Espanyol 1-1 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 18 February 2018

Result

Espanyol 1-1 Villarreal

La Liga · Sunday 18 February 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Espanyol · Villarreal · La Liga predictions

Espanyol 1-1 Villarreal: match report

Espanyol drew with Villarreal 1-1 in La Liga on Sunday 18 February 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Rodri opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Espanyol's goal came from Granero (85'). Villarreal scored through Rodri (25').

Discipline: Espanyol received 1 yellow card; Villarreal received 7 yellow cards.

Going into the game Espanyol were 16th on 26 points from 23 and Villarreal 6th on 37 points from 23. Espanyol went on to finish that season 13th with 49 points, and Villarreal 5th with 61.

Espanyol lined up in a 4-4-2 and Villarreal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Granero of Espanyol (8.8), ahead of Rodri (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Espanyol win, 5 draws and 4 for Villarreal.

Going into the match Espanyol's last five read D-D-L-L-D and Villarreal's L-L-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Víctor RuizVillarreal
  • 25'Goal · RodriVillarreal · 0-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Sergio GarcíaEspanyol
  • 44'Yellow card · Mario GasparVillarreal
  • 63'Yellow card · Álvaro GonzálezVillarreal
  • 65'Yellow card · Javi FuegoVillarreal
  • 76'Yellow card · RodriVillarreal
  • 85'Goal · GraneroEspanyol · 1-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Carlos BaccaVillarreal
  • 86'Yellow card · Antonio RukavinaVillarreal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Espanyol 1, draws 5, Villarreal 4.

Team news

Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)

Diego López, Aarón Martín, Víctor Sánchez, Naldo, David López, Carlos Sánchez, Léo Baptistão, Granero, Sergi Darder, Gerard Moreno, Sergio García

Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Víctor Ruiz, Antonio Rukavina, Denis Cheryshev, Pablo Fornals, Rodri, Javi Fuego, Dani Raba, Enes Ünal