Spanish LALIGA

Villarreal vs Valencia, 2020-2021 LaLiga

· Spanish LALIGA
Villarreal
  • 6': Paco Alcácer (P)
  • 69': Dani Parejo
  • Red Card 90'+2': Takefusa Kubo
FT
2 - 1
Valencia
  • 37': Gonçalo Guedes

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.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Raúl Albiol (Villarreal).
  • 1': Maxi Gómez (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Penalty Villarreal. Alfonso Pedraza draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 5': Penalty conceded by Gabriel Paulista (Valencia) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 6': Goal! Villarreal 1, Valencia 0. Paco Alcácer (Villarreal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 8': Daniel Parejo (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 8': Foul by Carlos Soler (Valencia).
  • 9': Attempt missed. Daniel Parejo (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze.
  • 12': Foul by Vicente Iborra (Villarreal).
  • 12': Yunus Musah (Valencia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 12': Vicente Iborra (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 13': Attempt blocked. Daniel Wass (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 14': Attempt saved. Moi Gómez (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paco Alcácer.
  • 15': Foul by Raúl Albiol (Villarreal).
  • 15': Maxi Gómez (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Foul by Moi Gómez (Villarreal).
  • 17': Thierry Correia (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Attempt saved. Daniel Parejo (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alfonso Pedraza.
  • 18': Attempt missed. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Manu Trigueros.
  • 18': Attempt missed. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Paco Alcácer.
  • 20': Attempt missed. Carlos Soler (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Álex Blanco.
  • 25': Attempt blocked. Maxi Gómez (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gonçalo Guedes.
  • 26': Foul by Raúl Albiol (Villarreal).
  • 26': Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Attempt saved. Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 28': Attempt saved. Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paco Alcácer.
  • 29': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Gabriel Paulista.
  • 29': Foul by Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal).
  • 29': Maxi Gómez (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 32': Foul by Paco Alcácer (Villarreal).
  • 32': Gabriel Paulista (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Daniel Parejo (Villarreal).
  • 33': Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 33': Attempt saved. Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by José Gayà with a cross.
  • 35': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Gabriel Paulista.
  • 36': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Raúl Albiol.
  • 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.
  • 39': Foul by José Gayà (Valencia).
  • 39': Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Paco Alcácer (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
  • 43': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Gabriel Paulista.
  • 44': Attempt blocked. Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 44': Attempt blocked. Manu Trigueros (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Moi Gómez.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Villarreal 1, Valencia 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Villarreal 1, Valencia 1.
  • 49': Attempt blocked. Álex Blanco (Valencia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Carlos Soler.
  • 51': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Mario Gaspar.
  • 52': Foul by Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal).
  • 52': Álex Blanco (Valencia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 52': Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 53': Substitution, Valencia. Denis Cheryshev replaces Álex Blanco.
  • 54': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Raúl Albiol.
  • 55': Attempt missed. Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Carlos Soler following a corner.
  • 56': Foul by Paco Alcácer (Villarreal).
  • 56': Gabriel Paulista (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 58': Foul by Thierry Correia (Valencia).
  • 59': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Raúl Albiol.
  • 62': Attempt missed. Moi Gómez (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze.
  • 63': Foul by Thierry Correia (Valencia).
  • 63': Moi Gómez (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Substitution, Villarreal. Francis Coquelin replaces Manu Trigueros.
  • 64': Substitution, Villarreal. Takefusa Kubo replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Mario Gaspar (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Takefusa Kubo.
  • 66': Hand ball by Daniel Wass (Valencia).
  • 68': Foul by Denis Cheryshev (Valencia).
  • 68': Francis Coquelin (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Goal! Villarreal 2, Valencia 1. Daniel Parejo (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal.
  • 72': Takefusa Kubo (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Paco Alcácer (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Moi Gómez.
  • 77': Foul by Pau Torres (Villarreal).
  • 77': Maxi Gómez (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Mario Gaspar.
  • 79': Offside, Valencia. Yunus Musah tries a through ball, but Maxi Gómez is caught offside.
  • 81': Foul by Daniel Parejo (Villarreal).
  • 81': Yunus Musah (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Substitution, Villarreal. Carlos Bacca replaces Paco Alcácer.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Carlos Bacca (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Moi Gómez.
  • 83': Substitution, Valencia. Uros Racic replaces Thierry Correia.
  • 83': Substitution, Valencia. Jason replaces Yunus Musah.
  • 83': Substitution, Valencia. Kevin Gameiro replaces Daniel Wass.
  • 84': Daniel Parejo (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 84': Foul by Gabriel Paulista (Valencia).
  • 84': Gabriel Paulista (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 87': Attempt missed. Uros Racic (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jason.
  • 90': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Moi Gómez.
  • 90': Substitution, Valencia. Manu Vallejo replaces Gonçalo Guedes.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Gabriel Paulista (Valencia) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Carlos Soler with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Raúl Albiol.
  • 90'+2': Carlos Soler (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Takefusa Kubo (Villarreal).
  • 90'+2': Second yellow card to Takefusa Kubo (Villarreal) for a bad foul.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Jason (Valencia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 90'+4': Offside, Valencia. Jason tries a through ball, but Mouctar Diakhaby is caught offside.
  • 90'+5': Attempt saved. Daniel Parejo (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Carlos Bacca.
  • 90'+7': Substitution, Villarreal. Jaume Costa replaces Daniel Parejo because of an injury.
  • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Villarreal 2, Valencia 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Villarreal 2, Valencia 1.

Statistics

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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

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica
Location: Villarreal, Spain

LALIGA Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Barcelona 37 +61 94
2 Real Madrid 37 +40 83
3 Villarreal 37 +22 69
4 Atlético Madrid 37 +22 69
Full Table

Line-Ups

VIL Villarreal (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
1 Sergio Asenjo (GK)
4 Pau Torres
3 Raúl Albiol
10 Vicente Iborra Yellow Card
24 Alfonso Pedraza Yellow Card
2 Mario
5 Dani Parejo
14 Manu Trigueros
23 Moi Gómez
11 Samuel Chukwueze
17 Paco Alcácer
Villarreal Substitutes:
Ramiro Funes Mori, Jaume Costa, Fernando Niño, Juan Foyth, Carlos Bacca, Takefusa Kubo, Rubén Peña, Yéremy Pino, Álex Baena, Gerónimo Rulli, Francis Coquelin.

VAL Valencia (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Jaume Doménech (GK)
12 Mouctar Diakhaby
5 Gabriel Paulista Yellow Card
14 José Gayà
2 Thierry Correia
8 Carlos Soler
18 Daniel Wass
37 Áex Blanco
30 Yunus Musah
22 Maxi Gómez
7 Gonçalo Guedes
Valencia Substitutes:
Jasper Cillessen, Lee Kang-in, Jason, Rubén Sobrino, Manu Vallejo, Denis Cheryshev, Kevin Gameiro, Cristian Rivero, Toni Lato, Hugo Guillamón, Uros Racic, Koba Koindredi.

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