Spanish LALIGA

FT Monday, February 9, 2026
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Villarreal LLLLD 4
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VIL224
Estadio de la Cerámica · 16,825 att. · ESPN Deportes

Match Report

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Villarreal climb to joint-third place after sinking Espanyol

Villarreal has moved into joint third place in LaLiga after a 4-1 victory over Espanyol on Monday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
18
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
5
0
Saves
1
51
Possession
49
9
SHOTS
10
2
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
374
Accurate Passes
378
439
Passes
428
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
2
26
Crosses
15
0.1
Cross %
0.1
50
Long Balls
31
25
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
8
23
Effective Clearances
34
23
Clearances
34

Highlights

00:47 Georges Mikautadze finds the back of the net for Villarreal Watch on ESPN 00:55 Nicolas Pépé slots in the goal for Villarreal Watch on ESPN 00:27 Luiz Júnior denies Espanyol with save Watch on ESPN 00:35 Leandro Cabrera gets on the scoresheet for Espanyol Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

VIL leads series 5-0

Lineups

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Luiz JúniorG
  2. 12Renato VeigaCD-L
  3. 6Pau NavarroCD-R
  4. 23Sergi CardonaLB
  5. 15Santiago MouriñoRB
  6. 10Dani ParejoCM-L
  7. 18Pape GueyeCM-R
  8. 20Alberto MoleiroLM
  9. 17Tajon BuchananRM
  10. 9Georges MikautadzeCF-L
  11. 19Nicolas PépéCF-R

ESP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Marko DmitrovicG
  2. 6Leandro CabreraCD-L
  3. 5Fernando CaleroCD-R
  4. 12José SalinasLB
  5. 23Omar El HilaliRB
  6. 8Edu ExpósitoAM
  7. 10Pol LozanoLM
  8. 4Urko GonzalezRM
  9. 9Roberto FernándezF
  10. 24Tyrhys DolanAM-L
  11. 11Pere MillaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 6' José Salinas (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 16' Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 35' Goal! Villarreal 1, Espanyol 0. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Tajon Buchanan with a headed pass.
  4. 41' Own Goal by José Salinas, Espanyol. Villarreal 2, Espanyol 0.
  5. 45' Substitution, Espanyol. Clemens Riedel replaces Fernando Calero.
  6. 50' Goal! Villarreal 3, Espanyol 0. Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alberto Moleiro.
  7. 53' Edu Expósito (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 55' Goal! Villarreal 4, Espanyol 0. Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Georges Mikautadze.
  9. 57' Clemens Riedel (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 59' Substitution, Espanyol. Cyril Ngonge replaces Tyrhys Dolan.
  11. 59' Substitution, Espanyol. Charles Pickel replaces Edu Expósito.
  12. 59' Substitution, Espanyol. Kike García replaces Roberto Fernández.
  13. 64' Substitution, Villarreal. Ayoze Pérez replaces Tajon Buchanan.
  14. 65' Substitution, Villarreal. Santi Comesaña replaces Dani Parejo.
  15. 70' Pape Gueye (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 72' Substitution, Espanyol. Antoniu Roca replaces Pere Milla.
  17. 73' Substitution, Villarreal. Tani Oluwaseyi replaces Georges Mikautadze.
  18. 73' Substitution, Villarreal. Alexander Freeman replaces Santiago Mouriño.
  19. 80' Substitution, Villarreal. Hugo Lopez replaces Alberto Moleiro.
  20. 88' Goal! Villarreal 4, Espanyol 1. Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cyril Ngonge with a cross following a corner.
  21. 89' Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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