La Liga
Espanyol 3-1 Villarreal
Espanyol vs Villarreal finished 3-1 in La Liga. Key event: 2' Borja Iglesias (assist Sergio García · xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.5%, 61.8%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 1-5-2. Home form: D W L W L; Away form: L W D W L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.
Match context 4 facts
Home form
D W L W L
7 pts, goals 5-5, 1.00 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match
Away form
L W D W L
7 pts, goals 4-2, 0.80 scored/match, 0.40 conceded/match
Espanyol · season record
3 W · 2 D · 2 L
2018/2019: 7 recorded matches, goals 8–6; before 07 Oct 2018 UTC. Not official standings.
Villarreal · season record
2 W · 2 D · 3 L
2018/2019: 7 recorded matches, goals 5–4; before 07 Oct 2018 UTC. Not official standings.
Shot map 41 shots · 4 goals
Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.
Attempt
Goal
Marker size = xG
Timeline 56 events
2'
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shot
Borja Iglesias
ESP assist Sergio García · xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.5%, 61.8%
4'
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shot
Borja Iglesias
ESP assist Sergio García · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.8%, 58.1%
4'
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Sergio García
ESP xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.2%, 72.3%
5'
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shot
Miguel Layún
VIL xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 79.8%, 82.8%
5'
Yellow
David López
ESP Yellow card
6'
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shot
Hernán Pérez
ESP assist Borja Iglesias · xG 0.39 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87%, 57.1%
7'
⚽
Goal
Hernán Pérez
1–0 ESP assist Borja Iglesias
8'
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shot
Esteban Granero
ESP xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 81.3%, 43.3%
10'
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shot
Hernán Pérez
ESP assist Sergi Darder · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.4%, 38.4%
13'
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shot
Borja Iglesias
ESP assist Sergio García · xG 0.37 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.2%, 38%
18'
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Borja Iglesias
ESP assist Sergi Darder · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.6%, 34.2%
20'
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Karl Toko Ekambi
VIL assist Ramiro Funes Mori · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.8%, 68.8%
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24'
shot
Miguel Layún
VIL assist Manu Trigueros · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.4%, 29.5%
26'
shot
Ramiro Funes Mori
VIL assist Manu Trigueros · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.8%, 66.2%
29'
shot
Borja Iglesias
ESP assist Marc Roca · xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.2%, 42.9%
33'
Yellow
Miguelón
VIL Yellow card
34'
shot
Marc Roca
ESP assist Hernán Pérez · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 80.8%, 34.5%
36'
shot
Pablo Fornals
VIL assist Gerard Moreno · xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88.9%, 54%
38'
shot
Borja Iglesias
ESP assist Sergio García · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 71.1%, 52.4%
39'
shot
Javi López
ESP assist Borja Iglesias · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.9%, 31.4%
42'
shot
Jaume Costa
VIL assist Karl Toko Ekambi · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.8%, 68%
42'
shot
Sergio García
ESP assist Hernán Pérez · xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 84.2%, 46.2%
45+3'
Yellow
Mario Hermoso
ESP Yellow card
45'
Goal
Karl Toko Ekambi
1–1VIL Goal
47'
Yellow
Ramiro Funes Mori
VIL Yellow card
48'
shot
Javi López
ESP assist Dídac Vilá · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 70.7%, 42.1%
53'
shot
Sergio García
ESP assist Borja Iglesias · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 75.6%, 60.6%
61'
shot
Miguel Layún
VIL assist Pablo Fornals · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 70.7%, 28.3%
65'
Sub
Óscar Melendo
ESP on for Esteban Granero
67'
Sub
Carlos Bacca
VIL on for Karl Toko Ekambi
71'
shot
Sergi Darder
ESP assist Óscar Melendo · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 71.2%, 57.7%
73'
Sub
Pablo Piatti
ESP on for Hernán Pérez
78'
Sub
Léo Baptistão
ESP on for Borja Iglesias
79'
Goal
Sergi Darder
2–1ESP Goal
80'
Sub
Dani Raba
VIL on for Miguelón
81'
shot
Gerard Moreno
VIL assist Pablo Fornals · xG 0.58 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88%, 54%
86'
Sub
Alfonso Pedraza
VIL on for Víctor Ruiz
87'
shot
Pablo Piatti
ESP assist Leo Baptistao · xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 83.1%, 69.5%
87'
shot
Leo Baptistao
ESP assist Sergio García · xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 81.1%, 58.8%
90+2'
Goal
Pablo Piatti
3–1ESP assist Sergio García
90'
Yellow
Sergi Darder
ESP Yellow card
91'
shot
Pablo Piatti
ESP assist Sergio García · xG 0.28 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 82.2%, 48.5%
Head-to-head H2H last 12: 1-8-3
Villarreal leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 8 wins, 1 loss, 3 draws. Latest meeting: 09 Feb 2026 · Villarreal vs Espanyol · 4 - 1.
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Team statistics 17 metrics
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Lineups
Villarreal
4-4-2 · Manager Javier Calleja 1
S
Sergio Asenjo
GK
15
M
Miguelón
DEF
3
Á
Álvaro González
DEF
6
V
Víctor Ruiz
DEF
11
J
Jaume Costa · Captain
DEF
24
M
Miguel Layún
MID
4
R
Ramiro Funes Mori
MID
14
M
Manu Trigueros
MID
8
P
Pablo Fornals
MID
7
G
Gerard Moreno
FWD
17
K
Karl Toko Ekambi
FWD
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9
C
Carlos Bacca
FWD
22
D
Dani Raba
FWD
16
A
Alfonso Pedraza
MID
13
A
Andrés Fernández
GK
20
M
Manuel Iturra
MID
19
S
Santi Cazorla
MID
30
S
Samuel Chukwueze
MID
Espanyol
4-3-3 · Manager Rubi 13
D
Diego López
GK
16
J
Javi López · Captain
DEF
15
D
David López
DEF
22
M
Mario Hermoso
DEF
12
D
Dídac Vila
DEF
10
S
Sergi Darder
MID
21
M
Marc Roca
MID
23
E
Esteban Granero
MID
17
H
Hernán Pérez
FWD
7
B
Borja Iglesias
FWD
9
S
Sergio García
FWD
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14
Ó
Óscar Melendo
MID
19
P
Pablo Piatti
MID
11
L
Léo Baptistão
FWD
1
R
Roberto Jiménez
GK
6
Ó
Óscar Duarte
DEF
8
R
Roberto Rosales
DEF
4
V
Víctor Sánchez
MID