Villarreal vs Espanyol match stats & report

4–1 Full time

La Liga · Spain · Regular Season - 23 · Estadio de la Ceramica, Villarreal · Ref A. Cordero

Villarreal stats & fixtures · Espanyol stats & fixtures

Villarreal beat Espanyol 4–1 in La Liga on 9 February 2026. Expected goals finished 0.76–0.43. Espanyol had 51% of the ball.

Villarreal vs Espanyol match statistics

VillarrealEspanyol

49% Ball possession 51%
0.76 Expected goals (xG) 0.43
10 Total shots 9
3 Shots on target 2
4 Shots off target 5
3 Blocked shots 2
7 Shots inside the box 4
5 Corners 8
18 Fouls 11
1 Offsides 0
3 Yellow cards 3
428 Passes 438
88% Pass accuracy 86%
1 Goalkeeper saves 0

Goals and cards

6' Yellow card J. Salinas Espanyol
16' Yellow card T. Buchanan Villarreal
35' Goal G. Mikautadze (assist T. Buchanan) Villarreal
41' Own goal J. Salinas Villarreal
50' Goal N. Pepe (assist Alberto Moleiro) Villarreal
53' Yellow card Edu Expósito Espanyol
55' Goal Alberto Moleiro (assist G. Mikautadze) Villarreal
57' Yellow card C. Riedel Espanyol
70' Yellow card P. Gueye Villarreal
88' Goal L. Cabrera (assist C. Ngonge) Espanyol
89' Yellow card Sergi Cardona Villarreal

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Villarreal

Confirmed 4-4-2 Marcelino

1 Luíz Júnior

23 Sergi Cardona 12 Renato Veiga 6 Pau Navarro 15 S. Mouriño

20 Alberto Moleiro 10 Dani Parejo 18 P. Gueye 17 T. Buchanan

9 G. Mikautadze 19 N. Pepe

Bench Arnau Tenas , Gerard Moreno , S. Comesana , Ayoze Pérez , Rafa Marín , A. Freeman , T. Oluwaseyi , Hugo López

Espanyol

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Manolo Gonzalez

13 M. Dmitrović

12 J. Salinas 6 L. Cabrera 5 F. Calero 23 O. El Hilali

10 Pol Lozano 4 Urko González

24 T. Dolan 8 Edu Expósito 11 Pere Milla

9 Roberto Fernández

Bench Ángel Fortuño , Pol Tristan Jimenez , C. Pickel , C. Ngonge , Jofre , Antoniu Roca , K. Garcia , Miguel Rubio , C. Riedel , Rubén Sánchez

Form guide

Villarreal at home

6–1–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.4 per game
Conceded: 1.3 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 6.7 per game
Shots on target: 6.1 per game

21% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Espanyol away

3–3–4 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.7 per game
Conceded: 1.6 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 3.7 per game
Shots on target: 3.8 per game

18% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Villarreal vs Espanyol head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
8 Nov 25	Espanyol v Villarreal	0–2
27 Apr 25	Villarreal v Espanyol	1–0
26 Sep 24	Espanyol v Villarreal	1–2
27 Apr 23	Villarreal v Espanyol	4–2
9 Nov 22	Espanyol v Villarreal	0–1

Only 5 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Villarreal vs Espanyol head-to-head record