Villarreal vs Valencia

18 October 2020 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee Carlos del Cerro Grande

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Paco Alcácer 6’ (pen)
  • Daniel Parejo 69’
  • Gonçalo Guedes 37’

Match summary

Villarreal won 2-1 at home to Valencia. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Paco Alcácer put Villarreal ahead from the penalty spot in the 6th minute, Gonçalo Guedes equalised from a corner in the 37th minute, set up by Carlos Soler, and Daniel Parejo won it in the 69th minute.

The chances backed that up: Villarreal created 1.60 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Valencia's 0.68 from 11. Villarreal had a player sent off.

Match stats

Villarreal Valencia
16 Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 7
4 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
1.60 xG 0.68
0.86 Non-penalty xG 0.68
11 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Villarreal Valencia
Kick-off
Paco Alcácer
Penalty1-0 (Villarreal)
6’
37’
Gonçalo Guedes
Assist: Carlos Soler1-1 (Valencia)
Half-time1-1
Daniel Parejo2-1 (Villarreal)
69’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Villarreal
  • Takefusa Kubo
  • Alfonso
  • Vicente Iborra
Valencia
  • Gabriel

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 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.60 0.68 6’ Paco Alcácer (Villarreal), 1-0 6’ 37’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), 1-1 37’ 69’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), 2-1 69’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.60 0.68 6’ Paco Alcácer (Villarreal), 1-0 Alcácer 6’ 37’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), 1-1 Guedes 37’ 69’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), 2-1 Parejo 69’
Villarreal 1.60 xGValencia 0.68 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Valencia attacking Villarreal attacking 
6’ Paco Alcácer (Villarreal), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 34’ Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia), set piece, 0.28 xG, saved 49’ Álex Blanco (Valencia), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 28’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 77’ Paco Alcácer (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 13’ Daniel Wass (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 62’ Moi Gómez (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 14’ Moi Gómez (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 18’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 18’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 41’ Paco Alcácer (Villarreal), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 83’ Carlos Bacca (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+5’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 69’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 9’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 27’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 25’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 37’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, goal 18’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+4’ Jason (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 20’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Mario (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 87’ Uros Racic (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 44’ Alfonso (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 44’ Manu Trigueros (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90’ Gabriel (Valencia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 6’ Paco Alcácer (Villarreal), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 34’ Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia), set piece, 0.28 xG, saved 49’ Álex Blanco (Valencia), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 28’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 77’ Paco Alcácer (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 13’ Daniel Wass (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 62’ Moi Gómez (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 18’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 18’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 14’ Moi Gómez (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 41’ Paco Alcácer (Villarreal), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 83’ Carlos Bacca (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+5’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 69’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 9’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 27’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 25’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 18’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 37’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, goal 90+4’ Jason (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 87’ Uros Racic (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 20’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Mario (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Manu Trigueros (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90’ Gabriel (Valencia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Alfonso (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Sergio Asenjo GK900 0.000.000
Mario DEF901 0.020.000
Pau Torres DEF900 0.000.000
Raúl Albiol DEF900 0.000.000
Alfonso DEF902 0.110.081
Vicente Iborra MID900 0.000.000
Samuel Chukwueze MID642 0.110.122
Daniel Parejo MID9014 0.220.000
Manu Trigueros MID641 0.020.031
Moi Gómez MID902 0.160.173
Paco Alcácer FWD8213 0.900.243
Francis Coquelin Sub260 0.000.000
Takefusa Kubo Sub260 0.000.021
Carlos Bacca Sub81 0.060.051
Jaume Costa Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 59% Avg odds 1.64
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.09
Valencia win 18% Avg odds 5.29

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

Form going into the game

Villarreal DWLWD
Valencia WLDWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Villarreal 2-0 Valencia, 28 Jun 20 Next meeting: Valencia 2-1 Villarreal, 05 Mar 21  All Villarreal vs Valencia 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.