Espanyol 0-2 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 8 November 2025
Result
Espanyol 0-2 Villarreal
La Liga · Saturday 8 November 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Espanyol 0-2 Villarreal: match report
Espanyol were beaten by Villarreal 0-2 in La Liga on Saturday 8 November 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Gerard Moreno opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Espanyol did not score. Villarreal scored through Gerard Moreno (43') and Alberto Moleiro (57').
Discipline: Espanyol received no yellow cards; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 6th on 18 points from 11 and Villarreal 4th on 23 points from 11. Espanyol went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Villarreal 3rd with 72.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alfonso Pedraza of Villarreal (7.8), level with Gerard Moreno (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Espanyol wins, 2 draws and 6 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-W-W-L-D and Villarreal's W-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 43'Goal · Gerard Moreno
- 57'Goal · Alberto Moleiro
- 61'Yellow card · Tajon Buchanan
- 81'Yellow card · Pau Navarro
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-4-1-1)
Marko Dmitrovic, Omar El Hilali, Fernando Calero, Leandro Cabrera, José Salinas, Tyrhys Dolan, Urko González de Zárate, Pol Lozano, Pere Milla, Edu Expósito, Roberto Fernández
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Luiz Júnior, Pau Navarro, Rafa Marín, Renato Veiga, Alfonso Pedraza, Tajon Buchanan, Santi Comesaña, Thomas Partey, Alberto Moleiro, Gerard Moreno, Tani Oluwaseyi