Espanyol stun Villarreal 1-0 on Cabrera's second-half goal

Espanyol won 1-0 at Estadio de la Cerámica. Leandro Cabrera scored the only goal in the 60th minute, and Ángel Fortuño made sure it held up.

The goal came off a set piece. Bryan Zaragoza sent in the cross, and Cabrera hit a left-footed shot from the centre of the box into the top left corner. Espanyol led 1-0 and never gave it back.

Fortuño was the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 8.6. He made 5 saves and kept the clean sheet. Vanja Drkusic led Espanyol with 16 defensive interventions, and Omar El Hilali completed 32 accurate passes. For Villarreal, Tajon Buchanan took 4 shots, and Renato Veiga posted 93 accurate passes and 9 defensive interventions. None of it produced a goal.

Espanyol move to 3-2-6. Villarreal fall to 3-3-5. Chirp's Sim had Villarreal at 61% before the game, so this was an upset.