Villarreal vs Espanyol
Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

La Liga

2026/2027

Villarreal

-FT

Oct 30, 2026

Estadio de la Cerámica

Espanyol

Cabrera60'

Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Ángel Fortuño

Espanyol

8.1

90'+1Yellow Card

Carlos Macià

Villarreal

88'Substitution

Gabriel Moscardo· In

Javi Hernández· Out

Espanyol

80'Substitution

Alex Freeman· In

Pau Navarro· Out

Villarreal

80'Substitution

Tani Oluwaseyi· In

Tajon Buchanan· Out

Villarreal

77'Substitution

Jan Peries· In

Espanyol

77'Substitution

Javi Puado· In

Bryan Zaragoza· Out

Espanyol

75'Yellow Card

Bryan Zaragoza

Espanyol

61'Substitution

José Ángel López· In

Roger Hinojo· Out

Espanyol

61'Substitution

Pol Lozano· In

Rafel Bauzà· Out

Espanyol

Goal!

0-1

Leandro Cabrera

60'·Espanyol

⚽

59'Substitution

Ayoze Pérez· In

Alberto Moleiro· Out

Villarreal

59'Substitution

Carlos Romero· In

Sergi Cardona· Out

Villarreal

56'Yellow Card

Santi Comesaña

Villarreal

53'Yellow Card

Sergi Cardona

Villarreal

VAR

50'VAR Decision

Roberto Fernández

Espanyol

41'Yellow Card

Roger Hinojo

Espanyol

21'Yellow Card

Rafel Bauzà

Espanyol

18'Substitution

Nicolas Pépé· In

Gerard Moreno· Out

Villarreal

Statistics of the Game

Villarreal

Espanyol

63%Ball Possession37%

14Shots Total5

4Shots On Target3

7Corners3

15Fouls13

3Yellow Cards3

2Saves5

564Passes326

6Shots Off Target1

123Attacks77

66Dangerous Attacks26

7Shots Inside Box2

7Shots Outside Box3

0Goals1

13Free Kicks15

4Shots Blocked1

5Substitutions5

18Tackles24

0Assists1

503Accurate Passes263

19Total Crosses10

2Accurate Crosses2

5Interceptions11

48Duels Won55

0Big Chances Created1

Villarreal

Manager: Iñigo Pérez

Starting XI

6.6

7.2

6.7

7.0

6.8

6.4

Carlos Macià

6.8

6.7

6.7

6.6

7.3

Substitutes

6.4

7.1

6.4

6.4

6.6

Nizar El Jmili

Cheikh Tidiane Thiam

Espanyol

Manager: José González Álvarez

Starting XI

8.1

7.2

7.3

7.6

6.5

7.2

6.9

Alejandro Santiago Vargas

Javi Hernández

7.1

Bryan Zaragoza

7.0

Roberto Fernández

6.5

Substitutes

6.9

6.7

Adama Timera

José Ángel López

6.4

Jan Peries

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Georges Mikautadze FW	7.3	90'	2/3	24(100%)	-	4/8
Santiago Mouriño DF	7.2	90'	0/1	58(84%)	5	13/20
Nicolas Pépé FW	7.1	72'	1/3	31(90%)	2	3/8
Renato Veiga DF	7.0	90'	-	98(95%)	1	2/6
Carlos Macià MF	6.8	90'	0/1	47(81%)	4	4/7
Sergi Cardona DF	6.8	59'	1/1	38(79%)	2	5/11
Santi Comesaña MF	6.7	90'	-	74(96%)	-	5/14
Alberto Moleiro MF	6.7	59'	-	21(90%)	-	2/4
Pau Navarro DF	6.7	80'	-	60(93%)	1	2/3
Gerard Moreno FW	6.6	18'	-	9(89%)	-	-
Péter Gulácsi GK	6.6	90'	-	18(89%)	-	-
Ayoze Pérez FW	6.6	31'	-	16(75%)	2	2/5
Carlos Romero DF	6.4	31'	-	24(83%)	1	2/4
Tani Oluwaseyi FW	6.4	10'	0/1	2(100%)	-	0/1
Tajon Buchanan MF	6.4	80'	0/4	32(84%)	-	1/6
Alex Freeman DF	6.4	10'	-	12(83%)	-	3/6

Villarreal vs Espanyol H2H, Form & Key Stats

Espanyol's first win over Villarreal in 8 meetings on record.(Previous win: 2020-01-19 (1-2); since then 1D 7L; all competitions.)
Espanyol moved from 18th to 11th in the La Liga table with this result.(Out of the relegation places (bottom 3). Before kickoff: 18th, 8 points from 10 matches. After: 11th, 11 points from 11 matches; 20 teams.)
Espanyol, 18th before kickoff, beat Villarreal, who were 9th.(Table before kickoff: Espanyol 8 points from 10 matches, Villarreal 12 from 10.)

