Espanyol vs Villarreal

7 October 2018 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Hernán Pérez 7’
Sergi Darder 79’
Pablo Piatti 90+2’

Karl Toko Ekambi 45’

Match summary

Espanyol won 3-1 at home to Villarreal. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Hernán Pérez put Espanyol ahead in the 7th minute, set up by Borja Iglesias and Karl Toko Ekambi equalised from a corner in the 45th minute. In the second half, Sergi Darder put Espanyol back in front in the 79th minute and Pablo Piatti made it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Sergio García.

The chances backed that up: Espanyol created 2.75 expected goals (xG) from 28 shots to Villarreal's 1.62 from 13.

Match stats

28 Shots 13

12 Shots on Target 6

10 Corners 3

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.75 xG 1.59

2.75 Non-penalty xG 1.59

10 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Espanyol Villarreal

Kick-off

Hernán Pérez
Assist: Borja Iglesias

1-0

7’

45’

Karl Toko Ekambi

1-1

Half-time1-1

Sergi Darder

2-1

79’

Pablo Piatti
Assist: Sergio García

3-1

90+2’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Espanyol

Mario Hermoso
David López
Sergi Darder

Villarreal

Miguelón
Ramiro Funes Mori

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.

Espanyol 2.75 xGVillarreal 1.62 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Villarreal attacking Espanyol attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Diego López	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Javi López	DEF	90			3	0.12	0.02	1
Mario Hermoso	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
David López	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Dídac Vilá	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.02	1
Sergi Darder	MID	90	1		3	0.11	0.11	2
Marc Roca	MID	90			1	0.03	0.12	2
Esteban Granero	MID	67			1	0.07	0.03	1
Hernán Pérez	FWD	75	1		2	0.43	0.12	2
Borja Iglesias	FWD	80		1	9	1.41	0.48	3
Sergio García	FWD	90		1	3	0.16	1.39	7
Óscar Melendo	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.02	1
Pablo Piatti	Sub	15	1		2	0.31	0.00	0
Leo Baptistao	Sub	10			1	0.05	0.04	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Sergio Asenjo	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Miguelón	DEF	83		0	0.00	0.00	0
Álvaro González	DEF	90		1	0.02	0.00	0
Víctor Ruiz	DEF	88		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jaume Costa	DEF	90		1	0.04	0.00	0
Miguel Layún	MID	90		3	0.08	0.02	1
Ramiro Funes Mori	MID	90		2	0.06	0.02	1
Manu Trigueros	MID	90		1	0.01	0.04	2
Pablo Fornals	MID	90		2	0.16	0.60	2
Gerard Moreno	FWD	90		1	0.58	0.08	1
Karl Toko Ekambi	FWD	69	1	2	0.67	0.04	1
Carlos Bacca	Sub	21		0	0.00	0.00	0
Raba	Sub	7		0	0.00	0.00	0
Alfonso	Sub	2		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Espanyol win 42% Bet365 odds 2.25

Draw 30% Bet365 odds 3.20

Villarreal win 28% Bet365 odds 3.40

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Espanyol L W L W D

Villarreal L W D W L

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Villarreal 2-2 Espanyol, 03 Feb 19 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.