Villarreal 2-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Thursday 26 September 2013
Result
Villarreal 2-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Thursday 26 September 2013, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 2-1 Espanyol: match report
Villarreal won against Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Thursday 26 September 2013. It was 1-0 at half-time.
J. Perbet opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Villarreal's goals came from J. Perbet (1') and Jonathan Pereira (67'). Espanyol scored through Sergio García (80').
Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 5th on 11 points from 5 and Espanyol 6th on 11 points from 5. Villarreal went on to finish that season 6th with 59 points, and Espanyol 13th with 42.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Villarreal wins, 5 draws and 1 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read D-D-W-W-W and Espanyol's W-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 1'Goal · J. Perbet
- 47'Yellow card · Sidnei
- 50'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 67'Goal · Jonathan Pereira
- 71'Yellow card · Bruno
- 80'Goal · Sergio García
- 90'Yellow card · Felipe Mattioni
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Mateo Musacchio, Jaume Costa, Pablo Íñiguez, Tomás Pina, Cani, Hernán Pérez, Bruno, Jérémy Perbet, Giovani Dos Santos
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kiko Casilla, Felipe Mattioni, Raúl Rodríguez, Sidnei, Héctor Moreno, Carlos Clerc, Thievy Bifouma, Lanzarote, Álex Fernández, Abraham González, Sergio García