Villarreal 2-1 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 23 October 2022
Result
Villarreal 2-1 Almería
La Liga · Sunday 23 October 2022, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Villarreal 2-1 Almería: match report
Villarreal won against Almería 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 23 October 2022. The half-time score was 0-1.
Gonzalo Melero opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Villarreal's goals came from Álex Baena (56') and Nicolas Jackson (90+4'). Almería scored through Gonzalo Melero (31').
Discipline: Villarreal received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Almería received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 8th on 15 points from 10 and Almería 14th on 10 points from 10. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and Almería 17th with 41.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Almería in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dani Parejo of Villarreal (8.5), ahead of Nicolas Jackson (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 2 for Almería.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-W-L-D-D and Almería's W-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Alberto Moreno
- 31'Goal · Gonzalo Melero
- 50'Yellow card · Álex Baena
- 56'Second yellow · Álex Baena
- 56'Goal · Álex Baena
- 57'Yellow card · Pau Torres
- 58'Red card · Manu Morlanes
- 61'Yellow card · Sergio Akieme
- 90+4'Goal · Nicolas Jackson
Head-to-head
Team news
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Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gerónimo Rulli, Aïssa Mandi, Raúl Albiol, Pau Torres, Johan Mojica, Dani Parejo, Francis Coquelin, Samuel Chukwueze, Álex Baena, Alberto Moreno, José Luis Morales
Almería line-up (5-3-2)
Fernando Pacheco, Álex Pozo, Kaiky, Rodrigo Ely, Chumi, Sergio Akieme, Lucas Robertone, Iñigo Eguaras, Gonzalo Melero, Léo Baptistão, El Bilal Touré