Villarreal 1-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 19 January 2020
Result
Villarreal 1-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 19 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Villarreal 1-2 Espanyol: match report
Villarreal were beaten by Espanyol 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 19 January 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.
David López opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Villarreal's goal came from Santi Cazorla (62', penalty). Espanyol scored through David López (5') and Raúl de Tomás (47').
Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 9th on 28 points from 19 and Espanyol 20th on 11 points from 19. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 60 points, and Espanyol 20th with 25.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-5-1 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Santi Cazorla of Villarreal (8.7), ahead of Sergi Darder (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Villarreal wins, 5 draws and 2 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-W-W-D-L and Espanyol's D-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · David López
- 24'Yellow card · Dídac Vilà
- 32'Yellow card · Javi López
- 41'Yellow card · Manu Trigueros
- 47'Goal · Raúl de Tomás
- 59'Second yellow · Javi López
- 62'Penalty goal · Santi Cazorla
- 76'Yellow card · Raúl de Tomás
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-5-1)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Raúl Albiol, Pau Torres, Alberto Moreno, Samuel Chukwueze, Frank Anguissa, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Manu Trigueros, Santi Cazorla, Carlos Bacca
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Javi López, Naldo, Bernardo Espinosa, Dídac Vilà, Óscar Melendo, David López, Marc Roca, Sergi Darder, Raúl de Tomás, Jonathan Calleri