Valencia vs Villarreal

2 January 2024 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee Jesús Gil Manzano

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Roman Yaremchuk 4’
  • Pepelu 27’ (pen), 57’ (pen)
  • Gerard Moreno 73’

Match summary

Valencia saw off Villarreal 3-1. Valencia led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Roman Yaremchuk put Valencia ahead in the 4th minute, set up by José Gayá and Pepelu made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 27th minute. In the second half, Pepelu made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 57th minute and Gerard Moreno pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 73rd minute, set up by Ilias Akhomach.

The chances backed that up: Valencia created 2.78 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Villarreal's 1.15 from 8.

Match stats

Valencia Villarreal
11 Shots 8
8 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0
2.78 xG 1.15
1.29 Non-penalty xG 1.15
4 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Valencia Villarreal
Kick-off
Roman Yaremchuk
Assist: José Gayá1-0 (Valencia)
4’
Pepelu
Penalty2-0 (Valencia)
27’
Half-time2-0
Pepelu
Penalty3-0 (Valencia)
57’
73’
Gerard Moreno
Assist: Ilias Akhomach3-1 (Villarreal)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Valencia
  • José Gayá
  • Diego López
Villarreal
  • Jorge Cuenca
  • Etienne Capoue
  • Daniel Parejo
  • Ramón Terrats
  • Eric Bailly

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 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.78 1.15 4’ Roman Yaremchuk (Valencia), 1-0 4’ 27’ Pepelu (Valencia), 2-0 27’ 57’ Pepelu (Valencia), 3-0 57’ 73’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), 3-1 73’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.78 1.15 4’ Roman Yaremchuk (Valencia), 1-0 Yaremchuk 4’ 27’ Pepelu (Valencia), 2-0 Pepelu 27’ 57’ Pepelu (Valencia), 3-0 Pepelu 57’ 73’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), 3-1 Moreno 73’
Valencia 2.78 xGVillarreal 1.15 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Villarreal attacking Valencia attacking 
27’ Pepelu (Valencia), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 57’ Pepelu (Valencia), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 73’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 4’ Roman Yaremchuk (Valencia), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 8’ Roman Yaremchuk (Valencia), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 45’ Alberto Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 61’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 31’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 39’ Eric Bailly (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 20’ Sergi Canos (Valencia), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+3’ Pepelu (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 22’ Alberto Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90+2’ Ben Brereton Díaz (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 15’ Hugo Guillamón (Valencia), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 22’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 56’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 89’ Jesús Vázquez (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Fran Pérez (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 36’ Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 27’ Pepelu (Valencia), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 57’ Pepelu (Valencia), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 73’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 4’ Roman Yaremchuk (Valencia), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 8’ Roman Yaremchuk (Valencia), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 45’ Alberto Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 61’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 31’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 39’ Eric Bailly (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 20’ Sergi Canos (Valencia), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+3’ Pepelu (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 22’ Alberto Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90+2’ Ben Brereton Díaz (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 15’ Hugo Guillamón (Valencia), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 22’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 56’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 89’ Jesús Vázquez (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Fran Pérez (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 36’ Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Giorgi Mamardashvili GK900 0.000.000
Dimitri Foulquier DEF900 0.000.000
Gabriel DEF900 0.000.000
Cristhian Mosquera DEF900 0.000.000
José Gayá DEF8110 0.000.441
Fran Pérez MID891 0.020.000
Pepelu MID9023 1.560.061
Hugo Guillamón MID901 0.060.000
Sergi Canos MID721 0.070.502
Hugo Duro FWD892 0.160.021
Roman Yaremchuk FWD7312 0.880.000
Diego López Sub180 0.000.000
Javier Guerra Sub170 0.000.000
Jesús Vázquez Sub91 0.020.000
Alberto Mari Sub10 0.000.000
Yarek Gasiorowski Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 44% Avg odds 2.19
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.41
Villarreal win 28% Avg odds 3.38

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

Form going into the game

Valencia DLLDW
Villarreal WDLLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Valencia 1-1 Villarreal, 03 May 23 Next meeting: Villarreal 1-0 Valencia, 17 Mar 24  All Valencia 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.