Villarreal vs Espanyol match stats & report

4–2 Full time

La Liga · Spain · Regular Season - 31 · Estadio de la Ceramica, Villarreal · Ref César Soto

Villarreal stats & fixtures · Espanyol stats & fixtures

Villarreal beat Espanyol 4–2 in La Liga on 27 April 2023. Expected goals finished 3.90–0.94. Villarreal had 64% of the ball.

Villarreal vs Espanyol match statistics

VillarrealEspanyol

64% Ball possession 36%
3.90 Expected goals (xG) 0.94
31 Total shots 14
13 Shots on target 4
10 Shots off target 5
8 Blocked shots 5
25 Shots inside the box 6
9 Corners 2
14 Fouls 10
2 Offsides 0
2 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 1
485 Passes 262
90% Pass accuracy 79%
2 Goalkeeper saves 10

Goals and cards

16' Yellow card N. Jackson Villarreal
40' Yellow card F. Calero Espanyol
45' Goal J. Puado Espanyol
53' Goal Étienne Capoue (assist Dani Parejo) Villarreal
58' Yellow card Yeremy Pino Villarreal
58' Yellow card J. Puado Espanyol
62' Yellow card C. Montes Espanyol
63' Goal Dani Parejo Villarreal
73' Goal Joselu (assist M. Braithwaite) Espanyol
77' Yellow card Óscar Gil Espanyol
80' Goal N. Jackson (assist Alberto Moreno) Villarreal
90+2' Goal Étienne Capoue Villarreal
90+5' Red card Edu Expósito Espanyol

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Villarreal

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Quique Setién

1 Pepe Reina

18 Alberto Moreno 4 P. Torres 23 A. Mandi 8 J. Foyth

6 Étienne Capoue 10 Dani Parejo

21 Yeremy Pino 17 G. Lo Celso 11 S. Chukwueze

15 N. Jackson

Bench Álex Baena , R. Terrats , Pedraza , Manu Trigueros , Jorge Cuenca , Jorge Pascual , F. Jörgensen , Johan Mojica , H. Hassan

Espanyol

Confirmed 4-4-1-1 Luis García

13 Fernando Pacheco

2 Óscar Gil 24 Sergi Gómez 23 C. Montes 5 F. Calero

17 M. Braithwaite 12 Vinicius Souza 8 K. Bare 7 J. Puado

10 Darder

9 Joselu

Bench Edu Expósito , Simo , Adrià Pedrosa , Nico Melamed , Álvaro Fernández , Rubén Sánchez , R. Pierre-Gabriel , L. Cabrera , J. Garcia , José Carlos Lazo , Dani Gómez , Denis Suárez

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
9 Nov 22	Espanyol v Villarreal	0–1

Only 1 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