VILLARREAL. Villarreal beats Espanyol 4-2. Villarreal was truly better in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Dani Parejo didn’t score a penalty (62′) for Villarreal.
The match was played at the Estadio de la Cerámica stadium in Villarreal on Thursday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. In front of 16,134 spectators. The referee was César Soto Grado who was helped by Iker De Francisco Grijalba and Carlos Álvarez Fernández. The 4th official was Alonso De Ena Wolf. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.6 degrees Celsius or 69.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 25%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 31 Total 14
- 13 On Target 4
- 10 Off Target 5
- 8 Shots blocked 5
- 113 Attack 63
- 79 Dangerous attack 32
- 62 Ball safe 67
- 1 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 2
Fouls
- 14 Total 10
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Villarreal had a superior ball possession 65% while Espanyol was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Villarreal was putting more pressure with 79 dangerous attacks and 31 shots of which 13 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Villarreal won the match.
Villarreal shot 31 times, 13 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Espanyol shot 14 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Villarreal received 2 yellow cards (Nicolas Jackson and Yéremy Pino). On the other side, Espanyol received 4 yellow cards (Fernando Calero, Javi Puado, César Montes and Óscar Gil).
Also, Espanyol didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Edu Expósito (Espanyol) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Villarreal will have 50 points to remain in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Espanyol will stay with 28 points to sit in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Villarreal will host Celta de Vigo on the 30th of April with a 10-9 head to head record in favor of Villarreal (6 draws).
Espanyol will host Getafe on the 30th of April with a 14-12 head to head in favor of Espanyol (11 draws).
Villarreal – Formation
Villarreal started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Enrique Setién Solar decided to play with the following team: Pepe Reina
, Juan Foyth , Aïssa Mandi , Pau Torres , Alberto Moreno , Dani Parejo , Étienne Capoue , Samuel Chukwueze , Giovani Lo Celso , Yéremy Pino and Nicolas Jackson .The home team had on the bench: Manu Trigueros, Jorge Cuenca, Alejandro Baena, Ramón Terrats, Jorge Pascual, Alfonso Pedraza, Filip Jörgensen, Johan Mojica and Haissem Hassan.
Substitutions
Villarreal made 3 changes: Giovani Lo Celso for Ramón Terrats (90′), Nicolas Jackson for Álex Baena (90′) and Alberto Moreno for Pedraza (90′).
Best player: Giovani Lo Celso
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Villarreal was Giovani Lo Celso even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 57 passes (87% accurate) and 7 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 6 crosses.Espanyol – Formation
Espanyol started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
Luis García Fernández played with: Fernando Pacheco
, Fernando Calero , César Montes , Sergi Gómez , Óscar Gil , Javi Puado , Keidi Bare , Vinícius Souza , Martin Braithwaite , Sergi Darder and Joselu .They had on the bench: Álvaro Fernández, Ruben Sanchez Saez, Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel, Adrià Pedrosa, Nicolás Melamed, Wassim Keddari
, Leandro Cabrera, Joan García, José Carlos Lazo, Dani Gómez, Edu Expósito and Denis Suárez.Substitutions
Espanyol made 4 changes: Keidi Bare for Edu Expósito (67′), Fernando Calero for Wassim Keddari Boulif (76′), Javi Puado for Adrià Pedrosa (85′) and Vini Souza for Nico Melamed (85′).
Best player: Fernando Pacheco
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Espanyol was the goalkeeper: Fernando Pacheco. His rating is 8.72. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 10 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Athletic Club – Sevilla – 0-1
- Valencia – Real Valladolid – 2-1
- Villarreal – Espanyol – 4-2