HomeFixtures · MW23Villarreal vs Espanyol — Report
VIL
Villarreal
4 – 1
ESP
Espanyol
Villarreal won — xG 0.76 vs 0.43

Timeline

VIL ESP
6' 🟨 Yellow card — Jose Salinas
Yellow card — Tajon Buchanan🟨 16'
Goal — Georges Mikautadze 35'
41' Goal — Jose Salinas
46' 🔁 Sub — Clemens Riedel
Goal — Nicolas Pépé 50'
53' 🟨 Yellow card — Edu Expósito
Goal — Alberto Moleiro 55'
57' 🟨 Yellow card — Clemens Riedel
59' 🔁 Sub — Charles Pickel
59' 🔁 Sub — Kike García
59' 🔁 Sub — Cyril Ngonge
Sub — Ayoze Pérez🔁 64'
Sub — Santi Comesaña🔁 65'
Yellow card — Pape Gueye🟨 70'
72' 🔁 Sub — Antoniu Roca
Sub — Tani Oluwaseyi🔁 73'
Sub — Alexander Freeman🔁 73'
Sub — Hugo Lopez🔁 80'
88' Goal — Leandro Cabrera
Yellow card — Sergi Cardona🟨 89'

First Half vs Second Half

Metric 1H 2H xG (VIL) 0.47 0.29 Possession (VIL) 46% 52% Shots (VIL) 6 4

Shot Map

ESP shots → ← VIL shots
Goal On target Off target

Lineups

Espanyol · 4-2-3-1Villarreal · 4-4-2
13
Dmitrović
5
Calero
6
Cabrera
12
Salinas
23
Hilali
4
González
8
Expósito
10
Lozano
9
Fernández
11
Milla
24
Dolan
1
Júnior
12
Veiga
15
Mouriño
23
Cardona
26
Navarro
10
Parejo
17
Buchanan
18
Gueye
20
Moleiro
9
Mikautadze
19
Pépé
Match Rating Leader
Nicolas Pépé
9.33

Player Performance

Touch-Derived
ESP
ESPVIL

Average touch location per starter — touch-derived, not tracking data.

VIL
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Value Analysis

Villarreal's chance creation shifted after the break — , with possession moving from 46% to 52%.

The chance-quality ledger — — is the evidence base for the scoreline verdict.

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