Villarreal vs Espanyol, 2022-23 LaLiga

· Spanish LALIGA

Villarreal

53': Étienne Capoue
63': Dani Parejo
80': Nicolas Jackson
90'+2': Étienne Capoue

FT
4 - 2

Espanyol

45': Javier Puado
73': Joselu
90'+5': Edu Expósito

About

Villarreal are hosting Espanyol at Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal, Spain, starting on . The match is a part of the Spanish LALIGA.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Foul by Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal).
2': Keidi Bare (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6': Delay in match because of an injury Joselu (Espanyol).
7': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
8': Attempt blocked. Etienne Capoue (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso.
8': Offside, Villarreal. Juan Foyth tries a through ball, but Yeremy Pino is caught offside.
9': Attempt missed. Yeremy Pino (Villarreal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Etienne Capoue.
10': Attempt saved. Daniel Parejo (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze.
10': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Fernando Pacheco.
11': Attempt blocked. Sergi Darder (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Óscar Gil.
11': Attempt blocked. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Etienne Capoue.
12': Daniel Parejo (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Foul by Vinicius Souza (Espanyol).
14': Attempt blocked. Yeremy Pino (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze.
14': Attempt missed. Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yeremy Pino.
16': Fernando Pacheco (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Foul by Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal).
16': Delay in match because of an injury Fernando Pacheco (Espanyol).
16': Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
17': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
18': Attempt saved. Etienne Capoue (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso with a through ball.
18': Attempt missed. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
20': Foul by Etienne Capoue (Villarreal).
20': Keidi Bare (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Alberto Moreno (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Foul by Javier Puado (Espanyol).
22': Foul by Yeremy Pino (Villarreal).
22': Javier Puado (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Attempt saved. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
26': Foul by Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal).
26': Keidi Bare (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Attempt missed. Vinicius Souza (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sergi Gómez.
29': Foul by Yeremy Pino (Villarreal).
29': Vinicius Souza (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30': Attempt blocked. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso.
31': Alberto Moreno (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Javier Puado (Espanyol).
33': Attempt saved. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso.
33': Foul by Fernando Calero (Espanyol).
33': Yeremy Pino (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
34': Attempt saved. Yeremy Pino (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Etienne Capoue.
34': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Fernando Pacheco.
35': Attempt blocked. Yeremy Pino (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
35': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by César Montes.
37': Attempt blocked. Pau Torres (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Daniel Parejo.
37': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Fernando Calero.
38': Attempt missed. Juan Foyth (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Yeremy Pino.
39': Foul by Fernando Calero (Espanyol).
39': Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
40': Fernando Calero (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
41': Foul by Juan Foyth (Villarreal).
41': Keidi Bare (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Foul by Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal).
42': Joselu (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the left wing.
42': Attempt saved. Yeremy Pino (Villarreal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze with a through ball.
42': Attempt missed. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
44': Attempt missed. Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sergi Darder.
44': Attempt saved. Keidi Bare (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergi Darder.
44': Attempt blocked. Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
44': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Aïssa Mandi.
45': Attempt blocked. Sergi Gómez (Espanyol) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vinicius Souza with a headed pass.
45': Goal! Villarreal 0, Espanyol 1. Javier Puado (Espanyol) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner following a corner.
45'+5': First Half ends, Villarreal 0, Espanyol 1.
45': Second Half begins Villarreal 0, Espanyol 1.
47': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Sergi Darder.
47': Attempt saved. Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso with a cross.
47': Foul by Etienne Capoue (Villarreal).
47': Vinicius Souza (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
48': Hand ball by Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal).
49': Attempt saved. Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze.
51': Attempt missed. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso.
52': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Vinicius Souza.
53': Goal! Villarreal 1, Espanyol 1. Etienne Capoue (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Parejo following a corner.
54': Attempt blocked. Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
55': Foul by Juan Foyth (Villarreal).
55': Joselu (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the left wing.
56': Delay in match (Villarreal).
56': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
57': Attempt saved. Sergi Darder (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Óscar Gil.
58': Foul by Javier Puado (Espanyol).
58': Yeremy Pino (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58': Yeremy Pino (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
58': Javier Puado (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
59': Attempt blocked. Alberto Moreno (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yeremy Pino.
59': Penalty conceded by César Montes (Espanyol) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
60': VAR Decision: Penalty Villarreal.
61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
62': César Montes (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
63': Penalty saved! Daniel Parejo (Villarreal) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
63': Goal! Villarreal 2, Espanyol 1. Daniel Parejo (Villarreal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
66': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Vinicius Souza.
67': Substitution, Espanyol. Edu Expósito replaces Keidi Bare.
67': Hand ball by Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal).
68': Attempt blocked. Joselu (Espanyol) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Edu Expósito.
68': Foul by Óscar Gil (Espanyol).
68': Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
69': Attempt missed. Edu Expósito (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Sergi Darder.
71': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Óscar Gil.
73': Goal! Villarreal 2, Espanyol 2. Joselu (Espanyol) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Martin Braithwaite.
76': Substitution, Espanyol. Simo replaces Fernando Calero.
77': Foul by Óscar Gil (Espanyol).
77': Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
77': Óscar Gil (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
78': Attempt missed. Alberto Moreno (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yeremy Pino.
79': Offside, Villarreal. Samuel Chukwueze tries a through ball, but Giovani Lo Celso is caught offside.
80': Goal! Villarreal 3, Espanyol 2. Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alberto Moreno with a through ball.
82': Foul by Juan Foyth (Villarreal).
82': Joselu (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the left wing.
84': Attempt missed. Yeremy Pino (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
85': Substitution, Espanyol. Adrià Pedrosa replaces Javier Puado.
85': Substitution, Espanyol. Nicolás Melamed replaces Vinicius Souza.
86': Delay in match (Espanyol).
86': Delay in match because of an injury Pau Torres (Villarreal).
88': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
88': Attempt missed. Joselu (Espanyol) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nicolás Melamed with a headed pass.
89': Foul by Daniel Parejo (Villarreal).
89': Nicolás Melamed (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Juan Foyth.
90': Attempt missed. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso.
90'+1': Substitution, Villarreal. Alfonso Pedraza replaces Alberto Moreno.
90'+1': Attempt blocked. Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
90'+1': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Simo.
90'+2': Goal! Villarreal 4, Espanyol 2. Etienne Capoue (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
90'+3': Substitution, Villarreal. Álex Baena replaces Nicolas Jackson.
90'+4': Substitution, Villarreal. Ramón Terrats replaces Giovani Lo Celso.
90'+4': Foul by Edu Expósito (Espanyol).
90'+4': Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+5': Edu Expósito (Espanyol) is shown the red card.
90'+6': Attempt missed. Etienne Capoue (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner from a direct free kick.
90'+7': Attempt missed. Joselu (Espanyol) right footed shot from long range on the right is high and wide to the left.
90'+8': Second Half ends, Villarreal 4, Espanyol 2.
0': Match ends, Villarreal 4, Espanyol 2.

