Villarreal 3-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Friday 28 August 2015
Result
Villarreal 3-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Friday 28 August 2015, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Villarreal 3-1 Espanyol: match report
Villarreal beat Espanyol 3-1 in La Liga on Friday 28 August 2015. The half-time score was 0-1.
Felipe Caicedo opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Roberto Soldado (67'), Cédric Bakambu (87') and Cédric Bakambu (90+3'). Espanyol scored through Felipe Caicedo (5').
Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 6 yellow cards.
Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Espanyol 16th with 41.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Roberto Soldado Rillo of Villarreal (8.7), ahead of Cédric Bakambu (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Villarreal wins, 5 draws and 1 for Espanyol.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Felipe Caicedo
- 19'Yellow card · Pau López
- 27'Yellow card · Javi López
- 30'Yellow card · Paco Montañés
- 35'Yellow card · Felipe Caicedo
- 48'Yellow card · Antonio Raíllo
- 55'Yellow card · Anaitz Arbilla
- 67'Goal · Roberto Soldado
- 85'Yellow card · E. Bailly
- 87'Goal · Cédric Bakambu
- 90+3'Goal · Cédric Bakambu
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Alphonse Areola, Mario Gaspar, Eric Bailly, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Matías Nahuel, Tomás Pina, Manu Trigueros, Samu Castillejo, Léo Baptistão, Roberto Soldado Rillo
Espanyol expected line-up (4-4-2)
Kiko Casilla, Álvaro González, Anaitz Arbilla, Javi López, Lucas Vázquez, Juan Rafael Fuentes, Héctor Moreno, Víctor Sánchez, Víctor Álvarez, Sergio García, Cristhian Stuani