Villarreal vs Espanyol

27 February 2022 · La Liga · 2021/22 · Referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

  • Yeremi Pino 14’, 21’, 45’, 53’
  • Boulaye Dia 86’
  • Keidi Bare 65’

Match summary

Villarreal won comfortably, 5-1 at home to Espanyol. Villarreal led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Yeremi Pino put Villarreal ahead with a header in the 14th minute, set up by Estupiñán, Pino made it 2-0 from a corner in the 21st minute, set up by Etienne Capoue, and Pino made it 3-0 from a corner in the 45th minute. In the second half, Pino made it 4-0 in the 53rd minute, set up by Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld, Keidi Bare pulled one back to make it 4-1 from a corner in the 65th minute, and Boulaye Dia made it 5-1 in the 86th minute, set up by Moi Gómez.

The chances backed that up: Villarreal created 4.85 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Espanyol's 0.64 from 7.

Match stats

Villarreal Espanyol
19 Shots 7
11 Shots on Target 2
10 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
4.81 xG 0.64
4.81 Non-penalty xG 0.64
20 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Villarreal Espanyol
Kick-off
Yeremi Pino
Assist: Estupiñán1-0 (Villarreal)
14’
Yeremi Pino
Assist: Etienne Capoue2-0 (Villarreal)
21’
Yeremi Pino3-0 (Villarreal)
45’
Half-time3-0
Yeremi Pino
Assist: Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld4-0 (Villarreal)
53’
65’
Keidi Bare4-1 (Espanyol)
Boulaye Dia
Assist: Moi Gómez5-1 (Villarreal)
86’
Full-time5-1

Bookings

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

Villarreal
  • Serge Aurier
  • Raúl Albiol
Espanyol
  • Adrià Pedrosa

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 1 2 3 4 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.85 0.64 14’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), 1-0 14’ 21’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), 2-0 21’ 45’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), 3-0 45’ 53’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), 4-0 53’ 65’ Keidi Bare (Espanyol), 4-1 65’ 86’ Boulaye Dia (Villarreal), 5-1 86’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.85 0.64 14’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), 1-0 Pino 14’ 21’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), 2-0 Pino 21’ 45’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), 3-0 Pino 45’ 53’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), 4-0 Pino 53’ 65’ Keidi Bare (Espanyol), 4-1 Bare 65’ 86’ Boulaye Dia (Villarreal), 5-1 Dia 86’
Villarreal 4.85 xGEspanyol 0.64 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Espanyol attacking Villarreal attacking 
45’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.88 xG, goal 53’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.79 xG, goal 89’ Moi Gómez (Villarreal), open play, 0.64 xG, blocked 14’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 21’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.57 xG, goal 80’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.52 xG, saved 77’ Landry Dimata (Espanyol), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 9’ Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld (Villarreal), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 33’ Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld (Villarreal), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 86’ Boulaye Dia (Villarreal), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 65’ Keidi Bare (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.10 xG, goal 78’ Manu Trigueros (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 42’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 13’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 20’ Raúl Albiol (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 59’ Serge Aurier (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 45’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 52’ Serge Aurier (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 84’ Adrián Embarba (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 34’ Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90+1’ Manu Trigueros (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 20’ Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 48’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 69’ Estupiñán (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 32’ Sergi Gómez (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 45’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.88 xG, goal 53’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.79 xG, goal 89’ Moi Gómez (Villarreal), open play, 0.64 xG, blocked 14’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 21’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.57 xG, goal 80’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.52 xG, saved 77’ Landry Dimata (Espanyol), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 33’ Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld (Villarreal), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 86’ Boulaye Dia (Villarreal), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 9’ Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld (Villarreal), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 65’ Keidi Bare (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.10 xG, goal 78’ Manu Trigueros (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 42’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 13’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 20’ Raúl Albiol (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 59’ Serge Aurier (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 45’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 52’ Serge Aurier (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 84’ Adrián Embarba (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 34’ Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90+1’ Manu Trigueros (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 20’ Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 48’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 69’ Estupiñán (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 32’ Sergi Gómez (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Gerónimo Rulli GK900 0.000.000
Serge Aurier DEF902 0.110.041
Raúl Albiol DEF901 0.060.000
Pau Torres DEF470 0.000.000
Estupiñán DEF9011 0.030.642
Yeremi Pino MID7645 2.910.172
Daniel Parejo MID900 0.000.133
Etienne Capoue MID6411 0.050.571
Manu Trigueros MID902 0.120.632
Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld FWD7713 0.260.791
Giovani Lo Celso FWD641 0.040.051
Aissa Mandi Sub430 0.000.000
Vicente Iborra Sub260 0.000.000
Moi Gómez Sub2611 0.640.111
Samuel Chukwueze Sub141 0.520.722
Boulaye Dia Sub1311 0.110.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 63% Avg odds 1.53
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.33
Espanyol win 15% Avg odds 6.43

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

Form going into the game

Villarreal LWWDW
Espanyol DLLDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Espanyol 0-0 Villarreal, 21 Aug 21 Next meeting: Espanyol 0-1 Villarreal, 09 Nov 22  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.