Villarreal 2-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 3 February 2019
Result
Villarreal 2-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 3 February 2019, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 2-2 Espanyol: match report
Villarreal drew with Espanyol 2-2 in La Liga on Sunday 3 February 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.
Vicente Iborra opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Vicente Iborra (37') and Santi Cazorla (65', penalty). Espanyol scored through an own goal by Daniele Bonera (75') and R. Rosales (81').
Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Espanyol received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 19th on 18 points from 21 and Espanyol 16th on 24 points from 21. Villarreal went on to finish that season 14th with 44 points, and Espanyol 7th with 53.
Villarreal lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Espanyol in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Santi Cazorla of Villarreal (8.2), ahead of Vicente Iborra de la Fuente (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Villarreal wins, 5 draws and 2 for Espanyol.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Daniele Bonera
- 37'Goal · Vicente Iborra
- 39'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 40'Yellow card · Pablo Fornals
- 53'Yellow card · Ramiro Funes Mori
- 60'Yellow card · Dídac Vilà
- 64'Yellow card · Mario Hermoso
- 65'Penalty goal · Santi Cazorla
- 75'Own goal · Daniele Bonera
- 81'Goal · R. Rosales
- 82'Yellow card · R. Rosales
- 86'Yellow card · Vicente Iborra
- 90+1'Yellow card · Sergi Darder
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (3-4-2-1)
Sergio Asenjo, Álvaro González, Daniele Bonera, Ramiro Funes Mori, Miguel Llambrich, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Santi Cazorla, Alfonso Pedraza, Gerard Moreno, Pablo Fornals, Karl Toko Ekambi
Espanyol line-up (4-3-3)
Diego López, Roberto Rosales, David López, Mario Hermoso, Dídac Vilà, Víctor Sánchez, Granero, Sergi Darder, Sergio García, Borja Iglesias, Pablo Piatti