Match Report
Villarreal went into the game 16th in the table on 2 points; Deportivo A Coruña sat 4th on 8 — a 6-point gap. Against a league average of 1.46 goals per team per game, Villarreal ran at 1.5 scored and 2 conceded, Deportivo A Coruña at 2 and 1.25.
The head-to-head ledger counts 12 games: 5 Villarreal wins, 3 for Deportivo A Coruña, 4 draws, at 1.83 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 42% of the meetings went to the host. These meetings skew tight — only 25% saw more than two goals.
The referee was J. Gil Manzano, with 57 matches in our database and 2.4 yellows per game on average. The venue was Estadio de la Cerámica, with room for 23,500 spectators. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Villarreal: Nicolas Pépé (19'), Adama Traoré (76' og) · Deportivo A Coruña: Luismi Cruz (43'), Zakaria Eddahchouri (79'), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (88')
Key stats
Possession: Villarreal 62% · Deportivo A Coruña 38% · Total shots: 17-8 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 7-1