Sevilla 2-1 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 23 April 2023
Result
Sevilla 2-1 Villarreal
La Liga · Sunday 23 April 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sevilla 2-1 Villarreal: match report
Sevilla beat Villarreal 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 23 April 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.
Rafa Mir opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Sevilla's goals came from Rafa Mir (34') and Youssef En-Nesyri (90+4'). Villarreal scored through Pau Torres (55').
Discipline: Sevilla received 1 yellow card; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sevilla were 13th on 35 points from 29 and Villarreal 6th on 47 points from 29. Sevilla went on to finish that season 11th with 49 points, and Villarreal 5th with 64.
Sevilla lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Villarreal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Giovani Lo Celso of Villarreal (8.5), ahead of Rafa Mir (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sevilla wins, 5 draws and 3 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Sevilla's last five read W-D-W-L-W and Villarreal's L-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 34'Goal · Rafa Mir
- 55'Goal · Pau Torres
- 70'Yellow card · Juan Foyth
- 73'Yellow card · Aïssa Mandi
- 85'Yellow card · Erik Lamela
- 90+4'Goal · Youssef En-Nesyri
Head-to-head
Team news
Sevilla line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marko Dmitrovic, Gonzalo Montiel, Tanguy Nianzou, Loïc Badé, Alex Telles, Pape Gueye, Ivan Rakitić, Suso, Óliver Torres, Bryan Gil, Rafa Mir
Villarreal line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Juan Foyth, Aïssa Mandi, Pau Torres, Alfonso Pedraza, Samuel Chukwueze, Dani Parejo, Ramón Terrats, Yéremy Pino, Giovani Lo Celso, José Luis Morales