Villarreal and Athletic Club draw 1-1 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

VILLARREAL. Athletic Club and Villarreal draw 1-1. R. Garcia scored the first goal (43') for Athletic Club. A. Pedraza settled the score (60').

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April 10, 2022

VILLARREAL. Athletic Club and Villarreal draw 1-1. R. Garcia scored the first goal (43′) for Athletic Club. A. Pedraza settled the score (60′). Villarreal was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%)

The match was played at the Estadio de la Cerámica stadium in Villarreal on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Carlos del Cerro Grande with the assistance of Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez and Gonzalo García González. The 4th official was Manuel Pozueta Rodríguez. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.4 degrees Celsius or 61.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 32%.

Match Statistics

Villarreal

1 - 1

Athletic Club

60 Ball Possession 40

Shots

10 Total 14
4 On Target 7
6 Off Target 7
4 Shots blocked 4

113 Attack 88
47 Dangerous attack 47
79 Ball safe 74

0 Penalties 0
7 Corners 2

Fouls

17 Total 15
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Villarreal was in firm control of the ball 60% while Athletic Club was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Villarreal was putting more pressure with 47 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Villarreal to win the match.

Villarreal shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Athletic Club shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Villarreal received 2 yellow cards (Alfonso Pedraza and A. Mandi). On the opposite side, Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards (A. Petxa, D. Garcia and O. Sancet).

Match Timeline

27'

43'

Raúl García(goal)I. Muniain

Alfonso Pedraza- Yellow

50'

Alfonso Pedraza(goal)S. Chukwueze

60'

61'

Gerard Moreno- sub ->P. Alcacer

61'

66'

Nico Williams- sub ->A. Berenguer

66'

Oihan Sancet- sub ->R. Garcia

76'

Dani García- sub ->U. Vencedor

Francis Coquelin- sub ->S. Chukwueze

78'

Juan Foyth- sub ->Mario Gaspar

78'

Aïssa Mandi- Yellow

81'

85'

90'

Dani García- Yellow

90'

Oihan Sancet- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, Villarreal will have 46 points to remain in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Athletic Club will have 45 points to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Athletic Club will host Granada on the 26th of November with a 8-7 head to head stats in favor of Athletic Club (4 draws).

Villarreal – Formation

Villarreal

Sergio Asenjo 1.Spain

7.2

Mario Gaspar 2.Spain

6.7

78'

Aïssa Mandi 22.Algeria

7.9

81'

Serge Aurier 25.Ivory Coast

7.4

Alfonso Pedraza 24.Spain

8.1

50'

60'

Vicente Iborra 10.Spain

6.6

Manu Trigueros 14.Spain

7.0

61'

Yéremy Pino 21.Spain

6.2

61'

Samuel Chukwueze 11.Nigeria

7.0

78'

Moi Gómez 23.Spain

6.8

Paco Alcácer 9.Spain

7.2

61'

Substitutes

Gerónimo Rulli 13.Argentina

Raúl Albiol 3.Spain

Pervis Estupiñán 12.Ecuador

Juan Foyth 8.Argentina

6.1

78'

Étienne Capoue 6.France

Giovani Lo Celso 17.Argentina

6.8

61'

Rubén Peña 20.Spain

Dani Parejo 5.Spain

Francis Coquelin 19.France

6.2

78'

Arnaut Danjuma 15.Netherlands

7.0

61'

Gerard Moreno 7.Spain

6.5

61'

Villarreal adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Unai Emery Etxegoien decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Villarreal made 5 changes: Y. Pino for G. Lo Celso (61′), M. Trigueros for A. Danjuma (61′), P. Alcacer for G. Moreno (61′), S. Chukwueze for F. Coquelin (78′) and Mario Gaspar for J. Foyth (78′).

Athletic Club – Formation

Athletic Club

Unai Simón 1.Spain

6.9

Mikel Balenziaga 24.Spain

7.4

Óscar de Marcos 18.Spain

6.8

76'

Yeray Álvarez 5.Spain

6.5

Dani Vivian 12.Spain

6.7

Mikel Vesga 6.Spain

6.4

27'

Unai Vencedor 16.Spain

6.7

76'

Iker Muniain 10.Spain

7.6

Álex Berenguer 7.Spain

6.6

66'

Raúl García 22.Spain

7.3

66'

43'

Iñaki Williams 9.Ghana

7.0

Substitutes

Julen Agirrezabala 26.Spain

Unai Núñez 3.Spain

Ander Capa 21.Spain

Álex Petxa 2.Spain

7.0

27'

85'

Yuri Berchiche 17.Spain

Oihan Sancet 8.Spain

6.4

66'

90'

Dani García 14.Spain

6.8

76'

90'

Oier Zarraga 19.Spain

6.4

76'

Nico Serrano 33.Spain

Nico Williams 30.Spain

6.4

66'

Asier Villalibre 20.Spain

Also Athletic Club adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Marcelino García Toral played with: .

Athletic Club could not rely on the presence of A. Petxa (injured).

Substitutions

Athletic Club made 5 changes: M. Vesga for A. Petxa (27′), A. Berenguer for N. Williams (66′), R. Garcia for O. Sancet (66′), O. de Marcos for O. Zarraga (76′) and U. Vencedor for D. Garcia (76′).