Statistics

ESP		VIL
10	Fouls	14
4	Yellow Cards	2
1	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	2
2	Corner Kicks	9
10	Saves	2
35.8	Possession	64.2
14	SHOTS	31
4	ON GOAL	13
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
206	Accurate Passes	436
262	Passes	485
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	4
12	Crosses	10
0.1	Cross %	0.4
41	Long Balls	45
23	Accurate Long Balls	33
0.6	Long Balls %	0.7
5	Blocked Shots	8
15	Effective Tackles	8
20	Tackles	10
0.8	Tackle %	0.8
6	Interceptions	7
11	Effective Clearances	10
11	Clearances	10

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica
Location: Villarreal, Spain
Attendance: 16,134

LALIGA Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Barcelona	17	+29	43
2	Real Madrid	18	+20	42
3	Villarreal	15	+18	35
4	Atlético Madrid	17	+14	34

Full Table

Line-Ups

Villarreal (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Pepe Reina (GK)
4	Pau Torres
23	Aïssa Mandi
18	Alberto Moreno
8	Juan Foyth
17	Giovani Lo Celso
6	Étienne Capoue
10	Dani Parejo
15	Nicolas Jackson
21	Yéremy Pino
11	Samuel Chukwueze

Villarreal Substitutes:

Alfonso Pedraza, Haissem Hassan, Jorge Cuenca, Ramón Terrats, Jorge Pascual Medina, Filip Jørgensen, Álex Baena, Johan Mojica, Manu Trigueros.

Espanyol (4-4-1-1)

No.	Name
13	Fernando Pacheco (GK)
24	Sergi Gómez
23	César Montes
2	Óscar Gil
5	Fernando Calero
12	Vinicius Souza
8	Keidi Bare
17	Martin Braithwaite
7	Javier Puado
9	Joselu
10	Sergi Darder

Espanyol Substitutes:

Leandro Cabrera, Simo, Álvaro Fernández, Rubén Sánchez, Adrià Pedrosa, Dani Gómez, Nicolás Melamed, Ronael Pierre-Gabriel, Joan García, Edu Expósito, Lazo, Denis Suárez.

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