Villarreal II 3-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga 2 · Monday 9 October 2023
Result
Villarreal II 3-1 Espanyol
La Liga 2 · Monday 9 October 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Villarreal II 3-1 Espanyol: match report
Villarreal II won against Espanyol 3-1 in La Liga 2 on Monday 9 October 2023. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Stefan Leković opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Villarreal II's goals came from Stefan Leković (13'), Jorge Pascual (26') and Jorge Pascual (70'). Espanyol scored through Javi Puado (41').
Discipline: Villarreal II received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal II were 15th on 10 points from 9 and Espanyol 2nd on 20 points from 9. Villarreal II went on to finish that season 22nd with 43 points, and Espanyol 1st with 76.
Villarreal II lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jorge Pascual of Villarreal II (8.8), ahead of Stefan Leković (7.8).
Going into the match Villarreal II's last five read D-D-W-D-D and Espanyol's W-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Stefan Leković
- 26'Goal · Jorge Pascual
- 41'Goal · Javi Puado
- 69'Yellow card · Edu Expósito
- 70'Goal · Jorge Pascual
- 80'Yellow card · Carlo García
- 90+1'Yellow card · Fernando Calero
- 90+2'Yellow card · Brian Oliván
- 90+3'Yellow card · Keita Baldé
Team news
Villarreal II line-up (4-4-2)
Iker Álvarez, Lanchi, Antonio Espigares Morillas, Stefan Leković, Carlos Romero, Adrià Altimira, Alberto del Moral, Carlo Adriano García Prades, Javi Ontiveros, Álex Forés, Jorge Pascual
Espanyol line-up (3-5-2)
Fernando Pacheco, Fernando Calero, Sergi Gómez Solà, Leandro Cabrera, Omar El Hilali, Javi Puado, Pol Lozano, Álvaro Aguado, Ramon, Pere Milla, Martin Braithwaite