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Villarreal vs Espanyol

La Liga
Villarreal
3-3-5
0-1
Final
Espanyol
3-2-6
Estadio de la Cerámica
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Match pulse

VILAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'HTESP
63%Possession37%
14Shots5
4On target3
7Corners3
2Saves5
15Fouls13
21'Rafael BauzaESP41'Roger HinojoESP53'Sergi CardonaVIL56'Santi ComesañaVIL75'Bryan ZaragozaESP90'+1'Carlos MaciàVIL
Team1H2HT
VIL000
ESP011

Who won: Espanyol 1-0

Espanyol beat Villarreal 1-0 on Friday, October 30, 2026 at Estadio de la Cerámica. Goals for Espanyol: Leandro Cabrera (60').

Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0
  1. 18.6Ángel FortuñoG
  2. 27.6Leandro CabreraCD-L
  3. 36.7Vanja DrkusicCD-R
  4. 46.7Omar El HilaliRB
  5. 56.7Bryan ZaragozaAM-L
  6. 66.4Javi HernandezAM
  7. 76.4Edu ExpósitoLM
  8. 86.4Alejandro Santiago VargasAM-R
  9. 96.3Georges MikautadzeCF-L
  10. 106.3Roger HinojoLB
  11. 116.1Javier PuadoSUB
  12. 126.0Péter GulácsiG

Team stats

VILESP
15Fouls13
3Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
7Corner Kicks3
2Saves5
62.8Possession37.2
14SHOTS5
4ON GOAL3
0.3On Target %0.6
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
503Accurate Passes263
564Passes326
0.9Pass Completion %0.8
2Accurate Crosses2
19Crosses10
0.1Cross %0.2
36Long Balls54
20Accurate Long Balls24
0.6Long Balls %0.4
4Blocked Shots1
13Effective Tackles13
18Tackles24
0.7Tackle %0.5
5Interceptions11
11Effective Clearances31
11Clearances31

Player of the game

Ángel Fortuño

ESP · 5 saves, clean sheet

8.6

Deserved to win

51%
VIL · 1.00 xG
36%
Draw
13%
ESP · 0.39 xG

Villarreal deserved better: 51% on chances, lost 0-1

Play by play

  1. Match ends, Villarreal 0, Espanyol 1.
  2. Second Half ends, Villarreal 0, Espanyol 1.
  3. 90'+4'VIL

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Leandro Cabrera.

  4. 90'+3'VIL

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Omar El Hilali.

  5. 90'+2'Alex Freeman

    Free kick won

    Alex Freeman (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  6. 90'+2'

    Foul

    Foul by Roberto Fernández (Espanyol).

  7. 90'+1'

    Yellow card

    Carlos Maciá (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    C. Macià

  8. 90'+1'VIL

    Foul

    Foul by Carlos Maciá (Villarreal).

  9. 90'+1'

    Free kick won

    Gabriel Moscardo (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  10. 90'+1'

    Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.

  11. 90'+1'Tani Oluwaseyi

    Shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Tani Oluwaseyi (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Georges Mikautadze.

  12. 90'

    Foul

    Foul by Santi Comesaña (Villarreal).

  13. 90'

    Free kick won

    Edu Expósito (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  14. 88'
    Sub

    Subbed on for J. Hernández

    Substitution, Espanyol. Gabriel Moscardo replaces Javi Hernández.

    Gabriel Moscardo

  15. 87'

    Foul

    Foul by Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal).

  16. 87'

    Right footed shot saved

    Attempt saved. Javi Puado (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Péter Gulácsi (Villarreal). Assisted by Omar El Hilali.

    J. Puado

  17. 85'VIL

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Javi Hernández.

  18. 80'Tani Oluwaseyi
    Sub

    Subbed on for T. Buchanan

    Substitution, Villarreal. Tani Oluwaseyi replaces Tajon Buchanan.

    T. Oluwaseyi

  19. 80'Alex Freeman
    Sub

    Subbed on for P. Navarro

    Substitution, Villarreal. Alex Freeman replaces Pau Navarro.

    A. Freeman

  20. 78'

    Foul

    Foul by Carlos Romero (Villarreal).

  21. 78'VIL

    Free kick won

    Javi Hernández (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  22. 77'
    Sub

    Subbed on for A. Santiago

    Substitution, Espanyol. Jan Peries replaces Alejandro Santiago.

    J. Peries Duran

  23. 77'
    Sub

    Subbed on for B. Zaragoza

    Substitution, Espanyol. Javi Puado replaces Bryan Zaragoza.

    J. Puado

  24. 76'

    Shot off target

    Attempt missed. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.

  25. 75'

    Yellow card

    Bryan Zaragoza (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    B. Zaragoza

Leaders

VILESP
Total Shots
Tajon Buchanan
4
Bryan Zaragoza
2
Accurate Passes
Renato Veiga
93
Omar El Hilali
32
Defensive Interventions
Renato Veiga
9
Vanja Drkusic
16
Saves
Péter Gulácsi
2
Ángel Fortuño
5

Season seriesVIL leads series 5-0