Villarreal vs Alaves

21 December 2021 · La Liga · 2021/22 · Referee Valentin Pizarro Gomez

Full time 5 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Gerard Moreno 18’, 88’
Boulaye Dia 27’, 76’
Yeremi Pino 79’

Pere Pons 44’
Joselu 65’

Match summary

Villarreal won comfortably, 5-2 at home to Alaves. Villarreal led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Gerard Moreno put Villarreal ahead in the 18th minute, set up by Daniel Parejo, Boulaye Dia made it 2-0 in the 27th minute, set up by Manu Trigueros, and Pere Pons pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 44th minute, set up by Joselu. In the second half, Joselu equalised in the 65th minute, Dia put Villarreal back in front in the 76th minute, set up by Daniel Parejo, Yeremi Pino made it 4-2 in the 79th minute, set up by Boulaye Dia, and Moreno made it 5-2 in the 88th minute, set up by Alfonso.

The chances backed that up: Villarreal created 4.01 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Alaves's 0.31 from 5.

Match stats

24 Shots 4

10 Shots on Target 2

6 Corners 2

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.88 xG 0.31

3.88 Non-penalty xG 0.31

18 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Villarreal Alaves

Kick-off

Gerard Moreno
Assist: Daniel Parejo

1-0

18’

Boulaye Dia
Assist: Manu Trigueros

2-0

27’

44’

Pere Pons
Assist: Joselu

2-1

Half-time2-1

65’

Joselu

2-2

Boulaye Dia
Assist: Daniel Parejo

3-2

76’

Yeremi Pino
Assist: Boulaye Dia

4-2

79’

Gerard Moreno
Assist: Alfonso

5-2

88’

Full-time5-2

Bookings

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

Alaves

Martín Aguirregabiria
Javier López

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.

Villarreal 4.01 xGAlaves 0.31 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Alaves attacking Villarreal 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
Gerónimo Rulli	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Juan Foyth	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pau Torres	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Raúl Albiol	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Estupiñán	DEF	74			1	0.01	0.11	1
Samuel Chukwueze	MID	73			2	0.21	0.23	3
Etienne Capoue	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Parejo	MID	90		2	2	0.10	0.43	2
Manu Trigueros	MID	73		1	2	0.18	0.57	3
Gerard Moreno	FWD	90	2		5	1.05	0.27	3
Boulaye Dia	FWD	88	2	1	7	1.32	0.85	1
Alberto Moreno	Sub	17			2	0.11	0.07	1
Yeremi Pino	Sub	17	1		2	0.95	0.04	1
Alfonso	Sub	16		1	1	0.07	1.14	4
Moi Gómez	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.02	1
Vicente Iborra	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Fernando Pacheco	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Martín Aguirregabiria	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Lejeune	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Víctor Laguardia	DEF	85			1	0.01	0.00	0
Javier López	DEF	78			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mamadou Loum	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pere Pons	MID	85	1		2	0.09	0.00	0
Tomás Pina	MID	78			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mamadou Sylla	FWD	59			0	0.00	0.01	1
Joselu	FWD	90	1	1	2	0.21	0.08	1
Luis Rioja	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Edgar Méndez	Sub	31			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rubén Duarte	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Antonio Moya	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alberto Rodríguez	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Miguel De la Fuente	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 69% Avg odds 1.39

Draw 19% Avg odds 4.95

Alaves win 12% Avg odds 8.14

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

Form going into the game

Villarreal D L L W W

Alaves D L L D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Alaves 2-1 Villarreal, 21 Apr 21 Next meeting: Alaves 2-1 Villarreal, 30 Apr 22 All Villarreal vs Alaves 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.