Espanyol vs Villarreal

9 November 2022 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Benjamin Lecomte 64’ (og)

Match summary

Villarreal took a 1-0 win at Espanyol. It was goalless at half-time.

Lecomte's own goal put Villarreal ahead in the 64th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Espanyol created 0.88 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Villarreal 0.75 from 10.

Match stats

Espanyol Villarreal
14 Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 7
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.84 xG 0.75
0.84 Non-penalty xG 0.75
3 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Espanyol Villarreal
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
64’
Benjamin Lecomte
Own goal0-1 (Villarreal)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Espanyol
  • Nicolás Melamed
Villarreal
  • Raúl Albiol
  • Etienne Capoue
  • Yeremi Pino

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.88 0.75 64’ Benjamin Lecomte (Villarreal) own goal, 0-1 64’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.88 0.75 64’ Benjamin Lecomte (Villarreal) own goal, 0-1 Lecomte 64’
Espanyol 0.88 xGVillarreal 0.75 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Villarreal attacking Espanyol attacking 
15’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 62’ Keidi Bare (Espanyol), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 62’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 80’ Keidi Bare (Espanyol), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 51’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+4’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 72’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 29’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 84’ Óscar Gil (Espanyol), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 55’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 8’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 3’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 6’ Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 59’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 64’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 33’ Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 80’ Aleix Vidal (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 4’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 13’ Alberto Moreno (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ Keidi Bare (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+1’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 64’ Benjamin Lecomte (Espanyol), own goal 15’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 62’ Keidi Bare (Espanyol), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 62’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 80’ Keidi Bare (Espanyol), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 51’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+4’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 72’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 29’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 84’ Óscar Gil (Espanyol), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 55’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 8’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 3’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 6’ Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 59’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 64’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 33’ Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 80’ Aleix Vidal (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 4’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 13’ Alberto Moreno (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ Keidi Bare (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+1’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 64’ Benjamin Lecomte (Espanyol), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Benjamin Lecomte GK900 0.000.000
Óscar Gil DEF901 0.060.000
Sergi Gómez DEF900 0.000.081
Fernando Calero DEF900 0.000.000
Brian Oliván DEF890 0.000.062
Keidi Bare MID813 0.380.051
Vinicius Souza MID600 0.000.000
Martin Braithwaite MID601 0.050.000
Sergi Darder MID903 0.080.143
Javi Puado MID813 0.140.062
Joselu FWD902 0.140.000
Edu Expósito Sub300 0.000.011
Aleix Vidal Sub301 0.030.281
Nicolás Melamed Sub90 0.000.021
Dani Gómez Sub90 0.000.000
Lazo Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Espanyol win 35% Avg odds 2.76
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.38
Villarreal win 37% Avg odds 2.59

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

Form going into the game

Espanyol WLDDD
Villarreal WLWLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Villarreal 5-1 Espanyol, 27 Feb 22 Next meeting: Villarreal 4-2 Espanyol, 27 Apr 23  All Espanyol vs Villarreal 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.