Espanyol vs Girona

7 January 2023 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Carlos del Cerro Grande

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Javi Puado 51’
  • Joselu 76’
  • Toni Villa 32’
  • Yangel Herrera 85’

Match summary

Espanyol and Girona drew 2-2. Girona led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Toni Villa put Girona ahead in the 32nd minute, set up by Aleix García. In the second half, Javi Puado equalised from a corner in the 51st minute, Joselu put Espanyol in front with a header in the 76th minute, set up by Brian Oliván, and Yangel Herrera equalised with a header in the 85th minute, set up by Yan Couto.

Girona had the better of the chances, with 1.66 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Espanyol's 1.27 from 12.

Match stats

Espanyol Girona
12 Shots 12
6 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 2
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.27 xG 1.66
1.27 Non-penalty xG 1.66
7 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Espanyol Girona
Kick-off
32’
Toni Villa
Assist: Aleix García0-1 (Girona)
Half-time0-1
Javi Puado1-1 (Espanyol)
51’
Joselu
Assist: Brian Oliván2-1 (Espanyol)
76’
85’
Yangel Herrera
Assist: Yan Couto2-2 (Girona)
Full-time2-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Espanyol
  • Sergi Gómez
  • Brian Oliván
  • Edu Expósito
Girona
  • Valentín Castellanos
  • Yangel Herrera

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.27 1.66 32’ Toni Villa (Girona), 0-1 32’ 51’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), 1-1 51’ 76’ Joselu (Espanyol), 2-1 76’ 85’ Yangel Herrera (Girona), 2-2 85’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.27 1.66 32’ Toni Villa (Girona), 0-1 Villa 32’ 51’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), 1-1 Puado 51’ 76’ Joselu (Espanyol), 2-1 Joselu 76’ 85’ Yangel Herrera (Girona), 2-2 Herrera 85’
Espanyol 1.27 xGGirona 1.66 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Girona attacking Espanyol attacking 
76’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.69 xG, goal 7’ Valentín Castellanos (Girona), set piece, 0.50 xG, saved 32’ Toni Villa (Girona), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 85’ Yangel Herrera (Girona), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 67’ Rodrigo Riquelme (Girona), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 51’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.13 xG, goal 63’ Fernando Calero (Espanyol), set piece, 0.09 xG, saved 18’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 27’ Rodrigo Riquelme (Girona), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 51’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 80’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 37’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 19’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 50’ Miguel Gutiérrez (Girona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 53’ Rodrigo Riquelme (Girona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 12’ Ramón Terrats (Girona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 48’ Valentín Castellanos (Girona), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 90’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 30’ Aleix García (Girona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 49’ Rodrigo Riquelme (Girona), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 59’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+5’ Roger Martínez (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Edu Expósito (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 68’ Santiago Bueno (Girona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.69 xG, goal 7’ Valentín Castellanos (Girona), set piece, 0.50 xG, saved 32’ Toni Villa (Girona), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 85’ Yangel Herrera (Girona), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 67’ Rodrigo Riquelme (Girona), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 51’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.13 xG, goal 63’ Fernando Calero (Espanyol), set piece, 0.09 xG, saved 18’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 27’ Rodrigo Riquelme (Girona), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 51’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 80’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 37’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 50’ Miguel Gutiérrez (Girona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 19’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 53’ Rodrigo Riquelme (Girona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 12’ Ramón Terrats (Girona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 48’ Valentín Castellanos (Girona), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 49’ Rodrigo Riquelme (Girona), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 30’ Aleix García (Girona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+5’ Roger Martínez (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Edu Expósito (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 68’ Santiago Bueno (Girona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Álvaro Fernández GK900 0.000.000
Óscar Gil DEF870 0.000.000
Sergi Gómez DEF900 0.000.051
Leandro Cabrera DEF900 0.000.021
Brian Oliván DEF8710 0.000.691
Sergi Darder MID901 0.030.183
Fernando Calero MID871 0.090.000
Edu Expósito MID531 0.010.091
Nicolás Melamed FWD600 0.000.000
Joselu FWD9014 0.880.000
Martin Braithwaite FWD903 0.110.051
Javi Puado Sub3711 0.130.000
Aleix Vidal Sub300 0.000.000
Rubén Sánchez Sub30 0.000.000
Roger Martínez Sub31 0.020.000
César Montes Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Espanyol win 37% Avg odds 2.59
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.23
Girona win 33% Avg odds 2.87

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Espanyol DDDLD
Girona DDWWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Girona 1-2 Espanyol, 06 Apr 19 Next meeting: Girona 2-1 Espanyol, 01 Apr 23  All Espanyol vs Girona meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.