Villarreal vs Espanyol

La Liga · 9 de fev. de 2026 · 20:00 · Estadio de la Ceramica

Final score: Villarreal 4–1 Espanyol

Standings

• Villarreal: #3 · 69 Pts · 37 P (21W 6D 10L)
• Espanyol: #11 · 45 Pts · 37 P (12W 9D 16L)

Recent form

Villarreal

• D 31 de jan. de 2026: Osasuna 2–2 Villarreal
• L 28 de jan. de 2026: Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 Villarreal
• L 24 de jan. de 2026: Villarreal 0–2 Real Madrid
• L 20 de jan. de 2026: Villarreal 1–2 Ajax
• L 17 de jan. de 2026: Real Bétis 2–0 Villarreal

Espanyol

• L 30 de jan. de 2026: Espanyol 1–2 Alaves
• L 24 de jan. de 2026: Valência 3–2 Espanyol
• L 16 de jan. de 2026: Espanyol 0–2 Girona
• D 11 de jan. de 2026: Levante 1–1 Espanyol
• L 3 de jan. de 2026: Espanyol 0–2 Barcelona

Head-to-head

• 2026-02-09T20:00:00+00:00: Villarreal 4–1 Espanyol
• 2025-11-08T20:00:00+00:00: Espanyol 0–2 Villarreal
• 2025-04-27T14:15:00+00:00: Villarreal 1–0 Espanyol
• 2024-09-26T17:00:00+00:00: Espanyol 1–2 Villarreal
• 2023-04-27T17:30:00+00:00: Villarreal 4–2 Espanyol

Lineups

Villarreal (Formation: 4-4-2)

1. Luiz Junior, 15. S. Mourino, 6. P. Navarro, 12. R. Veiga, 23. S. Cardona, 17. T. Buchanan, 18. P. Gueye, 10. D. Parejo, 20. A. Moleiro, 19. N. Pepe, 9. G. Mikautadze

Espanyol (Formation: 4-2-3-1)

13. M. Dmitrovic, 23. O. El Hilali, 5. F. Calero, 6. L. Cabrera, 12. J. Salinas, 4. U. Gonzalez, 10. P. Lozano, 11. P. Milla, 8. Exposito, 24. T. Dolan, 9. R. Fernandez Jaen

Match events

• 6' Card Yellow Card — Jose Salinas (Espanyol)
• 16' Card Yellow Card — Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal)
• 35' Goal Normal Goal — G. Mikautadze (Villarreal) (assists: T. Buchanan)
• 41' Goal Own Goal — J. Salinas (Villarreal)
• 46' subst Substitution 1 — F. Calero (Espanyol) (assists: C. Riedel)
• 50' Goal Normal Goal — N. Pepe (Villarreal) (assists: A. Moleiro)
• 53' Card Yellow Card — Edu Expósito (Espanyol)
• 55' Goal Normal Goal — A. Moleiro (Villarreal) (assists: G. Mikautadze)
• 57' Card Yellow Card — Clemens Riedel (Espanyol)
• 59' subst Substitution 2 — Exposito (Espanyol) (assists: C. Pickel)
• 59' subst Substitution 3 — T. Dolan (Espanyol) (assists: C. Ngonge)
• 59' subst Substitution 4 — R. Fernandez Jaen (Espanyol) (assists: K. Garcia)
• 64' subst Substitution 1 — T. Buchanan (Villarreal) (assists: A. Perez)
• 65' subst Substitution 2 — D. Parejo (Villarreal) (assists: S. Comesana)
• 70' Card Yellow Card — Pape Gueye (Villarreal)
• 72' subst Substitution 5 — P. Milla (Espanyol) (assists: A. Roca)
• 73' subst Substitution 3 — S. Mourino (Villarreal) (assists: A. Freeman)
• 73' subst Substitution 4 — G. Mikautadze (Villarreal) (assists: T. Oluwaseyi)
• 80' subst Substitution 5 — A. Moleiro (Villarreal) (assists: H. Lopez)
• 88' Goal Normal Goal — L. Cabrera (Espanyol) (assists: C. Ngonge)
• 89' Card Yellow Card — Sergi Cardona (Villarreal)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 3 — 2
• Shots off Goal: 4 — 5
• Total Shots: 10 — 9
• Blocked Shots: 3 — 2
• Shots insidebox: 7 — 4
• Shots outsidebox: 3 — 5
• Fouls: 18 — 11
• Corner Kicks: 5 — 8
• Offsides: 1 — 0
• Ball Possession: 49% — 51%
• Yellow Cards: 3 — 3
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 1 — 0
• Total passes: 428 — 438
• Passes accurate: 378 — 375
• Passes %: 88% — 86%
• expected_goals: 0.76 — 0.43
• goals_prevented: -2 — -2

Injuries

Villarreal

• P. Cabanes — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)
• L. Costa — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)
• J. Foyth — Achilles Tendon Injury (Missing Fixture)
• A. Gonzalez — Muscle Injury (Missing Fixture)
• W. Kambwala — Hamstring Injury (Missing Fixture)
• T. Partey — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• A. Pedraza — Yellow Cards (Missing Fixture)
• A. Perez — Injury (Questionable)

Espanyol

• J. Puado — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• C. Romero — Loan agreement (Missing Fixture)
• R. Terrats — Loan agreement (Missing Fixture)