La Liga
Villarreal 5-1 Espanyol
Villarreal vs Espanyol finished 5-1 in La Liga. Key event: 8' Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld (assist Manu Trigueros · xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86%, 65.6%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 2-4-2. Home form: W D W W L; Away form: D D L L D. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.
Match context 4 facts
Home form
W D W W L
10 pts, goals 9-2, 1.80 scored/match, 0.40 conceded/match
Away form
D D L L D
3 pts, goals 7-11, 1.40 scored/match, 2.20 conceded/match
Villarreal · season record
10 W · 9 D · 6 L
2021/2022: 25 recorded matches, goals 42–24; before 27 Feb 2022 UTC. Not official standings.
Espanyol · season record
7 W · 8 D · 10 L
2021/2022: 25 recorded matches, goals 30–35; before 27 Feb 2022 UTC. Not official standings.
Shot map 26 shots · 6 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 45 events
8'
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shot
Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld
VIL assist Manu Trigueros · xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86%, 65.6%
12'
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shot
Javi Puado
ESP assist Tonny Vilhena · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 89.3%, 53.7%
13'
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shot
Yeremi Pino
VIL assist Estupiñán · xG 0.6 · Open Play · location 95.5%, 49%
14'
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Goal
Yéremy Pino
1–0 VIL assist Pervis Estupiñán
19'
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shot
Giovani Lo Celso
VIL xG 0.04 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 82.1%, 57.3%
19'
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shot
Raúl Albiol
VIL assist Yeremi Pino · xG 0.06 · From Corner · location 92.1%, 49%
20'
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shot
Yeremi Pino
VIL assist Etienne Capoue · xG 0.57 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 95.7%, 48.4%
20'
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Goal
Yéremy Pino
2–0 VIL assist Étienne Capoue
31'
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shot
Sergi Gómez
ESP assist Sergi Darder · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.4%, 47.2%
31'
Yellow
Serge Aurier
VIL Yellow card
32'
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shot
Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld
VIL assist Yeremi Pino · xG 0.11 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 89.2%, 52.7%
33'
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shot
Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld
VIL assist Estupiñán · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 84.9%, 71.7%
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40'
Yellow
Adrià Pedrosa
ESP Yellow card
44'
shot
Etienne Capoue
VIL assist Daniel Parejo · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 92%, 32.8%
45'
Goal
Yéremy Pino
3–0VIL Goal
46'
Sub
Nany Dimata
ESP on for Tonny Vilhena
46'
Sub
Aïssa Mandi
VIL on for Pau Torres
47'
shot
Javi Puado
ESP assist Raúl de Tomás · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.2%, 65.2%
52'
shot
Yeremi Pino
VIL assist Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld · xG 0.79 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.3%, 46.8%
53'
Goal
Yéremy Pino
4–0VIL assist Arnaut Danjuma
58'
shot
Serge Aurier
VIL assist Daniel Parejo · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.5%, 24.8%
63'
Sub
Nicolás Melamed
ESP on for Javi Puado
63'
Sub
Adrián Embarba
ESP on for Yangel Herrera
63'
Sub
Moi Gómez
VIL on for Giovani Lo Celso
63'
Sub
Vicente Iborra
VIL on for Étienne Capoue
65'
Goal
Keidi Bare
4–1ESP Goal
74'
Sub
Dídac Vila
ESP on for Adrià Pedrosa
75'
Sub
Samuel Chukwueze
VIL on for Yéremy Pino
76'
shot
Landry Dimata
ESP assist Nicolás Melamed · xG 0.37 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93.6%, 52.2%
76'
Sub
Boulaye Dia
VIL on for Arnaut Danjuma
77'
shot
Manu Trigueros
VIL assist Samuel Chukwueze · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.5%, 49%
79'
shot
Samuel Chukwueze
VIL assist Manu Trigueros · xG 0.52 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 89%, 47.3%
82'
Sub
Wu Lei
ESP on for Raúl de Tomás
83'
shot
Adrián Embarba
ESP assist Wu Lei · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.7%, 31.6%
85'
shot
Boulaye Dia
VIL assist Moi Gómez · xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.5%, 60.9%
86'
Goal
Boulaye Dia
5–1VIL assist Moi Gómez
88'
shot
Moi Gómez
VIL assist Samuel Chukwueze · xG 0.64 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 95.6%, 48.6%
90+3'
Yellow
Raúl Albiol
VIL Yellow card
90'
shot
Manu Trigueros
VIL assist Serge Aurier · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 98.4%, 37.1%
Head-to-head H2H last 12: 7-2-3
Villarreal leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 7 wins, 2 losses, 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
Espanyol
4-1-4-1 · Manager Vicente Moreno 13
D
Diego López · Captain
GK
12
Ó
Óscar Gil
DEF
24
S
Sergi Gómez
DEF
4
L
Leandro Cabrera
DEF
3
A
Adrià Pedrosa
DEF
20
K
Keidi Bare
MID
9
J
Javi Puado
MID
25
Y
Yangel Herrera
MID
10
S
Sergi Darder
MID
19
T
Tonny Vilhena
MID
11
R
Raúl de Tomás
FWD
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18
N
Nany Dimata
FWD
23
A
Adrián Embarba
FWD
21
N
Nicolás Melamed
MID
17
D
Dídac Vila
DEF
7
W
Wu Lei
FWD
34
J
Joan García
GK
1
O
Oier Olazábal
GK
5
F
Fernando Calero
DEF
2
M
Miguelón
DEF
14
Ó
Óscar Melendo
MID
8
F
Fran Mérida
MID
16
L
Loren Morón
FWD
Villarreal
4-4-2 · Manager Unai Emery 13
G
Gerónimo Rulli
GK
25
S
Serge Aurier
DEF
3
R
Raúl Albiol · Captain
DEF
4
P
Pau Torres
DEF
12
P
Pervis Estupiñán
DEF
21
Y
Yéremy Pino
MID
6
É
Étienne Capoue
MID
5
D
Dani Parejo
MID
14
M
Manu Trigueros
MID
17
G
Giovani Lo Celso
FWD
15
A
Arnaut Danjuma
FWD
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22
A
Aïssa Mandi
DEF
23
M
Moi Gómez
MID
10
V
Vicente Iborra
MID
11
S
Samuel Chukwueze
MID
16
B
Boulaye Dia
FWD
31
I
Iker Álvarez
GK
1
S
Sergio Asenjo
GK
8
J
Juan Foyth
DEF
24
A
Alfonso Pedraza
MID
18
A
Alberto Moreno
DEF
2
M
Mario Gaspar
DEF