Espanyol 3-1 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 7 October 2018
Result
Espanyol 3-1 Villarreal
La Liga · Sunday 7 October 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Espanyol 3-1 Villarreal: match report
Espanyol beat Villarreal 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 7 October 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Hernán Pérez opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Hernán Pérez (7'), Sergi Darder (79') and Pablo Piatti (90+2'). Villarreal scored through Karl Toko Ekambi (45').
Discipline: Espanyol received 3 yellow cards; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 8th on 11 points from 7 and Villarreal 15th on 8 points from 7. Espanyol went on to finish that season 7th with 53 points, and Villarreal 14th with 44.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-3-3 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marc Roca of Espanyol (8.3), ahead of Sergi Darder (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Espanyol win, 5 draws and 4 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read D-W-L-W-L and Villarreal's L-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · David López
- 7'Goal · Hernán Pérez
- 33'Yellow card · Miguel Llambrich
- 45'Goal · Karl Toko Ekambi
- 45+3'Yellow card · Mario Hermoso
- 47'Yellow card · Ramiro Funes Mori
- 79'Goal · Sergi Darder
- 90'Yellow card · Sergi Darder
- 90+2'Goal · Pablo Piatti
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-3-3)
Diego López, Javi López, David López, Mario Hermoso, Dídac Vilà, Sergi Darder, Marc Roca, Granero, Hernán Pérez, Borja Iglesias, Sergio García
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Sergio Asenjo, Miguel Llambrich, Álvaro González, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Miguel Layún, Ramiro Funes Mori, Manu Trigueros, Pablo Fornals, Gerard Moreno, Karl Toko Ekambi