Villarreal 2-1 Almería: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 17 September 2023

Result

Villarreal 2-1 Almería

La Liga · Sunday 17 September 2023, 14:15 UTC · half-time 1-1

Villarreal · Almería · La Liga predictions

Villarreal 2-1 Almería: match report

Villarreal beat Almería 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 17 September 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Sergio Akieme opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Gerard Moreno (45+5') and Alexander Sørloth (90+4'). Almería scored through Sergio Akieme (44').

Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Almería received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 16th on 3 points from 4 and Almería 19th on 1 point from 4. Villarreal went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Almería 19th with 21.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Almería in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Filip Jørgensen of Villarreal (8.4), level with Lucas Robertone (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 1 for Almería.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Étienne CapoueVillarreal
  • 44'Goal · Sergio AkiemeAlmería · 0-1
  • 45+5'Goal · Gerard MorenoVillarreal · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Adrián EmbarbaAlmería
  • 84'Yellow card · ChumiAlmería
  • 89'Yellow card · Arnau PuigmalAlmería
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Yéremy PinoVillarreal
  • 90+4'Goal · Alexander SørlothVillarreal · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Villarreal 6, draws 3, Almería 1.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-3-3)

Filip Jørgensen, Juan Foyth, Raúl Albiol, Matteo Gabbia, Carlos Romero, Dani Parejo, Étienne Capoue, Yéremy Pino, Gerard Moreno, Álex Baena, Alexander Sørloth

Almería line-up (5-4-1)

Luís Maximiano, Chumi, César Montes, Edgar González, Sergio Akieme, Dion Lopy, Lucas Robertone, Adrián Embarba, Gonzalo Melero, Sergio Arribas, Luis Suárez