Villarreal
Levante
Match summary
Villarreal beat Levante 3-1. It was 1-1 at half-time.
In the first half, Ayoze Pérez put Villarreal ahead in the 41st minute, set up by Alberto Moleiro and Iván Romero equalised in the 42nd minute, set up by Jeremy Toljan. In the second half, Alberto Moleiro put Villarreal back in front in the 54th minute, set up by Ilias Akhomach and Georges Mikautadze made it 3-1 in the 86th minute, set up by Alberto Moleiro.
The chances backed that up: Villarreal created 4.29 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Levante's 0.94 from 6.
Villarreal claimed a 3-1 victory over Levante in La Liga matchday 7 after dominating the contest across all metrics. The hosts enjoyed 62 percent possession and completed 613 passes with an accuracy of 89 percent, compared to 367 passes at 82 percent accuracy for the visitors. Villarreal registered 21 shots against 6 from Levante, including 7 shots on target to 1. The home side also earned 7 corners to 1, recorded 106 attacks and 61 dangerous attacks, and accumulated an expected goals total of 4.29 compared to Levante's 0.94. Both teams committed fouls resulting in 9 for Villarreal and 10 for Levante, while each side received 1 yellow card.
The match saw the first booking arrive in the 13th minute with a yellow card shown to Aïssa Mandi for a foul. Villarreal opened the scoring in the 41st minute through a right-footed shot by Ayoze Pérez. Levante responded immediately when Iván Romero scored with a right foot shot in the 42nd minute to level the score at 1-1 by half-time. Following a yellow card for Luís Castro for argument in first-half stoppage time, Alberto Moleiro restored Villarreal's lead in the 54th minute with a left-footed strike. Georges Mikautadze sealed the 3-1 final score with a left foot shot in the 86th minute.
