Villarreal 2-3 Deportivo A Coruña: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 5 September 2026

Result

Villarreal 2-3 Deportivo A Coruña

La Liga · Saturday 5 September 2026, 19:00 UTC · Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal · half-time 1-1

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Villarreal 2-3 Deportivo A Coruña: match report

Villarreal were beaten by Deportivo A Coruña 2-3 in La Liga on Saturday 5 September 2026 at Estadio de la Cerámica. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Nicolas Pépé opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Nicolas Pépé (19') and an own goal by Adama Traoré (76'). Deportivo A Coruña scored through Luismi Cruz (43'), Zakaria Eddahchouri (79') and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (88').

Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Deportivo A Coruña received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 16th on 2 points from 3 and Deportivo A Coruña 9th on 5 points from 3. In the current table Villarreal are 9th on 12 points and Deportivo A Coruña are 8th on 14 points.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Deportivo A Coruña in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Deportivo A Coruña (8.6), ahead of Nicolas Pépé (7.7).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Nicolas PépéVillarreal · 1-0
  • 43'Goal · Luismi CruzDeportivo A Coruña · 1-1
  • 76'Own goal · Adama TraoréVillarreal · 2-1
  • 79'Goal · Zakaria EddahchouriDeportivo A Coruña · 2-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Santi ComesañaVillarreal
  • 87'Yellow card · Tajon BuchananVillarreal
  • 88'Goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangDeportivo A Coruña · 2-3
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Lorenzo AmatucciDeportivo A Coruña
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Yeremay HernándezDeportivo A Coruña

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
8Deportivo A Coruña113531514+114DLDLW
9Villarreal113351515012WLDWL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Villarreal 3, draws 5, Deportivo A Coruña 2.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Luiz Júnior, Alex Freeman, Logan Costa, Renato Veiga, Sergi Cardona, Nicolas Pépé, Nathan Saliba, Pape Gueye, Alberto Moleiro, Gerard Moreno, Ayoze Pérez

Deportivo A Coruña line-up (4-4-2)

Leo Román, Ximo Navarro, Lucas Noubi, José María Giménez, Giacomo Quagliata, Luismi Cruz, Mario Soriano, Lorenzo Amatucci, Riki Rodríguez, Bil Nsongo, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

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