Villarreal 0-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Thursday 21 September 2017
Result
Villarreal 0-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Thursday 21 September 2017, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Villarreal 0-0 Espanyol: match report
Villarreal drew with Espanyol 0-0 in La Liga on Thursday 21 September 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Neither side found the net.
Discipline: Villarreal received 5 yellow cards; Espanyol received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 10th on 6 points from 4 and Espanyol 17th on 4 points from 4. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Espanyol 13th with 49.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rodri of Villarreal (8.0), ahead of Mariano Barbosa (7.8).
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-W-L-L and Espanyol's W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 31'Yellow card · Carlos Bacca
- 41'Yellow card · Cédric Bakambu
- 71'Yellow card · Manu Trigueros
- 74'Yellow card · Álvaro González
- 77'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 85'Yellow card · Pablo Fornals
- 86'Yellow card · Javi Fuego
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Mariano Barbosa, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Denis Cheryshev, Samu Castillejo, Manu Trigueros, Rodri, Carlos Bacca, Cédric Bakambu
Espanyol line-up (4-4-1-1)
Pau López, Aarón Martín, Víctor Sánchez, David López, Mario Hermoso, Léo Baptistão, Javi Fuego, Pablo Piatti, Sergi Darder, Gerard Moreno, José Jurado