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Villarreal	15	W2	2	0	3	0	10/15	13-6
Espanyol	15	L3	0	6	2	6	1/15	6-11

Villarreal — last 5 games

W3-1 vs Napoli2026-10-13
D0-0 vs Elche2026-10-17
L3-4 @ Liverpool2026-10-20
W2-1 @ Valencia2026-10-24
W5-0 @ Manacor2026-10-27

Espanyol — last 5 games

L1-3 vs Elche2026-09-18
D1-1 @ Málaga2026-10-09
L0-1 vs Atlético de Madrid2026-10-17
L1-2 @ Racing Santander2026-10-24
L3-4 @ Sestao River2026-10-27

Goal markets & scoring rates

Team	Games	Avg goals	Over 1.5	Over 2.5	Over 3.5	BTTS	Clean sheets	Failed to score
Villarreal	15	3.53	80%	80%	60%	73%	13%	20%
Espanyol	15	3.27	93%	67%	33%	80%	13%	7%

Venue split (Home vs Away)

Team	Where	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	PPG	Over 2.5	Clean sheets
Villarreal	Home	5	2	1	2	9-7	1.4	80%	20%
Espanyol	Away	9	1	3	5	15-19	0.67	78%	11%

1st half vs 2nd half scoring

Team	Games	1H goals	2H goals	2H share	1H Over 0.5	HT W-D-L
Villarreal	15	15-13	15-10	50%	73%	4-8-3
Espanyol	15	12-11	10-16	45%	73%	4-8-3

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 30
Period covered: 2009-10-04 – 2026-02-09
Villarreal wins: 14
Draws: 12
Espanyol wins: 4
Avg goals per meeting: 2.4
Over 2.5 goals: 50%
Both teams scored: 50%
Home side won: 33%share of all meetings won by whichever team hosted
Last 5 meetings: 5W 0D 0L (Villarreal view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 3.4 vs 2.4

Most recent meetings (5 of 30)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2026-02-09	Villarreal	4-1	Espanyol
2025-11-08	Espanyol	0-2	Villarreal
2025-04-27	Villarreal	1-0	Espanyol
2024-09-26	Espanyol	1-2	Villarreal
2023-04-27	Villarreal	4-2	Espanyol

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 99 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Villarreal	9	10	12	1	WWLDW	5	+4
Espanyol	18	10	8	-2	LLDLL	20	-2

Table context

Points gap: 4 ptsVillarreal 12 · Espanyol 8
Positions: #9 vs #18
Goals per game: 1.5/1.4 vs 1.2/1.4scored/conceded per game · league average 1.51

How we calculate this

La Liga Standings

La Liga · 2026/2027

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	Atlético de Madrid	11	9	1	1	+14	28	WLWDW
···
7	Deportivo Alavés	10	3	3	4	+3	12	LWWDW
8	Athletic Club	9	3	3	3	+3	12	DWWLL
9	VillarrealH	11	3	3	5	0	12	LLLDD
10	Celta de Vigo	11	2	6	3	0	12	DDLDL
11	Rayo Vallecano	10	3	3	4	-5	12	LWLDL
12	Deportivo A Coruña	10	2	5	3	0	11	DWWDD
13	EspanyolA	11	3	2	6	-1	11	WDLLW
14	Osasuna	10	3	2	5	-10	11	LLWDW
15	Racing Santander	10	3	2	5	-11	11	WLWLD
···
20	Málaga	11	0	5	6	-13	5	DDLDL

11 / 20Full standings →

Statistical Comparison

La Liga

Villarreal11 matches

Espanyol

11 matches

#10Position#12

12Points11

3Wins3

3Draws2

5Losses6

15Goals13

1.36Goals per game1.18

15Goals conceded14

1.36Goals per game conceded1.27

Villarreal vs Espanyol — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (11 vs 11 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityVillarreal 41% · X · Draw 26% · Espanyol 33%

1 · Home Win

41%

X · Draw

26%

2 · Away Win

33%

Projected Goals (xG Model)

1.37 vs 1.19

Projected Total: 2.56

Over 1.5 Goals

72%

Over 2.5 Goals

47%

Over 3.5 Goals

25%

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

52%

Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)

30% / 26%

Villarreal / Espanyol

Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):

1 - 1(12.6%)1 - 0(10.6%)0 - 1(9.2%)

Recent matches

All Villarreal fixtures & results

Previous Meetings

Last 30 matches

Won 47%

(14/30)

Draw 40%

(12/30)

Won 13%

(4/30)

Goals

45-27

Total matches

Recent matches (5/30)

Villarreal vs Espanyol — Head to Head

Last 30 matches

Villarreal wins

Draws

Espanyol wins

Goals Scored

45 - 27

Feb 9, 2026 • La Liga

Villarreal

4-1

Espanyol

Nov 8, 2025 • La Liga

Espanyol

0-2

Villarreal

Apr 27, 2025 • La Liga

Villarreal

1-0

Espanyol

Matchday 11 — La Liga

Match summary

Espanyol beat Villarreal 1-0 in the La Liga, Regular Season.

Before kickoff, Villarreal sat 9th on 12 points, while Espanyol were 18th on 8 points. Across 30 previous meetings on record, Villarreal won 14 and Espanyol won 4, with 12 draws (2.4 goals per game).

Espanyol won with 37% of the possession. Leandro Cabrera (60') scored for Espanyol.

More details:

Villarreal — live results and schedule Espanyol — live results and schedule

Match Timeline

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Team Lineups

Starting XI

Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Player Stats

Villarreal vs Espanyol H2H, Form & Key Stats

La Liga Standings

Statistical Comparison

Statistical Comparison

Villarreal vs Espanyol — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Recent matches

Previous Meetings

Recent matches (5/30)

Villarreal vs Espanyol — Head to Head

Last 30 matches

Matchday 11 — La Liga

Match summary