Spanish LALIGA

Villarreal vs Girona, 2025-26 LALIGA

· Spanish LALIGA
Villarreal
  • 7': Nicolas Pépé
  • 16': Tajon Buchanan
  • 25': Rafa Marín
  • 28': Tajon Buchanan
  • 64': Tajon Buchanan
FT
5 - 0
Girona

    About

    Villarreal are hosting Girona 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': Attempt missed. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sergi Cardona with a cross.
    • 2': Attempt saved. Etta Eyong (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Vladyslav Krapyvtsov (Girona). Assisted by Tajon Buchanan.
    • 2': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Vladyslav Krapyvtsov.
    • 6': Foul by Pape Gueye (Villarreal).
    • 6': Viktor Tsygankov (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Goal! Villarreal 1, Girona 0. Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
    • 11': Foul by Daley Blind (Girona).
    • 11': Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 13': Attempt missed. Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 14': Attempt blocked. Dawda Camara (Girona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Daley Blind with a cross.
    • 14': Foul by Sergi Cardona (Villarreal).
    • 14': Hugo Rincón (Girona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 15': Foul by Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal).
    • 15': Joel Roca (Girona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 16': Goal! Villarreal 2, Girona 0. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Santiago Mouriño.
    • 18': Foul by Jhon Solís (Girona).
    • 18': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Vitor Reis.
    • 21': Corner, Girona. Conceded by Santiago Mouriño.
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Santi Comesaña.
    • 24': Attempt blocked. Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pape Gueye.
    • 24': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Vitor Reis.
    • 25': Goal! Villarreal 3, Girona 0. Rafa Marín (Villarreal) header from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Yéremy Pino with a cross following a corner.
    • 28': Goal! Villarreal 4, Girona 0. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergi Cardona.
    • 30': Delay in match (Girona).
    • 32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 33': Attempt saved. Etta Eyong (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Vladyslav Krapyvtsov (Girona). Assisted by Nicolas Pépé.
    • 34': Foul by Jhon Solís (Girona).
    • 34': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 38': Offside, Villarreal. Tajon Buchanan is caught offside.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sergi Cardona.
    • 42': Substitution, Girona. David López replaces Yangel Herrera because of an injury.
    • 44': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Viktor Tsygankov.
    • 45': Attempt missed. Joel Roca (Girona) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+4': Attempt missed. Etta Eyong (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé following a fast break.
    • 45'+4': Foul by Yéremy Pino (Villarreal).
    • 45'+4': Viktor Tsygankov (Girona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 45'+5': Attempt blocked. Joel Roca (Girona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 45'+5': First Half ends, Villarreal 4, Girona 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Villarreal 4, Girona 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Girona. Thomas Lemar replaces Dawda Camara.
    • 45': Substitution, Girona. Álex Moreno replaces Portu.
    • 45': Substitution, Villarreal. Renato Veiga replaces Juan Foyth.
    • 45': Substitution, Villarreal. Thomas Partey replaces Santi Comesaña.
    • 48': Foul by Pape Gueye (Villarreal).
    • 48': Thomas Lemar (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Attempt blocked. Etta Eyong (Villarreal) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
    • 50': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by David López.
    • 53': Foul by Vitor Reis (Girona).
    • 53': Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 53': Vitor Reis (Girona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 54': Offside, Villarreal. Tajon Buchanan is caught offside.
    • 54': Foul by Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal).
    • 54': Joel Roca (Girona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 56': Foul by Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal).
    • 56': Joel Roca (Girona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 56': Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 57': Foul by Pape Gueye (Villarreal).
    • 57': Jhon Solís (Girona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 59': Foul by Ladislav Krejcí (Girona).
    • 59': Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Ladislav Krejcí (Girona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 62': Offside, Villarreal. Etta Eyong is caught offside.
    • 63': Substitution, Villarreal. Ilias Akhomach replaces Nicolas Pépé.
    • 64': Goal! Villarreal 5, Girona 0. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Etta Eyong following a fast break.
    • 66': Substitution, Villarreal. Dani Parejo replaces Pape Gueye.
    • 67': Etta Eyong (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 67': Foul by Vitor Reis (Girona).
    • 67': Attempt blocked. Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilias Akhomach with a cross.
    • 67': Delay in match because of an injury Yéremy Pino (Villarreal).
    • 68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Thomas Partey (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Etta Eyong.
    • 70': Substitution, Villarreal. Alberto Moleiro replaces Yéremy Pino.
    • 71': Substitution, Girona. Iván Martín replaces Jhon Solís.
    • 73': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Álex Moreno.
    • 76': Delay in match (Villarreal).
    • 78': Substitution, Girona. Yáser Asprilla replaces Viktor Tsygankov.
    • 78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Thomas Partey (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Dani Parejo.
    • 81': Attempt saved. Yáser Asprilla (Girona) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal). Assisted by Hugo Rincón.
    • 81': Attempt missed. Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ilias Akhomach.
    • 82': Foul by Daley Blind (Girona).
    • 82': Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 83': Attempt saved. Yáser Asprilla (Girona) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal). Assisted by Iván Martín.
    • 84': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Vitor Reis.
    • 87': Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Foul by Iván Martín (Girona).
    • 88': Foul by Joel Roca (Girona).
    • 88': Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+3': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by David López.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Villarreal 5, Girona 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Villarreal 5, Girona 0.

    Statistics

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    9 Fouls 8
    2 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 3
    1 Corner Kicks 8
    2 Saves 2
    47.5 Possession 52.5
    5 SHOTS 19
    2 ON GOAL 7
    0.4 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    426 Accurate Passes 467
    470 Passes 517
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    1 Accurate Crosses 4
    10 Crosses 14
    0.1 Cross % 0.3
    34 Long Balls 31
    20 Accurate Long Balls 16
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
    2 Blocked Shots 5
    9 Effective Tackles 9
    18 Tackles 22
    0.5 Tackle % 0.4
    6 Interceptions 5
    26 Effective Clearances 13
    26 Clearances 13

    Game Information

    Competition: Spanish LALIGA

    Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica
    Location: Villarreal, Spain
    Attendance: 18,195

    LALIGA Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Barcelona 21 +35 52
    2 Real Madrid 21 +28 51
    3 Atlético Madrid 21 +21 44
    4 Villarreal 20 +16 41
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    VIL Villarreal (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Luiz Júnior (GK)
    4 Rafa Marín
    8 Juan Foyth
    23 Sergi Cardona
    15 Santiago Mouriño
    18 Pape Gueye
    14 Santi Comesaña
    21 Yéremy Pino
    17 Tajon Buchanan
    29 Etta Eyong
    19 Nicolas Pépé
    Villarreal Substitutes:
    Pau Navarro, Adrià Altimira, Rubén Gómez, Alfonso Pedraza, Ilias Akhomach, Alberto Moleiro, Denis Suárez, Thomas Partey, Pau Cabanes, Dani Parejo, Renato Veiga.

    GIR Girona (4-4-1-1)

    No. Name
    25 Vladyslav Krapyvtsov (GK)
    18 Ladislav Krejcí Yellow Card
    12 Vitor Reis Yellow Card
    17 Daley Blind
    2 Hugo Rincón
    22 Jhon Solís
    21 Yangel Herrera
    33 Joel Roca
    15 Viktor Tsygankov
    14 Dawda Camara
    8 Portu
    Girona Substitutes:
    Juan Carlos, Thomas Lemar, Axel Witsel, David López, Cristhian Stuani, Alejandro Francés, Álex Moreno, Gibert Jordana, Yáser Asprilla, Iván Martín, Arnau Martínez.

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