Real Madrid vs Villarreal

8 April 2023 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Javier Alberola Rojas

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

Pau Torres 16’ (og)
Vinícius Júnior 48’

Samuel Chukwueze 39’, 80’
Morales 70’

Match summary

Villarreal came from behind to win 3-2 away at Real Madrid. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Torres's own goal put Real Madrid ahead in the 16th minute and Samuel Chukwueze equalised in the 39th minute, set up by Giovani Lo Celso. In the second half, Vinícius Júnior put Real Madrid back in front in the 48th minute, set up by Dani Ceballos, Morales equalised in the 70th minute, and Chukwueze won it in the 80th minute, set up by Álex Baena.

Real Madrid can feel hard done by, creating 2.23 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Villarreal's 1.24 from 17.

Match stats

18 Shots 17

4 Shots on Target 8

6 Corners 7

0 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.23 xG 1.24

2.23 Non-penalty xG 1.24

13 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Real Madrid Villarreal

Kick-off

Pau Torres
Own goal

1-0

16’

39’

Samuel Chukwueze
Assist: Giovani Lo Celso

1-1

Half-time1-1

Vinícius Júnior
Assist: Dani Ceballos

2-1

48’

70’

Morales

2-2

80’

Samuel Chukwueze
Assist: Álex Baena

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Villarreal

Juan Foyth
Alfonso
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.

Real Madrid 2.23 xGVillarreal 1.24 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Villarreal attacking Real Madrid 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
Thibaut Courtois	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Vázquez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Antonio Rüdiger	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
David Alaba	DEF	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nacho	DEF	90			2	0.12	0.00	0
Marco Asensio	MID	90			2	0.20	0.09	1
Dani Ceballos	MID	78		1	0	0.00	0.51	3
Aurelien Tchouameni	MID	74			2	0.40	0.45	2
Rodrygo	FWD	90			5	0.72	0.12	2
Karim Benzema	FWD	61			1	0.08	0.09	1
Vinícius Júnior	FWD	90	1		5	0.67	0.49	2
Eder Militão	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Valverde	Sub	29			0	0.00	0.12	1
Luka Modric	Sub	16			1	0.04	0.13	3
Eduardo Camavinga	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
José Reina	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Juan Foyth	DEF	90			3	0.12	0.07	1
Aissa Mandi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Pau Torres	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alfonso	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Álex Baena	MID	90		1	3	0.13	0.03	1
Daniel Parejo	MID	90			0	0.00	0.09	3
Ramón Terrats	MID	32			0	0.00	0.08	1
Samuel Chukwueze	FWD	90	2		5	0.66	0.00	0
Giovani Lo Celso	FWD	69		1	3	0.16	0.53	3
Yeremi Pino	FWD	69			1	0.02	0.08	1
Manu Trigueros	Sub	58			0	0.00	0.08	1
Alberto Moreno	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Morales	Sub	21	1		2	0.16	0.00	0
Johan Mojica	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiko Femenía	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Madrid win 64% Avg odds 1.49

Draw 20% Avg odds 4.76

Villarreal win 16% Avg odds 6.18

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

Form going into the game

Real Madrid D D W L W

Villarreal W W D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Villarreal 2-1 Real Madrid, 07 Jan 23 Next meeting: Real Madrid 4-1 Villarreal, 17 Dec 23 All Real Madrid 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.