Villarreal vs Almeria

23 October 2022 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

Álex Baena 56’
Nicolas Jackson 90+4’

Gonzalo Melero 31’

Match summary

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

Gonzalo Melero put Almeria ahead in the 31st minute, set up by El Bilal Touré, Álex Baena equalised with a header in the 56th minute, set up by Daniel Parejo, and Nicolas Jackson won it in stoppage time, set up by Daniel Parejo.

Almeria can feel hard done by, creating 1.25 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Villarreal's 0.85 from 11. Villarreal had a player sent off.

Match stats

11 Shots 15

5 Shots on Target 4

10 Corners 4

4 Yellow Cards 1

1 Red Cards 0

0.85 xG 1.24

0.85 Non-penalty xG 1.24

8 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Villarreal Almeria

Kick-off

31’

Gonzalo Melero
Assist: El Bilal Touré0-1

Half-time0-1

Álex Baena
Assist: Daniel Parejo

1-1

56’

Nicolas Jackson
Assist: Daniel Parejo

2-1

90+4’

Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Villarreal

Álex Baena
Pau Torres
Alberto Moreno

Almeria

Sergio Akieme

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 0.85 xGAlmeria 1.25 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Almeria 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
Aissa Mandi	DEF	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pau Torres	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	3
Raúl Albiol	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Johan Mojica	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Daniel Parejo	MID	90		2	0	0.00	0.50	2
Francis Coquelin	MID	88			0	0.00	0.00	0
Samuel Chukwueze	MID	63			2	0.13	0.00	0
Álex Baena	MID	57	1		4	0.20	0.04	1
Alberto Moreno	MID	47			1	0.04	0.11	2
Morales	FWD	87			1	0.05	0.00	0
Nicolas Jackson	Sub	43	1		1	0.39	0.08	2
Kiko Femenía	Sub	43			0	0.00	0.00	0
Manu Trigueros	Sub	27			1	0.02	0.00	0
Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yeremi Pino	Sub	2			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
Alejandro Pozo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Rodrigo Ely	DEF	90			2	0.08	0.03	1
Kaiky	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Chumi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Akieme	DEF	90			5	0.26	0.02	2
Gonzalo Melero	MID	87	1		1	0.08	0.10	2
Lucas Robertone	MID	79			0	0.00	0.55	1
Íñigo Eguaras	MID	79			0	0.00	0.09	2
El Bilal Touré	FWD	87		1	3	0.65	0.08	1
Leo Baptistao	FWD	56			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adrián Embarba	Sub	34			3	0.15	0.00	0
César De la Hoz	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arnau Puigmal	Sub	11			1	0.02	0.00	0
Largie Ramazani	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lázaro	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 69% Avg odds 1.38

Draw 19% Avg odds 5.09

Almeria win 12% Avg odds 8.26

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

Form going into the game

Villarreal D D L W L

Almeria L L W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Almeria 0-2 Villarreal, 04 Mar 23 All Villarreal vs Almeria 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.

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