Espanyol 0-1 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 9 November 2022
Result
Espanyol 0-1 Villarreal
La Liga · Wednesday 9 November 2022, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Espanyol 0-1 Villarreal: match report
Espanyol lost to Villarreal 0-1 in La Liga on Wednesday 9 November 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal was an own goal by Benjamin Lecomte in the 64th minute, credited to Villarreal.
Discipline: Espanyol received 1 yellow card; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 16th on 12 points from 13 and Villarreal 9th on 18 points from 13. Espanyol went on to finish that season 19th with 37 points, and Villarreal 5th with 64.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Villarreal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Gerónimo Rulli of Villarreal (8.5), ahead of Raúl Albiol (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Espanyol wins, 5 draws and 3 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read D-D-D-L-W and Villarreal's L-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · Étienne Capoue
- 64'Own goal · Benjamin Lecomte
- 79'Yellow card · Yéremy Pino
- 89'Yellow card · Nico Melamed
- 90+2'Yellow card · Raúl Albiol
Head-to-head
Team news
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Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Benjamin Lecomte, Óscar Gil, Fernando Calero, Sergi Gómez Solà, Brian Oliván, Keidi Bare, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Martin Braithwaite, Sergi Darder, Javi Puado, Joselu
Villarreal line-up (4-3-3)
Gerónimo Rulli, Kiko Femenía, Raúl Albiol, Jorge Cuenca, Alberto Moreno, Étienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Manu Trigueros, Samuel Chukwueze, Arnaut Danjuma, Yéremy Pino