of half-time put Villarreal ahead at La Rosaleda but Malaga fought back and Nordin Amrabat's equaliser on the hour mark levelled things up....Full Story »

Ikechukwu Uche scored both goals as Villarreal comfortably beat Almeria 2-0 to move up to sixth place in the Primera Division. The Nigerian forward had not scored in the league since the opening day of the season but struck either side of half-time to see off Francisco Rodriguez's side, who matched the hosts for possession but lacked the same deadliness in front of goal. The Yellow Submarine s...Full Story »

Substitute Ikechukwu Uche struck a second-half equaliser as Villarreal grabbed a point in their opening UEFA Europa League Group A clash with Borussia Monchengladbach in Germany. Patrick Hermann had hit his first European goal in the 21st minute to give the home side the advantage but Nigerian Uche fired home low after the break a matter of seconds after replacing Luciano Vietto. Buoyed by a s...Full Story »

Ikechukwu Uche and Denis Cheryshev were on-target as Villarreal began their Primera Division campaign with an impressive 2-0 win at Levante. Cheryshev, who is on loan with the Yellow Submarine for the season from Real Madrid, struck five minutes from time to give the visitors an ideal start to their campaign. Nigerian international Ikechukwu Uche had earlier broken the deadlock in the 55th min...Full Story »

Villarreal produced a complete performance to thrash a sorry Rayo Vallecano 4-0 and pick up their first win in just under a month. Ikechukwu Uche knocked in the opener after 22 minutes, while Bruno Sioriano extended the hosts' advantage shortly before half-time. Jonathan Pereira hit a third early in the second period and Jaume Costa added another 10 minutes later, after Rayo defender Anaitz Ar...Full Story »

Villarreal leap-frogged Real Sociedad in the Primera Division table following a crushing 5-1 win at El Madrigal. Giovani Dos Santos and Ikechukwu Uche both scored twice for the hosts with Moises Gomez adding a fifth as the Yellow Submarine claimed their first home win in five. Imanol Agirretxe grabbed a consolation for Sociedad, who saw a five-game winning streak snapped and slipped to sixth i...Full Story »

Ikechukwu Uche's hat-trick provided the inspiration for Villarreal to seal a slightly flattering 5-2 victory at struggling Rayo Vallecano. Uche opened the scoring after just 10 minutes and Jeremy Perbet's brace before half-time put the Yellow Submarine firmly on course for all three points, with Vallecano made to pay for poor finishing. Uche then scored his second and third after the break to ...Full Story »

Ikechukwu Uche struck a late winner as Villarreal bounced back from Thursday's defeat to Getafe with a 1-0 victory over Elche. Marcelino Garcia Toral's high-flying visitors have enjoyed mixed form of late, but Monday night's win moved them three-points clear of fifth-placed Athletic Bilbao in the table. Meanwhile, Elche remain 10 points behind in 13th after suffering their fifth defeat of the ...Full Story »

Atletico Madrid moved to within four points of Malaga in fourth place with a hard-fought 2-0 win over Granada. The visitors started brightly and had a decent penalty claim turned down when Ikechukwu Uche appeared to be bundled over by Miranda, but it was the Brazilian who put the hosts ahead at the other end when, in the 39th minute, he volleyed in Diego Godin's header. The second period was p...Full Story »

Ikechukwu Uche's second-half header was enough to give Granada their first Primera Division win in 35 years after a 1-0 victory over an out of sorts Villarreal. The Nigerian striker, on loan at the Andalusian side from Villarreal, had earlier passed up the best opportunity of the first half but made amends early in the second with a fine header from Dani Benitez's cross. Villarreal were handed...Full Story »