Espanyol 1-2 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Thursday 26 September 2024
Result
Espanyol 1-2 Villarreal
La Liga · Thursday 26 September 2024, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Espanyol 1-2 Villarreal: match report
Espanyol were beaten by Villarreal 1-2 in La Liga on Thursday 26 September 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Jofre Carreras opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Espanyol's goal came from Jofre Carreras (45+1'). Villarreal scored through Ayoze Pérez (45+6') and Ayoze Pérez (63').
Discipline: Espanyol received 5 yellow cards; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 14th on 7 points from 6 and Villarreal 6th on 11 points from 6. Espanyol went on to finish that season 15th with 42 points, and Villarreal 5th with 70.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-4-2 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ayoze Pérez of Villarreal (8.6), ahead of Álex Baena (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Espanyol wins, 4 draws and 4 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-W-W-D-L and Villarreal's L-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 45'Yellow card
- 45+1'Goal · Jofre Carreras
- 45+6'Goal · Ayoze Pérez
- 47'Yellow card
- 63'Goal · Ayoze Pérez
- 76'Yellow card · Carlos Romero
- 85'Yellow card · Diego Conde
- 90+1'Yellow card · Jofre Carreras
- 90+1'Yellow card · Ramón Terrats
- 90+1'Yellow card · Javi Puado
- 90+4'Yellow card · Walid Cheddira
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Joan García, Omar El Hilali, Marash Kumbulla, Leandro Cabrera, Brian Oliván, Álvaro Tejero, Alex Král, Pol Lozano, Jofre Carreras, Javi Puado, Alejo Veliz
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego Conde, Kiko Femenía, Logan Costa, Raúl Albiol, Sergi Cardona, Ilias Akhomach, Santi Comesaña, Pape Gueye, Álex Baena, Thierno Barry, Ayoze Pérez