Villarreal
Deportivo La Coruna
Match summary
Deportivo La Coruna came from behind to win 3-2 away at Villarreal, with a late winner. It was 1-1 at half-time.
In the first half, Nicolas Pépé put Villarreal ahead in the 19th minute and Luismi Cruz equalised in the 43rd minute. In the second half, Traoré's own goal put Villarreal back in front in the 76th minute, Zakaria Eddahchouri equalised in the 79th minute, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang won it in the 88th minute.
Shots finished 17-8 to Villarreal, with 5 on target for Villarreal and 3 for Deportivo La Coruna.
Villarreal dominated the territorial battle and overall possession during this La Liga matchday 4 fixture, recording sixty-three percent possession and completing six hundred and forty-eight passes compared to their opponents three hundred and eighty-seven. The hosts registered seventeen shots, with five on target, alongside seven corners and ninety-three dangerous attacks. Despite generating an expected goals figure of 3.64 and leading the shot count significantly against Deportivo La Coruna, who managed eight shots and three on target, Villarreal failed to convert their statistical superiority into points as the visitors secured a narrow victory. Both sides committed fourteen fouls, resulting in two yellow cards each.
The scoring commenced in the nineteenth minute when Nicolas Pépé put Villarreal ahead with a left-footed shot. Deportivo La Coruna equalised just before the interval through a right-footed shot from Luismi Cruz in the forty-third minute, leaving the score level at one-all at half-time. Following a series of substitutions by both managers in the second half, Villarreal regained the lead in the seventy-sixth minute via an own goal from Adama Traoré. Zakaria Eddahchouri levelled the score again for Deportivo La Coruna with a left-footed strike in the seventy-ninth minute, before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the decisive goal with a right-footed shot in the eighty-eighth minute.
