Villarreal 2-1 Valencia: result and report

Villarreal 2-1 Valencia

La Liga · Saturday 31 December 2022, 15:15 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Villarreal won against Valencia 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 31 December 2022. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Villarreal's goals came from Samuel Chukwueze (45') and Juan Foyth (88'). Valencia scored through Edinson Cavani (21').

Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Valencia received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 9th on 21 points from 14 and Valencia 10th on 19 points from 14. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and Valencia 14th with 42.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Valencia in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Pau Torres of Villarreal (8.3), ahead of Dani Parejo (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 4 for Valencia.

Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-L-L-W-L and Valencia's W-D-L-L-D.