Villarreal vs Espanyol

27 April 2025 · La Liga · 2024/25 · Referee José Luis Munuera Montero

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Yeremi Pino 52’

Match summary

Villarreal beat Espanyol 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Yeremi Pino put Villarreal ahead in the 52nd minute, set up by Nicolas Pepe.

There was little between the sides on chances: Villarreal created 1.35 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Espanyol 1.54 from 12.

Match stats

Villarreal Espanyol
14 Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 1
8 Corners 6
4 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1.35 xG 1.54
1.35 Non-penalty xG 1.54
11 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Villarreal Espanyol
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Yeremi Pino
Assist: Nicolas Pepe1-0 (Villarreal)
52’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Villarreal
  • Logan Costa
  • Sergi Cardona
  • Yeremi Pino
  • Tajon Buchanan

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.35 1.54 52’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), 1-0 52’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.35 1.54 52’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), 1-0 Pino 52’
Villarreal 1.35 xGEspanyol 1.54 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Espanyol attacking Villarreal attacking 
48’ Marash Kumbulla (Espanyol), set piece, 0.52 xG, off target 81’ Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 68’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.32 xG, off target 43’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.22 xG, off target 74’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.20 xG, saved 45’ Santiago Comesaña (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.12 xG, blocked 87’ Roberto Fernández (Espanyol), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 51’ Carlos Romero (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, off target 83’ Nicolas Pepe (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 52’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 56’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 83’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 60’ Santiago Comesaña (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 48’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 87’ Alejo Véliz (Espanyol), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 34’ Edu Expósito (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 90+1’ Roberto Fernández (Espanyol), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 37’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 17’ Alex Kral (Espanyol), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 5’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Santiago Comesaña (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 64’ Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 27’ Santiago Comesaña (Villarreal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 48’ Marash Kumbulla (Espanyol), set piece, 0.52 xG, off target 81’ Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 68’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.32 xG, off target 43’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.22 xG, off target 74’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.20 xG, saved 45’ Santiago Comesaña (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.12 xG, blocked 87’ Roberto Fernández (Espanyol), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 51’ Carlos Romero (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, off target 83’ Nicolas Pepe (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 52’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 56’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 83’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 60’ Santiago Comesaña (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 48’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 87’ Alejo Véliz (Espanyol), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+1’ Roberto Fernández (Espanyol), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 34’ Edu Expósito (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 37’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 17’ Alex Kral (Espanyol), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 5’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 64’ Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Santiago Comesaña (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 76’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 27’ Santiago Comesaña (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
Luiz Júnior GK900 0.000.000
Kiko Femenía DEF900 0.000.000
Juan Foyth DEF900 0.000.061
Logan Costa DEF900 0.000.000
Sergi Cardona DEF880 0.000.011
Nicolas Pepe MID9011 0.090.915
Santiago Comesaña MID904 0.230.000
Daniel Parejo MID721 0.040.112
Yeremi Pino MID7212 0.130.000
Thierno Barry FWD900 0.000.102
Ayoze Pérez FWD804 0.370.000
Pape Alassane Gueye Sub180 0.000.000
Alfonso Sub181 0.070.091
Tajon Buchanan Sub101 0.420.000
Denis Suárez Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 68% Avg odds 1.38
Draw 19% Avg odds 5.08
Espanyol win 13% Avg odds 7.17

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

Form going into the game

Villarreal WDWDL
Espanyol DWWWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Espanyol 1-2 Villarreal, 26 Sep 24 Next meeting: Espanyol 0-2 Villarreal, 08 Nov 25  All Villarreal vs Espanyol 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.