Spanish LALIGA

FT Friday, August 28, 2015
Espanyol DWLLW 1
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Villarreal LWWDD 3
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Estadio de la Cerámica · 16,722 att.

Match Report

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Roberto Soldado shines for Villarreal in victory over Espanyol

Roberto Soldado continued his impressive start to life back in Spain with a goal and two assists for substitute Cedric Bakambu to help Villarreal earn

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
10
6
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
3
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
2
42.6
Possession
57.4
5
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
4
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
257
Accurate Passes
374
354
Passes
472
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
7
13
Crosses
24
0.5
Cross %
0.3
63
Long Balls
46
23
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
22
19
Tackles
31
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
10
29
Clearances
11

Head to Head

VIL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 13Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 6Víctor RuizCD-L
  3. 24Eric BaillyCD-R
  4. 11Jaume CostaLB
  5. 2MarioRB
  6. 14Manu TriguerosCM-L
  7. 4Tomás PinaCM-R
  8. 19Samu CastillejoLM
  9. 26NahuelRM
  10. 9Roberto SoldadoCF-L
  11. 10Léo BaptistãoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Samu GarcíaSUB
  2. 22Antonio RukavinaSUB
  3. 44Pablo IñiguezSUB
  4. 17Cédric BakambuSUB
  5. 8Jonathan dos SantosSUB
  6. 25Mariano BarbosaSUB
  7. 3Bojan JokicSUB

ESP · 4-4-2

  1. 13Pau LópezG
  2. 24Antonio RaílloCD-L
  3. 22Álvaro GonzálezCD-R
  4. 3Rubén DuarteLB
  5. 23Anaitz ArbillaRB
  6. 16Javi LópezCM-L
  7. 4Victor SánchezCM-R
  8. 5Víctor ÁlvarezLM
  9. 11Francisco MontañésRM
  10. 7Gerard MorenoCF-L
  11. 20Felipe CaicedoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Enzo RocoSUB
  2. 17Hernán PérezSUB
  3. 9BurguiSUB
  4. 8Salva SevillaSUB
  5. 1Francesco BardiSUB
  6. 25Marco AsensioSUB
  7. 14José CañasSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Villarreal 0, Espanyol 1. Felipe Caicedo (Espanyol) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gerard Moreno with a through ball.
  2. 19' Pau (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 27' Javi López (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 30' Paco Montañés (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 35' Felipe Caicedo (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 48' Raíllo (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 55' Anaitz Arbilla (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 57' Substitution, Espanyol. Hernán Pérez replaces Paco Montañés.
  9. 64' Substitution, Villarreal. Samuel replaces Samu Castillejo.
  10. 64' Substitution, Villarreal. Cédric Bakambu replaces Leo Baptistao.
  11. 67' Goal! Villarreal 1, Espanyol 1. Roberto Soldado (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Samuel.
  12. 73' Substitution, Espanyol. José Cañas replaces Felipe Caicedo.
  13. 76' Substitution, Villarreal. Jonathan dos Santos replaces Tomás Pina.
  14. 85' Eric Bailly (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 86' Substitution, Espanyol. Burgui replaces Víctor Álvarez.
  16. 87' Goal! Villarreal 2, Espanyol 1. Cédric Bakambu (Villarreal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roberto Soldado with a through ball.
  17. 90'+3' Goal! Villarreal 3, Espanyol 1. Cédric Bakambu (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Roberto Soldado.

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