Valencia vs Villarreal match stats & report

3–1 Full time

La Liga · Spain · Regular Season - 19 · Estadio de Mestalla, Valdivia · Ref Jesus Gil Manzano, Spain

Valencia stats & fixtures · Villarreal stats & fixtures

Valencia beat Villarreal 3–1 in La Liga on 2 January 2024. Expected goals finished 2.77–0.75. Villarreal had 55% of the ball.

Valencia vs Villarreal match statistics

ValenciaVillarreal

45% Ball possession 55%
2.77 Expected goals (xG) 0.75
11 Total shots 8
8 Shots on target 4
3 Shots off target 3
0 Blocked shots 1
7 Shots inside the box 6
4 Corners 3
12 Fouls 15
1 Offsides 4
2 Yellow cards 5
414 Passes 502
82% Pass accuracy 85%
3 Goalkeeper saves 5

Goals and cards

4' Goal R. Yaremchuk (assist José Gayà) Valencia
27' Penalty scored Pepelu Valencia
37' Yellow card E. Bailly Villarreal
49' Yellow card Dani Parejo Villarreal
56' Yellow card Étienne Capoue Villarreal
57' Penalty scored Pepelu Valencia
63' Yellow card José Gayà Valencia
73' Goal Gerard Moreno (assist Ilias Akhomach) Villarreal
74' Yellow card D. Lopez Valencia
80' Yellow card R. Terrats Villarreal
90+2' Yellow card Jorge Cuenca Villarreal

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Valencia

Confirmed 4-4-2 Rubén Baraja

25 G. Mamardashvili

14 José Gayà 5 Gabriel Paulista 3 C. Mosquera 20 D. Foulquier

7 S. Canos 18 Pepelu 6 Hugo Guillamón 23 F. Perez

17 R. Yaremchuk 9 Hugo Duro

Bench D. Lopez , Javi Guerra , Jesús Vázquez , Yarek Gasiorowski , A. Mari , Jaume Doménech , Cristian Rivero , Cenk Özkaçar , Rubo Iranzo , Pablo Gozálbez , Hugo González , David Otorbi

Villarreal

Confirmed 4-3-3 Marcelino

13 F. Jörgensen

18 Alberto Moreno 5 Jorge Cuenca 3 R. Albiol 26 A. Altimira

20 R. Terrats 6 Étienne Capoue 10 Dani Parejo

15 José Luis Morales 7 Gerard Moreno 27 Ilias Akhomach

Bench E. Bailly , F. Coquelin , B. Brereton , Kiko Femenia , Manu Trigueros , Pepe Reina , C. Romero , Jorge Pascual

Form guide

Valencia at home

2–2–6 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.0 per game
Conceded: 1.5 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 4.3 per game
Shots on target: 3.5 per game

30% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Villarreal away

3–2–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.4 per game
Conceded: 1.6 per game
Clean sheets: 0 / 10
Corners: 7.0 per game
Shots on target: 5.4 per game

29% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Valencia vs Villarreal head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
3 May 23	Valencia v Villarreal	1–1
31 Dec 22	Villarreal v Valencia	2–1

Only 2 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Valencia vs Villarreal head-to-head record