Villarreal destroys Deportivo Alavés 5-2

VILLARREAL. Villarreal annihilates Deportivo Alavés 5-2 with goals of

December 22, 2021

VILLARREAL. Villarreal crushes Deportivo Alavés 5-2 with goals of G. Moreno (18′), B. Dia (27′), B. Dia (76′), Y. Pino (79′) and G. Moreno (88′). Talking about the opposition, Deportivo Alavés scored with P. Pons (44′), Joselu (65′). Villarreal was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Estadio de la Cerámica stadium in Villarreal on Tuesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Valentín Pizarro Gómez with the help of José Antonio Garrido Romero and Iván Masso Granado. The 4th official was David López Jiménez. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.8 degrees Celsius or 58.57 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.

Match Statistics

Villarreal

5 - 2

Deportivo Alavés

! 62 Ball Possession 38

Shots

24 Total 5
11 On Target 3
13 Off Target 2
3 Shots blocked 0

101 Attack 79
40 Dangerous attack 28
92 Ball safe 92

0 Penalties 0
6 Corners 2
2 Off Sides 7

Fouls

16 Total 14
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Villarreal was in firm control of the ball 63% while Deportivo Alavés was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Villarreal was more aggressive with 40 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Villarreal won the match.

Villarreal shot 24 times, 11 on target, 13 off target. Regarding the opposition, Deportivo Alavés shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Villarreal didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Deportivo Alavés received 3 yellow cards (M. Ndiaye, J. Calleja and J. Lopez).

Match Timeline

Gerard Moreno(goal)D. Parejo

18'

27'

44'

45'

49'

Javi López- Yellow

58'

65'

Yéremy Pino - sub ->S. Chukwueze

72'

Alberto Moreno- sub ->M. Trigueros

72'

Alfonso Pedraza- sub ->P. Estupinan

73'

76'

77'

Rubén Duarte- sub ->J. Lopez

Yéremy Pino (goal)B. Dia

79'

84'

87'

Gerard Moreno(goal)Alfonso Pedraza

88'

89'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Villarreal will have 25 points to hold in the 9th place. On the other side, Deportivo Alavés will stay with 15 points like Getafe and Elche to remain in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Villarreal will host Levante on the 3rd of January with a 15-7 head to head in favor of Villarreal (4 draws).

Deportivo Alavés will host Real Sociedad on the 2nd of January with a 10-8 head to head record in favor of Real Sociedad (3 draws).

Villarreal – Formation

Villarreal

Gerónimo Rulli 13.Argentina

5.9

Raúl Albiol 3.Spain

6.6

Pervis Estupiñán 12.Ecuador

6.1

73'

Pau Torres 4.Spain

5.8

Juan Foyth 8.Argentina

6.7

Étienne Capoue 6.France

6.7

89'

Dani Parejo 5.Spain

8.6

Manu Trigueros 14.Spain

7.6

72'

Samuel Chukwueze 11.Nigeria

6.5

72'

Gerard Moreno 7.Spain

9.1

18', 88'

Boulaye Dia 16.Senegal

8.4

87'

27', 76'

Substitutes

Iker Álvarez 31.Andorra

Sergio Asenjo 1.Spain

Mario Gaspar 2.Spain

Aïssa Mandi 22.Algeria

Serge Aurier 25.Ivory Coast

Alberto Moreno 18.Spain

7.1

72'

Alfonso Pedraza 24.Spain

7.5

73'

Vicente Iborra 10.Spain

89'

Moi Gómez 23.Spain

87'

Yéremy Pino 21.Spain

7.1

72'

79'

Nicolas Jackson 26.Senegal

Dani Raba 17.Spain

Villarreal started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Unai Emery Etxegoien decided to play with the following team: Gerónimo Rulli (5.9), Juan Foyth (6.7), Raúl Albiol (6.6), Pau Torres (5.8), Pervis Estupiñán (6.1), Samuel Chukwueze (6.5), Étienne Capoue (6.7), Dani Parejo (8.6), Manu Trigueros (7.6), Gerard Moreno (9.1) and Boulaye Dia (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Yéremi Pino (7.1), Mario Gaspar, Nicolas Jackson, Aïssa Mandi, Serge Aurier, Iker Álvarez, Dani Raba, Alberto Moreno (7.1), Alfonso Pedraza (7.5), Vicente Iborra, Sergio Asenjo and Moi Gómez.

Substitutions

Villarreal made 5 changes: S. Chukwueze for Y. Pino (72′), M. Trigueros for A. Moreno (72′), P. Estupinan for Alfonso Pedraza (73′), B. Dia for M. Gomez (87′) and E. Capoue for V. Iborra (89′).

Best player: Gerard Moreno

The player that probably impressed the most for Villarreal was Gerard Moreno.

His rating is (9.1) with 2 goals, 40 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9.

Deportivo Alavés – Formation

Deportivo Alavés

Fernando Pacheco 1.Spain

6.2

Laguardia 5.Spain

6.9

84'

Florian Lejeune 22.France

6.2

Martín Aguirregabiria 21.Spain

6.1

Javi López 27.Spain

6.2

77'

49'

Tomás Pina 8.Spain

6.8

77'

Pere Pons 20.Spain

6.8

84'

44'

Mamadou Loum 6.Senegal

6.6

45'

Joselu 9.Spain

8.2

65'

Mamadou Sylla 7.Senegal

6.5

58'

Luis Rioja 11.Spain

6.7

Substitutes

Antonio Sivera 13.Spain

Rubén Duarte 3.Spain

6.1

77'

Tachi 2.Spain

6.2

84'

Alexandru Tirlea 36.Romania

Manu García 14.Spain

Facundo Pellistri 18.Uruguay

Edgar Méndez 17.Spain

6.1

58'

Toni Moya 15.Spain

6.1

77'

John Guidetti 10.Sweden

Miguel de la Fuente 24.Spain

6.2

84'

Deportivo Alavés started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Javier Calleja Revilla played with: Fernando Pacheco (6.2), Martín Aguirregabiria (6.1), Víctor Laguardia (6.9), Florian Lejeune (6.2), Javi López (6.2), Pere Pons (6.8), Mamadou Loum (6.6), Tomás Pina (6.8), Mamadou Sylla (6.5), Joselu (8.2) and Luis Rioja (6.7).

They had on the bench: Manu García, Facundo Pellistri, Rubén Duarte (6.1), Alberto Rodríguez (6.2), Edgar Méndez (6.1), John Guidetti, Toni Moya (6.1), Miguel De La Fuente (6.2), Alexandru Tirlea and Antonio Sivera.

Substitutions

Deportivo Alavés made 5 changes: M. Sylla for E. Mendez (58′), T. Pina for T. Moya (77′), J. Lopez for R. Duarte (77′), V. Laguardia for Tachi (84′) and P. Pons for M. de la Fuente (84′).