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 · Almería · La Liga predictions

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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Alberto MorenoVillarreal
  • 31'Goal · Gonzalo MeleroAlmería · 0-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Álex BaenaVillarreal
  • 56'Second yellow · Álex BaenaVillarreal
  • 56'Goal · Álex BaenaVillarreal · 1-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Pau TorresVillarreal
  • 58'Red card · Manu MorlanesVillarreal
  • 61'Yellow card · Sergio AkiemeAlmería
  • 90+4'Goal · Nicolas JacksonVillarreal · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Villarreal 5, draws 3, Almería 2.

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