Villarreal 4-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Monday 9 February 2026
Result
Villarreal 4-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Monday 9 February 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Villarreal 4-1 Espanyol: match report
Villarreal defeated Espanyol 4-1 in La Liga on Monday 9 February 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.
Georges Mikautadze opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Georges Mikautadze (35'), an own goal by José Salinas (41'), Nicolas Pépé (50') and Alberto Moleiro (55'). Espanyol scored through Ludovic Taillandier (88').
Discipline: Villarreal received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 4th on 42 points from 21 and Espanyol 6th on 34 points from 22. Villarreal went on to finish that season 3rd with 72 points, and Espanyol 11th with 46.
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 Georges Mikautadze of Villarreal (8.4), ahead of Nicolas Pépé (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 1 for Espanyol.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · José Salinas
- 16'Yellow card · Tajon Buchanan
- 35'Goal · Georges Mikautadze
- 41'Own goal · José Salinas
- 50'Goal · Nicolas Pépé
- 53'Yellow card · Edu Expósito
- 55'Goal · Alberto Moleiro
- 57'Yellow card · Clemens Riedel
- 70'Yellow card · Pape Gueye
- 88'Goal · Ludovic Taillandier
- 89'Yellow card · Sergi Cardona
Head-to-head
Team news
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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Luiz Júnior, Santiago Mouriño, Pau Navarro, Renato Veiga, Sergi Cardona, Tajon Buchanan, Pape Gueye, Dani Parejo, Alberto Moleiro, Nicolas Pépé, Georges Mikautadze
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marko Dmitrovic, Omar El Hilali, Fernando Calero, Leandro Cabrera, José Salinas, Urko González de Zárate, Pol Lozano, Pere Milla, Edu Expósito, Tyrhys Dolan, Roberto Fernández