Villarreal vs Espanyol

27 April 2023 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee César Soto Grado

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

Etienne Capoue 53’, 90+2’
Daniel Parejo 63’
Nicolas Jackson 80’

Javi Puado 45’
Joselu 73’

Match summary

Villarreal came from behind to win 4-2 at home to Espanyol. Espanyol led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Javi Puado put Espanyol ahead from a corner in the 45th minute. In the second half, Etienne Capoue equalised from a corner in the 53rd minute, set up by Daniel Parejo, Daniel Parejo put Villarreal in front in the 63rd minute, Joselu equalised in the 73rd minute, set up by Martin Braithwaite, Nicolas Jackson put Villarreal back in front in the 80th minute, set up by Alberto Moreno, and Capoue made it 4-2 from a corner in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Villarreal created 5.51 expected goals (xG) from 31 shots to Espanyol's 1.15 from 14. Daniel Parejo had a penalty saved for Villarreal. Espanyol had a player sent off.

Match stats

31 Shots 13

13 Shots on Target 4

9 Corners 2

2 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 1

4.95 xG 1.12

4.03 Non-penalty xG 1.12

14 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Villarreal Espanyol

Kick-off

45’

Javi Puado

0-1

Half-time0-1

Etienne Capoue
Assist: Daniel Parejo

1-1

53’

Daniel Parejo

2-1

63’

73’

Joselu
Assist: Martin Braithwaite

2-2

Nicolas Jackson
Assist: Alberto Moreno

3-2

80’

Etienne Capoue

4-2

90+2’

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Villarreal

Yeremi Pino
Nicolas Jackson

Espanyol

Edu Expósito
Fernando Calero
César Montes
Óscar Gil
Javi Puado

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 5.51 xGEspanyol 1.15 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Espanyol attacking Villarreal attacking

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
José Reina	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Juan Foyth	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Aissa Mandi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pau Torres	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Alberto Moreno	DEF	90		1	2	0.16	0.07	1
Etienne Capoue	MID	90	2		5	1.03	0.16	3
Daniel Parejo	MID	90	1	1	3	1.49	0.05	2
Samuel Chukwueze	MID	90			8	0.90	0.52	4
Giovani Lo Celso	MID	90			1	0.55	0.86	7
Yeremi Pino	MID	90			6	1.00	0.73	4
Nicolas Jackson	FWD	90	1		4	0.35	0.00	0
Alfonso	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Baena	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ramón Terrats	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
Fernando Calero	DEF	80			0	0.00	0.00	0
César Montes	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergi Gómez	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.02	1
Óscar Gil	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	2
Javi Puado	MID	89	1		1	0.35	0.00	0
Vinicius Souza	MID	89			1	0.02	0.08	1
Keidi Bare	MID	71			1	0.03	0.00	0
Martin Braithwaite	MID	90		1	3	0.14	0.33	1
Sergi Darder	MID	90			2	0.06	0.07	3
Joselu	FWD	90	1		4	0.45	0.00	0
Edu Expósito	Sub	19			1	0.02	0.06	1
Simo	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adrià Pedrosa	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolás Melamed	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.05	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 62% Avg odds 1.55

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.36

Espanyol win 16% Avg odds 5.95

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

Form going into the game

Villarreal W W W L L

Espanyol L L L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Espanyol 0-1 Villarreal, 09 Nov 22 Next meeting: Espanyol 1-2 Villarreal, 26 Sep 24 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.