Valencia vs Villarreal

5 March 2021 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee Estrada Fernández

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Carlos Soler 86’ (pen)
  • Gonçalo Guedes 90+1’
  • Gerard Moreno 40’ (pen)

Match summary

Valencia came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Villarreal, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Villarreal led 1-0 at half-time.

Gerard Moreno put Villarreal ahead from the penalty spot in the 40th minute, Carlos Soler equalised from the penalty spot in the 86th minute, and Gonçalo Guedes won it in stoppage time, set up by Christian Oliva.

There was little between the sides on chances: Valencia created 1.76 expected goals (xG) from 25 shots, Villarreal 1.85 from 10.

Match stats

Valencia Villarreal
25 Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 3
4 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.76 xG 1.85
1.01 Non-penalty xG 1.10
7 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Valencia Villarreal
Kick-off
40’
Gerard Moreno
Penalty0-1 (Villarreal)
Half-time0-1
Carlos Soler
Penalty1-1 (Valencia)
86’
Gonçalo Guedes
Assist: Christian Oliva2-1 (Valencia)
90+1’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Valencia
  • José Gayá
  • Uros Racic
  • Carlos Soler
  • Maxi Gómez
Villarreal
  • Juan Foyth
  • Raúl Albiol
  • Etienne Capoue

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.76 1.85 40’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), 0-1 40’ 86’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), 1-1 86’ 90+1’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), 2-1 90+1’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.76 1.85 40’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), 0-1 Moreno 40’ 86’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), 1-1 Soler 86’ 90+1’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), 2-1 Guedes 90+1’
Valencia 1.76 xGVillarreal 1.85 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Villarreal attacking Valencia attacking 
40’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 86’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 64’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.53 xG, saved 90’ Carlos Bacca (Villarreal), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 45’ Paco Alcácer (Villarreal), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 90’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 90+1’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 43’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 61’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 20’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 56’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 70’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 70’ Daniel Wass (Valencia), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 36’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 48’ Uros Racic (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 73’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 74’ Pau Torres (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 46’ Lee Kang-In (Valencia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 20’ Lee Kang-In (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 50’ Uros Racic (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 4’ Álex Blanco (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 33’ Daniel Wass (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 48’ Uros Racic (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 60’ Lee Kang-In (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 63’ Álex Blanco (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 3’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Thierry Correia (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 71’ José Gayá (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 5’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 64’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ José Gayá (Valencia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Uros Racic (Valencia), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 44’ Gabriel (Valencia), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 40’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 86’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 64’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.53 xG, saved 90’ Carlos Bacca (Villarreal), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 45’ Paco Alcácer (Villarreal), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 90’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 90+1’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 43’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 61’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 20’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 56’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 70’ Daniel Wass (Valencia), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 70’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 36’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 48’ Uros Racic (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 73’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 74’ Pau Torres (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Lee Kang-In (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 46’ Lee Kang-In (Valencia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 4’ Álex Blanco (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 33’ Daniel Wass (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Uros Racic (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 3’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 48’ Uros Racic (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 60’ Lee Kang-In (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 63’ Álex Blanco (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Thierry Correia (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 71’ José Gayá (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 5’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 64’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ José Gayá (Valencia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Gabriel (Valencia), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 21’ Uros Racic (Valencia), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jasper Cillessen GK900 0.000.000
Thierry Correia DEF901 0.020.091
Gabriel DEF901 0.010.021
Hugo Guillamón DEF900 0.000.000
José Gayá DEF902 0.040.225
Daniel Wass MID842 0.100.082
Carlos Soler MID9013 0.900.032
Uros Racic MID844 0.130.073
Álex Blanco MID702 0.060.000
Maxi Gómez FWD905 0.270.163
Lee Kang-In FWD703 0.110.081
Kevin Gameiro Sub200 0.000.000
Gonçalo Guedes Sub2012 0.110.000
Manu Vallejo Sub60 0.000.000
Christian Oliva Sub610 0.000.091
Toni Lato Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 23% Avg odds 4.16
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.51
Villarreal win 50% Avg odds 1.92

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

Form going into the game

Valencia WDLWL
Villarreal DDLDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Villarreal 2-1 Valencia, 18 Oct 20 Next meeting: Valencia 2-0 Villarreal, 30 Oct 21  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.