Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, October 18, 2020
Valencia WLDWL 1
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Villarreal DWLWD 2
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VAL101
VIL112
Estadio de la Cerámica

Match Report

Parejo haunts former club Valencia to send Villarreal top of La Liga

Villarreal midfielder Dani Parejo scored the decisive goal in a 2-1 win at home to former club Valencia to take his side top of La Liga on Sunday.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
2
37.9
Possession
62.1
11
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
289
Accurate Passes
533
347
Passes
595
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
2
24
Crosses
12
0.1
Cross %
0.2
58
Long Balls
51
36
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
3
4
Effective Tackles
5
12
Tackles
9
0.3
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
14
19
Effective Clearances
13
19
Clearances
13

Head to Head

VAL leads series 4-1

Lineups

VIL · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Sergio AsenjoG
  2. 4Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 3Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 10Vicente IborraDM
  5. 24Alfonso PedrazaLB
  6. 2MarioRB
  7. 5Dani ParejoCM-L
  8. 14Manu TriguerosCM-R
  9. 23Moi GómezLM
  10. 11Samuel ChukwuezeRM
  11. 17Paco AlcácerF

Substitutes

  1. 6Ramiro Funes MoriSUB
  2. 21Jaume CostaSUB
  3. 34Fer NiñoSUB
  4. 8Juan FoythSUB
  5. 9Carlos BaccaSUB
  6. 16Takefusa KuboSUB
  7. 20Rubén PeñaSUB
  8. 30Yéremy PinoSUB
  9. 32Álex BaenaSUB
  10. 13Gerónimo RulliSUB
  11. 19Francis CoquelinSUB

VAL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Jaume DoménechG
  2. 12Mouctar DiakhabyCD-L
  3. 5Gabriel PaulistaCD-R
  4. 14José GayàLB
  5. 2Thierry CorreiaRB
  6. 8Carlos SolerCM-L
  7. 18Daniel WassCM-R
  8. 37Áex BlancoLM
  9. 30Yunus MusahRM
  10. 22Maximiliano GómezCF-L
  11. 7Gonçalo GuedesCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Jasper CillessenSUB
  2. 20Lee Kang-InSUB
  3. 23JasonSUB
  4. 11Rubén SobrinoSUB
  5. 21Manu VallejoSUB
  6. 17Denis CheryshevSUB
  7. 9Kevin GameiroSUB
  8. 25Cristian RiveroSUB
  9. 3Toni LatoSUB
  10. 15Hugo GuillamónSUB
  11. 19Uros RacicSUB
  12. 27Koba KoindrediSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Villarreal 1, Valencia 0. Paco Alcácer (Villarreal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 12' Vicente Iborra (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 37' Goal! Villarreal 1, Valencia 1. Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carlos Soler following a corner.
  4. 52' Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 53' Substitution, Valencia. Denis Cheryshev replaces Álex Blanco.
  6. 64' Substitution, Villarreal. Francis Coquelin replaces Manu Trigueros.
  7. 64' Substitution, Villarreal. Takefusa Kubo replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
  8. 69' Goal! Villarreal 2, Valencia 1. Daniel Parejo (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal.
  9. 72' Takefusa Kubo (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 82' Substitution, Villarreal. Carlos Bacca replaces Paco Alcácer.
  11. 83' Substitution, Valencia. Uros Racic replaces Thierry Correia.
  12. 83' Substitution, Valencia. Jason replaces Yunus Musah.
  13. 83' Substitution, Valencia. Kevin Gameiro replaces Daniel Wass.
  14. 84' Gabriel Paulista (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90' Substitution, Valencia. Manu Vallejo replaces Gonçalo Guedes.
  16. 90'+2' Second yellow card to Takefusa Kubo (Villarreal) for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+7' Substitution, Villarreal. Jaume Costa replaces Daniel Parejo because of an injury.

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