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 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.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Étienne Capoue
- 44'Goal · Sergio Akieme
- 45+5'Goal · Gerard Moreno
- 53'Yellow card · Adrián Embarba
- 84'Yellow card · Chumi
- 89'Yellow card · Arnau Puigmal
- 90+2'Yellow card · Yéremy Pino
- 90+4'Goal · Alexander Sørloth
Head-to-head
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