Villarreal 4-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Thursday 27 April 2023
Result
Villarreal 4-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Thursday 27 April 2023, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Villarreal 4-2 Espanyol: match report
Villarreal beat Espanyol 4-2 in La Liga on Thursday 27 April 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Javi Puado opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Étienne Capoue (53'), Dani Parejo (63'), Nicolas Jackson (80') and Étienne Capoue (90+2'). Espanyol scored through Javi Puado (45') and Joselu (73').
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 47 points from 30 and Espanyol 19th on 28 points from 30. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and Espanyol 19th with 37.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Étienne Capoue of Villarreal (8.9), ahead of Fernando Pacheco (8.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Villarreal wins, 4 draws and 2 for Espanyol.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Nicolas Jackson
- 40'Yellow card · Fernando Calero
- 45'Goal · Javi Puado
- 53'Goal · Étienne Capoue
- 58'Yellow card · Yéremy Pino
- 58'Yellow card · Javi Puado
- 62'Yellow card · César Montes
- 63'Missed penalty · Dani Parejo
- 63'Goal · Dani Parejo
- 73'Goal · Joselu
- 77'Yellow card · Óscar Gil
- 80'Goal · Nicolas Jackson
- 90+2'Goal · Étienne Capoue
- 90+5'Red card · Edu Expósito
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Juan Foyth, Aïssa Mandi, Pau Torres, Alberto Moreno, Dani Parejo, Étienne Capoue, Samuel Chukwueze, Giovani Lo Celso, Yéremy Pino, Nicolas Jackson
Espanyol line-up (4-3-3)
Fernando Pacheco, Fernando Calero, César Montes, Sergi Gómez Solà, Óscar Gil, Javi Puado, Keidi Bare, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Martin Braithwaite, Sergi Darder, Joselu