Villarreal 1-0 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 27 April 2025

Result

Villarreal 1-0 Espanyol

La Liga · Sunday 27 April 2025, 14:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

Villarreal · Espanyol · La Liga predictions

Villarreal 1-0 Espanyol: match report

Villarreal beat Espanyol 1-0 in La Liga on Sunday 27 April 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Yéremy Pino of Villarreal in the 52nd minute.

Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Espanyol received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 52 points from 32 and Espanyol 13th on 39 points from 32. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Espanyol 15th with 42.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicolas Pépé of Villarreal (8.2), ahead of Santi Comesaña (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 2 for Espanyol.

Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-D-W-D-W and Espanyol's D-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+2'Yellow card · Sergi CardonaVillarreal
  • 50'Yellow card · Logan CostaVillarreal
  • 52'Goal · Yéremy PinoVillarreal · 1-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Yéremy PinoVillarreal
  • 90'Yellow card · Tajon BuchananVillarreal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Villarreal 5, draws 3, Espanyol 2.

Team news

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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Luiz Júnior, Kiko Femenía, Juan Foyth, Logan Costa, Sergi Cardona, Nicolas Pépé, Santi Comesaña, Dani Parejo, Yéremy Pino, Ayoze Pérez, Thierno Barry

Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joan García, Omar El Hilali, Marash Kumbulla, Leandro Cabrera, Carlos Romero, Urko González de Zárate, Alex Král, Antoniu Roca, Edu Expósito, Javi Puado, Roberto Fernández