VALENCIA. Valencia defeats Villarreal 3-1. Valencia was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Roman Yaremchuk (4′), Pepelu (27′) and Pepelu (57′). Villarreal reduced the distance with a goal (73′) by Gerard Moreno, but there was not much to do for them.
The match was played at the Estadio de Mestalla stadium in Valencia on Tuesday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. In front of 44,793 spectators. The referee was assisted by Ángel Nevado Rodríguez and Javier Martínez Nicolás. The 4th official was Antonio Sánchez Sánchez. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 23.49 degrees Celsius or 74.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.
Match Statistics
- 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
- 11 Total 8
- 8 On Target 4
- 3 Off Target 3
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 96 Attack 113
- 49 Dangerous attack 39
- 79 Ball safe 53
- 2 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 10 Total 10
- 2 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
Villarreal had a strong ball possession 55% while Valencia was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Valencia had a more offensive attitude with 49 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Valencia won the match.
Valencia shot 11 times, 8 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Villarreal shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Valencia received 2 yellow cards (José Gayà and Diego Lopez Noguerol). On the opposite side, Villarreal received 6 yellow cards (Jorge Cuenca, Étienne Capoue, Marcelino, Eric Bailly, Ramón Terrats and Dani Parejo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Valencia has 26 points like Getafe to remain in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Villarreal will stays with 19 points like Osasuna to hold in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Valencia will play away with Cádiz on the 14th of January with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Valencia (4 draws).
Villarreal will play away against Las Palmas on the 14th of January with a 5-2 head to head in favor of Villarreal (4 draws).
Valencia – Formation
Valencia
78'
63'
27', 57'
Valencia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Rubén Baraja Vegas decided to play with the following team: Selim Amallah, Giorgi Mamardashvili , Dimitri Foulquier , Cristhian Mosquera , Gabriel Paulista , José Gayà , Fran Pérez , Hugo Guillamón , Pepelu , Sergi Canós , Hugo Duro and Roman Yaremchuk .
The home team had on the bench: Cenk Özkacar , Diego Lopez Noguerol , Jesús Vázquez , Jaume Doménech, Cristian Rivero, Alberto Mari , Pablo Gozálbez, Hugo González, Ruben Iranzo Lendinez, Yarek Gasiorowski , David Otorbi and Javier Guerra .
Substitutions
Valencia made 5 changes: Sergi Canós for Diego Lopez Noguerol (69′), Roman Yaremchuk for Javier Guerra (70′), Hugo Duro for Alberto Mari (86′), José Gayà for Jesús Vázquez (78′) and Hugo Duro for Alberto Mari (86′).
Player of the match: Pepelu
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Valencia was Pepelu.
His rating is with 2 goals, 53 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.
Villarreal – Formation
Villarreal
Villarreal started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Marcelino García Toral played with: Alexander Sørloth, Aïssa Mandi, Filip Jörgensen , Adrià Altimira , Raúl Albiol , Jorge Cuenca , Alberto Moreno , Dani Parejo , Étienne Capoue , Ramón Terrats , Ilias Akhomach and Gerard Moreno , José Luis Morales .
They had on the bench: Pepe Reina, Ben Brereton Díaz , Eric Bailly , Manu Trigueros , Kiko Femenía , Francis Coquelin , Jorge Pascual and Carlos Romero.
Villarreal could not rely on the presence of Eric Bailly (injured).
Substitutions
Villarreal made 5 changes: Raúl Albiol for Eric Bailly (17′), José Luis Morales for Francis Coquelin (65′), Étienne Capoue for Ben Brereton Díaz (65′), Alberto Moreno for Manu Trigueros (78′) and Adrià Altimira for Kiko Femenía (78′).
Player of the match: Ilias Akhomach
The most impressive player for Villarreal was Ilias Akhomach.
His rating is with 36 passes (69% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 12 duels out of 20. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Real Sociedad – Deportivo Alavés – 1-1
- Valencia – Villarreal – 3-1
- Getafe – Rayo Vallecano – 0-2
