Match Report
32 points separated the sides: Villarreal 8th on 53, Almería 19th on 21. Almería's recent output outran their position: 12th on form over five rounds, 19th in the table. Against a league average of 1.32 goals per team per game, Almería ran at 1.13 scored and 1.97 conceded, Villarreal at 1.71 and 1.71.
GioScore's database holds 15 meetings between the two: 1 for Almería, 9 for Villarreal and 5 drawn, at 2.93 goals per meeting. Goals have risen lately: 4.4 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.93 across the full history.
The venue was Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos in Almeria, with room for 15,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-2.