Spanish LALIGA

Villarreal vs Espanyol, 2025-26 LALIGA

· Spanish LALIGA
Villarreal
  • 35': Georges Mikautadze
  • 41': José Salinas (OG)
  • 50': Nicolas Pépé
  • 55': Alberto Moleiro
FT
4 - 1
Espanyol
  • 88': Leandro Cabrera

Villarreal climb to joint-third place after sinking Espanyol

Villarreal has moved into joint third place in LaLiga after a 4-1 victory over Espanyol on Monday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Santiago Mouriño.
  • 5': Foul by José Salinas (Espanyol).
  • 5': Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': José Salinas (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 6': Attempt blocked. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 6': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by José Salinas.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Georges Mikautadze following a corner.
  • 9': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by José Salinas.
  • 9': Attempt missed. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
  • 11': Foul by Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal).
  • 11': Tyrhys Dolan (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Foul by Roberto Fernández (Espanyol).
  • 11': Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Foul by Pere Milla (Espanyol).
  • 15': Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Foul by Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal).
  • 16': Roberto Fernández (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 16': Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 17': Handball by Dani Parejo (Villarreal).
  • 17': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Pape Gueye.
  • 21': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Renato Veiga.
  • 23': Attempt blocked. Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Georges Mikautadze.
  • 23': Foul by Pol Lozano (Espanyol).
  • 23': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 24': Attempt missed. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé.
  • 24': Foul by Pape Gueye (Villarreal).
  • 24': Roberto Fernández (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 25': Foul by Pape Gueye (Villarreal).
  • 25': Urko González de Zárate (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 26': Foul by Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol).
  • 26': Luiz Júnior (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Pape Gueye (Villarreal).
  • 30': Pol Lozano (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Edu Expósito (Espanyol) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Pere Milla with a headed pass.
  • 32': Foul by Sergi Cardona (Villarreal).
  • 32': Pere Milla (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Tyrhys Dolan (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Urko González de Zárate.
  • 35': Goal! Villarreal 1, Espanyol 0. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Tajon Buchanan with a headed pass.
  • 38': Handball by Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal).
  • 40': Attempt blocked. Edu Expósito (Espanyol) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Pere Milla.
  • 40': Foul by José Salinas (Espanyol).
  • 40': Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Own Goal by José Salinas, Espanyol. Villarreal 2, Espanyol 0.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Handball by Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal).
  • 45'+2': Foul by Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal).
  • 45'+2': Tyrhys Dolan (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Villarreal 2, Espanyol 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Villarreal 2, Espanyol 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Espanyol. Clemens Riedel replaces Fernando Calero.
  • 46': Foul by Pol Lozano (Espanyol).
  • 46': Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Foul by Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal).
  • 49': José Salinas (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 50': Goal! Villarreal 3, Espanyol 0. Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alberto Moleiro.
  • 52': Foul by Pau Navarro (Villarreal).
  • 52': Roberto Fernández (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 53': Foul by Edu Expósito (Espanyol).
  • 53': Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Edu Expósito (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Goal! Villarreal 4, Espanyol 0. Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Georges Mikautadze.
  • 57': Foul by Clemens Riedel (Espanyol).
  • 57': Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Clemens Riedel (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 59': Substitution, Espanyol. Cyril Ngonge replaces Tyrhys Dolan.
  • 59': Substitution, Espanyol. Charles Pickel replaces Edu Expósito.
  • 59': Substitution, Espanyol. Kike García replaces Roberto Fernández.
  • 60': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Sergi Cardona.
  • 64': Attempt blocked. Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tajon Buchanan.
  • 64': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Urko González de Zárate.
  • 64': Substitution, Villarreal. Ayoze Pérez replaces Tajon Buchanan.
  • 65': Substitution, Villarreal. Santi Comesaña replaces Dani Parejo.
  • 65': Foul by Sergi Cardona (Villarreal).
  • 65': Urko González de Zárate (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez with a cross.
  • 67': Foul by Kike García (Espanyol).
  • 67': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Kike García (Espanyol) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Pere Milla with a cross.
  • 69': Foul by Pau Navarro (Villarreal).
  • 69': Kike García (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 70': Foul by Pape Gueye (Villarreal).
  • 70': Pol Lozano (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 70': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Substitution, Espanyol. Antoniu Roca replaces Pere Milla.
  • 73': Substitution, Villarreal. Tani Oluwaseyi replaces Georges Mikautadze.
  • 73': Substitution, Villarreal. Alexander Freeman replaces Santiago Mouriño.
  • 75': Offside, Villarreal. Tani Oluwaseyi is caught offside.
  • 76': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Clemens Riedel.
  • 80': Substitution, Villarreal. Hugo Lopez replaces Alberto Moleiro.
  • 81': Attempt blocked. Charles Pickel (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pol Lozano.
  • 81': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Renato Veiga.
  • 83': Cyril Ngonge (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Foul by Hugo Lopez (Villarreal).
  • 84': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Pau Navarro.
  • 85': Foul by Omar El Hilali (Espanyol).
  • 85': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Urko González de Zárate.
  • 87': Attempt saved. Pol Lozano (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal). Assisted by José Salinas.
  • 87': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Luiz Júnior.
  • 88': Goal! Villarreal 4, Espanyol 1. Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cyril Ngonge with a cross following a corner.
  • 89': Cyril Ngonge (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 89': Foul by Sergi Cardona (Villarreal).
  • 89': Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Cyril Ngonge (Espanyol) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Santi Comesaña (Villarreal).
  • 90'+1': Omar El Hilali (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Ayoze Pérez.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Cyril Ngonge (Espanyol) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
  • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Villarreal 4, Espanyol 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Villarreal 4, Espanyol 1.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 18
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
8 Corner Kicks 5
0 Saves 1
51 Possession 49
9 SHOTS 10
2 ON GOAL 3
0.2 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
374 Accurate Passes 378
439 Passes 428
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 2
26 Crosses 15
0.1 Cross % 0.1
50 Long Balls 31
25 Accurate Long Balls 13
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
2 Blocked Shots 3
8 Effective Tackles 6
13 Tackles 10
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
8 Interceptions 8
23 Effective Clearances 34
23 Clearances 34

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica
Location: Villarreal, Spain
Attendance: 16,825

LALIGA Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Barcelona 38 +59 94
2 Real Madrid 38 +42 86
3 Villarreal 38 +26 72
4 Atlético Madrid 38 +18 69
Full Standings

Line-Ups

VIL Villarreal (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Luiz Júnior (GK)
12 Renato Veiga
6 Pau Navarro
23 Sergi Cardona Yellow Card
15 Santiago Mouriño
10 Dani Parejo
18 Pape Gueye Yellow Card
20 Alberto Moleiro
17 Tajon Buchanan Yellow Card
9 Georges Mikautadze
19 Nicolas Pépé
Villarreal Substitutes:
Tani Oluwaseyi, Alex Freeman, Rafa Marín, Arnau Tenas, Hugo López, Santi Comesaña, Ayoze Pérez, Gerard Moreno.

ESP Espanyol (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
13 Marko Dmitrovic (GK)
6 Leandro Cabrera
5 Fernando Calero
12 José Salinas Yellow Card
23 Omar El Hilali
8 Edu Expósito Yellow Card
10 Pol Lozano
4 Urko Gonzalez
9 Roberto Fernández
24 Tyrhys Dolan
11 Pere Milla
Espanyol Substitutes:
Pol Tristan, Ángel Fortuño, Charles Pickel, Antoniu Roca, Clemens Riedel, Rubén Sánchez, Jofre Carreras, Miguel Rubio, Enrique García, Cyril Ngonge.

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