Villarreal vs Leganes

21 April 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Carlos Bacca 64’
  • Karl Toko Ekambi 80’
  • Nabil El Zhar 87’ (pen)

Match summary

Villarreal beat Leganes 2-1. It was goalless at half-time.

Carlos Bacca put Villarreal ahead in the 64th minute, Karl Toko Ekambi made it 2-0 in the 80th minute, set up by Santiago Cazorla, and Nabil El Zhar pulled one back to make it 2-1 from the penalty spot in the 87th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Villarreal created 0.95 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Leganes 1.10 from 6.

Match stats

Villarreal Leganes
11 Shots 6
5 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.93 xG 1.10
0.93 Non-penalty xG 0.36
4 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Villarreal Leganes
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Carlos Bacca1-0 (Villarreal)
64’
Karl Toko Ekambi
Assist: Santiago Cazorla2-0 (Villarreal)
80’
87’
Nabil El Zhar
Penalty2-1 (Leganes)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Villarreal
  • Andrés Fernández
  • Santiago Cáseres
Leganes
  • Kenneth Omeruo

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.95 1.10 64’ Carlos Bacca (Villarreal), 1-0 64’ 80’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Villarreal), 2-0 80’ 87’ Nabil El Zhar (Leganes), 2-1 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.95 1.10 64’ Carlos Bacca (Villarreal), 1-0 Bacca 64’ 80’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Villarreal), 2-0 Ekambi 80’ 87’ Nabil El Zhar (Leganes), 2-1 El Zhar 87’
Villarreal 0.95 xGLeganes 1.10 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leganes attacking Villarreal attacking 
87’ Nabil El Zhar (Leganes), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 42’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Villarreal), open play, 0.25 xG, saved 64’ Carlos Bacca (Villarreal), open play, 0.15 xG, goal 64’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Villarreal), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 78’ Sabin (Leganes), set piece, 0.12 xG, off target 24’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 25’ Ramiro Funes Mori (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 6’ Martin Braithwaite (Leganes), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 80’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 6’ Guido Carrillo (Leganes), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 46’ Kenneth Omeruo (Leganes), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 89’ Alfonso (Villarreal), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 67’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 68’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 78’ Martin Braithwaite (Leganes), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Pablo Fornals (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 56’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 87’ Nabil El Zhar (Leganes), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 42’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Villarreal), open play, 0.25 xG, saved 64’ Carlos Bacca (Villarreal), open play, 0.15 xG, goal 64’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Villarreal), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 78’ Sabin (Leganes), set piece, 0.12 xG, off target 24’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 25’ Ramiro Funes Mori (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 6’ Martin Braithwaite (Leganes), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 80’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 6’ Guido Carrillo (Leganes), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 46’ Kenneth Omeruo (Leganes), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 89’ Alfonso (Villarreal), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 67’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 68’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 78’ Martin Braithwaite (Leganes), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Pablo Fornals (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 56’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Andrés Fernández GK900 0.000.000
Mario DEF900 0.000.000
Ramiro Funes Mori DEF901 0.090.000
Álvaro González DEF900 0.000.000
Xavier Quintillá DEF900 0.000.141
Samuel Chukwueze MID854 0.180.251
Santiago Cazorla MID9010 0.000.071
Vicente Iborra MID900 0.000.031
Karl Toko Ekambi MID9013 0.460.000
Pablo Fornals FWD901 0.020.021
Carlos Bacca FWD7611 0.150.041
Santiago Cáseres Sub140 0.000.000
Alfonso Sub51 0.050.000
Gerard Moreno Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 54% Bet365 odds 1.72
Draw 27% Bet365 odds 3.50
Leganes win 19% Bet365 odds 5.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Villarreal WLDLW
Leganes LWWDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Leganes 0-1 Villarreal, 16 Sep 18 Next meeting: Leganes 0-3 Villarreal, 14 Sep 19  All Villarreal vs Leganes 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.