Timeline
- 6' José Salinas Yellow Card
- 16' Tajon Buchanan Yellow Card
- 35' Georges Mikautadze assist Tajon Buchanan
- 41' José Salinas own goal
- 45' Clemens Riedel for Fernando Calero
- 50' Nicolas Pépé assist Alberto Moleiro
- 53' Edu Expósito Yellow Card
- 55' Alberto Moleiro assist Georges Mikautadze
- 57' Clemens Riedel Yellow Card
- 59' Cyril Ngonge for Tyrhys Dolan
- 59' Charles Pickel for Edu Expósito
- 59' Enrique García for Roberto Fernández
- 64' Ayoze Pérez for Tajon Buchanan
- 65' Santi Comesaña for Dani Parejo
- 70' Pape Gueye Yellow Card
- 72' Antoniu Roca for Pere Milla
- 73' Tani Oluwaseyi for Georges Mikautadze
- 73' Alex Freeman for Santiago Mouriño
- 80' Hugo López for Alberto Moleiro
- 88' Leandro Cabrera assist Cyril Ngonge
- 89' Sergi Cardona Yellow Card
Match stats
49%
Possession
51%
10
Shots
9
3
On target
2
18
Fouls
11
3
Yellow cards
3
0
Red cards
0
1
Offsides
0
1
Saves
0
378
Accurate passes
374
Lineups
Villarreal
4-4-2
1
Júnior
23
Cardona
12
Veiga
6
Navarro
15
Mouriño
20
Moleiro
10
Parejo
18
Gueye
17
Buchanan
9
Mikautadze
19
Pépé
Espanyol
4-2-3-1
13
Dmitrovic
12
Salinas
6
Cabrera
5
Calero
23
Hilali
10
Lozano
4
Gonzalez
24
Dolan
8
Expósito
11
Milla
9
Fernández
Villarreal
4-4-2
- 1 Luiz Júnior G
- 12 Renato Veiga CD-L
- 6 Pau Navarro CD-R
- 23 Sergi Cardona LB
- 15 Santiago Mouriño ▼ RB
- 10 Dani Parejo ▼ CM-L
- 18 Pape Gueye CM-R
- 20 Alberto Moleiro ▼ LM
- 17 Tajon Buchanan ▼ RM
- 9 Georges Mikautadze ▼ CF-L
- 19 Nicolas Pépé CF-R
Came on
- 21 Tani Oluwaseyi ▲ SUB
- 3 Alex Freeman ▲ SUB
- 32 Hugo López ▲ SUB
- 14 Santi Comesaña ▲ SUB
- 22 Ayoze Pérez ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (3)
- 4 Rafa Marín SUB
- 25 Arnau Tenas SUB
- 7 Gerard Moreno SUB
Espanyol
4-2-3-1
- 13 Marko Dmitrovic G
- 6 Leandro Cabrera CD-L
- 5 Fernando Calero ▼ CD-R
- 12 José Salinas LB
- 23 Omar El Hilali RB
- 8 Edu Expósito ▼ AM
- 10 Pol Lozano LM
- 4 Urko Gonzalez RM
- 9 Roberto Fernández ▼ F
- 24 Tyrhys Dolan ▼ AM-L
- 11 Pere Milla ▼ AM-R
Came on
- 18 Charles Pickel ▲ SUB
- 20 Antoniu Roca ▲ SUB
- 38 Clemens Riedel ▲ SUB
- 19 Enrique García ▲ SUB
- 16 Cyril Ngonge ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
- 30 Pol Tristan SUB
- 1 Ángel Fortuño SUB
- 2 Rubén Sánchez SUB
- 17 Jofre Carreras SUB
- 15 Miguel Rubio SUB
Commentary
- Match ends, Villarreal 4, Espanyol 1.
- 90'+3' Second Half ends, Villarreal 4, Espanyol 1.
- 90'+3' Attempt missed. Cyril Ngonge (Espanyol) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 90'+2' Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Ayoze Pérez.
- 90'+2' Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1' Omar El Hilali (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1' Foul by Santi Comesaña (Villarreal).
- 90' Attempt missed. Cyril Ngonge (Espanyol) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
- 89' Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 89' Foul by Sergi Cardona (Villarreal).
- 89' Cyril Ngonge (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 88' Goal! Villarreal 4, Espanyol 1. Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cyril Ngonge with a cross following a corner.
Recent form
Villarreal
D
L
L
L
L
- L at Real Betis 2-0 LALIGA
- L Ajax 2-1 UEFA Champions League
- L Real Madrid 2-0 LALIGA
- L at Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 UEFA Champions League
- D at Osasuna 2-2 LALIGA
Espanyol
L
L
L
D
L
- L Barcelona 2-0 LALIGA
- D at Levante 1-1 LALIGA
- L Girona 2-0 LALIGA
- L at Valencia 3-2 LALIGA
- L Deportivo Alavés 2-1 LALIGA
Head to head
VIL leads series 5-0
- 8 Nov 2025 Espanyol 0–2 Villarreal 2025-26 LALIGA
- 27 Apr 2025 Villarreal 1–0 Espanyol 2024-25 LALIGA
- 26 Sep 2024 Espanyol 1–2 Villarreal 2024-25 LALIGA
- 27 Apr 2023 Villarreal 4–2 Espanyol 2022-23 LaLiga
- 9 Nov 2022 Espanyol 0–1 Villarreal 2022-23 LaLiga
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