Villarreal 2-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 4 March 2017
Result
Villarreal 2-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 4 March 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 2-0 Espanyol: match report
Villarreal beat Espanyol 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 4 March 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 42 points from 25 and Espanyol 9th on 36 points from 25. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Espanyol 8th with 56.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to David López of Espanyol (7.5), level with Marc Roca (7.5).
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 W-L-W-D-D and Espanyol's D-W-L-L-W.
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal expected line-up (4-4-2)
Mario Gaspar, Antonio Rukavina, Eric Bailly, Daniele Bonera, Samu Castillejo, Manu Trigueros, Léo Baptistão
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Javi López, Óscar Duarte, Diego Reyes, Aarón Martín, David López, Marc Roca, Óscar Melendo, José Jurado, Pablo Piatti, Gerard Moreno