Villarreal vs Espanyol

19 January 2020 · La Liga · 2019/20 · Referee Pablo González Fuertes

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

Santiago Cazorla 62’ (pen)

David López 5’
Raúl de Tomás 47’

Match summary

Espanyol beat Villarreal 2-1 on the road. Espanyol led 1-0 at half-time.

David López put Espanyol ahead with a header in the 5th minute, set up by Naldo, Raúl de Tomás made it 0-2 with a header in the 47th minute, set up by Jonathan Calleri, and Santiago Cazorla pulled one back to make it 1-2 from the penalty spot in the 62nd minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Villarreal created 2.23 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots, Espanyol 2.39 from 16. Espanyol had a player sent off.

Match stats

21 Shots 16

5 Shots on Target 5

4 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 1

2.23 xG 2.04

1.49 Non-penalty xG 2.04

8 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Villarreal Espanyol

Kick-off

5’

David López
Assist: Naldo

0-1

Half-time0-1

47’

Raúl de Tomás
Assist: Jonathan Calleri

0-2

Santiago Cazorla
Penalty

1-2

62’

Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Villarreal

Manu Trigueros

Espanyol

Javi López
Dídac Vilá
Raúl de Tomás

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 2.23 xGEspanyol 2.39 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Espanyol attacking Villarreal attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Sergio Asenjo	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mario	DEF	71		0	0.00	0.06	1
Raúl Albiol	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Pau Torres	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Alberto Moreno	DEF	82		1	0.46	0.06	1
Samuel Chukwueze	MID	90		2	0.09	0.12	4
Manu Trigueros	MID	90		2	0.09	0.73	4
Vicente Iborra	MID	90		0	0.00	0.06	1
Franck Zambo	MID	55		2	0.05	0.03	1
Santiago Cazorla	MID	90	1	4	0.88	0.13	2
Carlos Bacca	FWD	90		5	0.42	0.00	0
Moi Gómez	Sub	35		3	0.14	0.05	1
Rubén Peña	Sub	19		0	0.00	0.00	0
Javi Ontiveros	Sub	8		2	0.09	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Diego López	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Javi López	DEF	61			0	0.00	0.06	1
Naldo	DEF	90		1	1	0.06	0.28	1
Bernardo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dídac Vilá	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Óscar Melendo	MID	76			1	0.06	0.05	1
Marc Roca	MID	90			1	0.02	0.13	3
David López	MID	88	1		3	0.33	0.03	1
Sergi Darder	MID	90			1	0.05	0.73	4
Raúl de Tomás	FWD	90	1		7	1.78	0.06	1
Jonathan Calleri	FWD	65		1	1	0.07	0.44	1
Víctor Sánchez	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fernando Calero	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Iturraspe	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 52% Avg odds 1.85

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.50

Espanyol win 21% Avg odds 4.50

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

Form going into the game

Villarreal L D W W W

Espanyol L L D L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Espanyol 0-1 Villarreal, 20 Oct 19 Next meeting: Espanyol 0-0 Villarreal, 21 Aug 21 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.