Villarreal vs Granada

3 March 2024 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee Juan Luis Pulido Santana

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

  • Alexander Sørloth 7’, 19’, 66’
  • Etienne Capoue 32’
  • Gonçalo Guedes 47’
  • Theo Corbeanu 90+1’

Match summary

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

In the first half, Alexander Sørloth put Villarreal ahead in the 7th minute, Sørloth made it 2-0 in the 19th minute, set up by Daniel Parejo, and Etienne Capoue made it 3-0 with a header in the 32nd minute, set up by Daniel Parejo. In the second half, Gonçalo Guedes made it 4-0 in the 47th minute, set up by Álex Baena, Sørloth made it 5-0 with a header in the 66th minute, set up by Daniel Parejo, and Theo Corbeanu pulled one back to make it 5-1 in stoppage time, set up by Sergio Ruiz.

The chances backed that up: Villarreal created 3.08 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Granada's 0.28 from 9.

Match stats

Villarreal Granada
16 Shots 9
10 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3.03 xG 0.28
3.03 Non-penalty xG 0.28
5 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Villarreal Granada
Kick-off
Alexander Sørloth1-0 (Villarreal)
7’
Alexander Sørloth
Assist: Daniel Parejo2-0 (Villarreal)
19’
Etienne Capoue
Assist: Daniel Parejo3-0 (Villarreal)
32’
Half-time3-0
Gonçalo Guedes
Assist: Álex Baena4-0 (Villarreal)
47’
Alexander Sørloth
Assist: Daniel Parejo5-0 (Villarreal)
66’
90+1’
Theo Corbeanu
Assist: Sergio Ruiz5-1 (Granada)
Full-time5-1

Bookings

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

Villarreal
  • Etienne Capoue
Granada
  • Kamil Piatkowski
  • Ricard Sánchez

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.08 0.28 7’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), 1-0 7’ 19’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), 2-0 19’ 32’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), 3-0 32’ 47’ Gonçalo Guedes (Villarreal), 4-0 47’ 66’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), 5-0 66’ 90+1’ Theo Corbeanu (Granada), 5-1 90+1’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.08 0.28 7’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), 1-0 Sørloth 7’ 19’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), 2-0 Sørloth 19’ 32’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), 3-0 Capoue 32’ 47’ Gonçalo Guedes (Villarreal), 4-0 Guedes 47’ 66’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), 5-0 Sørloth 66’ 90+1’ Theo Corbeanu (Granada), 5-1 Corbeanu 90+1’
Villarreal 3.08 xGGranada 0.28 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Granada attacking Villarreal attacking 
19’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 7’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 47’ Gonçalo Guedes (Villarreal), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 66’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.47 xG, goal 32’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.42 xG, goal 73’ Gonçalo Guedes (Villarreal), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 7’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.10 xG, hit the woodwork 46’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 66’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 14’ Lucas Boyé (Granada), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 31’ Bertrand Traoré (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 54’ Lucas Boyé (Granada), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 59’ Bertrand Traoré (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90’ Theo Corbeanu (Granada), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 90+1’ Theo Corbeanu (Granada), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 36’ Alberto Moreno (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 1’ Myrto Uzuni (Granada), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 46’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 74’ Alberto Moreno (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Manu Trigueros (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90’ Kamil Józwiak (Granada), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 36’ Bertrand Traoré (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 41’ Ignasi Miquel (Granada), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 50’ Sergio Ruiz (Granada), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 71’ Theo Corbeanu (Granada), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 19’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 7’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 47’ Gonçalo Guedes (Villarreal), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 66’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.47 xG, goal 32’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.42 xG, goal 73’ Gonçalo Guedes (Villarreal), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 7’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.10 xG, hit the woodwork 46’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 66’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 14’ Lucas Boyé (Granada), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 31’ Bertrand Traoré (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 54’ Lucas Boyé (Granada), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 90’ Theo Corbeanu (Granada), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 59’ Bertrand Traoré (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+1’ Theo Corbeanu (Granada), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 36’ Alberto Moreno (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 1’ Myrto Uzuni (Granada), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 74’ Alberto Moreno (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Manu Trigueros (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 36’ Bertrand Traoré (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 41’ Ignasi Miquel (Granada), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 50’ Sergio Ruiz (Granada), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90’ Kamil Józwiak (Granada), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 71’ Theo Corbeanu (Granada), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
José Reina GK900 0.000.000
Kiko Femenía DEF900 0.000.000
Yerson Mosquera DEF900 0.000.000
Eric Bailly DEF510 0.000.000
Alberto Moreno DEF902 0.060.091
Bertrand Traoré MID803 0.110.283
Etienne Capoue MID9011 0.420.000
Daniel Parejo MID9032 0.101.473
Álex Baena MID6711 0.090.512
Alexander Sørloth FWD9033 1.570.000
Gerard Moreno FWD511 0.100.051
Gonçalo Guedes Sub3912 0.610.000
Stefan Lekovic Sub230 0.000.000
Manu Trigueros Sub231 0.020.021
Aissa Mandi Sub160 0.000.000
Morales Sub100 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 55% Avg odds 1.75
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.94
Granada win 21% Avg odds 4.56

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

Form going into the game

Villarreal WDDDW
Granada LLDDD

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Previous and next meeting

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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.