Spanish LALIGA

Espanyol vs Villarreal 2021-22 LaLiga

Introduction

Espanyol are hosting Villarreal at RCDE Stadium, Barcelona, Spain, starting on . The match is a part of the Spanish LALIGA.

Match Commentary

  • 23': Etienne Capoue (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 30': Moi Gómez (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  • 36': Alberto Moreno (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 41': Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Substitution, Espanyol. Dídac Vilá replaces Adrià Pedrosa because of an injury.
  • 45': Second Half begins Espanyol 0, Villarreal 0.
  • 54': Aïssa Mandi (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 59': Óscar Gil (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 61': Substitution, Villarreal. Pervis Estupiñán replaces Alfonso Pedraza.
  • 61': Substitution, Villarreal. Francis Coquelin replaces Manu Trigueros.
  • 67': Substitution, Espanyol. Wu Lei replaces Javier Puado.
  • 67': Substitution, Espanyol. Nicolás Melamed replaces Landry Dimata.
  • 74': Substitution, Villarreal. Dani Raba replaces Alberto Moreno.
  • 75': Substitution, Espanyol. Keidi Bare replaces David López.
  • 85': Substitution, Espanyol. Manu Morlanes replaces Sergi Darder.
  • 86': Substitution, Villarreal. Arnaut Danjuma replaces Moi Gómez.
  • 87': Substitution, Villarreal. Rubén Peña replaces Etienne Capoue.
  • 90'+2': Keidi Bare (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: RCDE Stadium
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 11,095

Spanish LALIGA Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+40 Barcelona 23 58 3
+31 Real Madrid 23 57 2
+20 Atlético Madrid 23 45 4
+19 Villarreal 22 45 5
Full Table

Statistics

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10 Fouls 10
4 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 3
7 Corner Kicks 9
3 Saves 2
59.6 Possession 40.4
12 SHOTS 14
2 ON GOAL 3
0.2 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
380 Accurate Passes 223
432 Passes 282
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 3
14 Crosses 21
0.1 Cross % 0.1
29 Long Balls 50
21 Accurate Long Balls 26
0.7 Long Balls % 0.5
5 Blocked Shots 3
4 Effective Tackles 7
8 Tackles 12
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
9 Interceptions 10
24 Effective Clearances 24
24 Clearances 24

Line-Ups

ESP Espanyol (4-4-2)

No. Name
13 Diego López (GK)
4 Leandro Cabrera
24 Sergi Gómez
3 Adrià Pedrosa
12 Óscar Gil Yellow Card
10 Sergi Darder
15 David López
9 Javier Puado
23 Adri Embarba
11 Raúl de Tomás Yellow Card
18 Landry Dimata

VIL Villarreal (4-4-2)

No. Name
13 Gerónimo Rulli (GK)
22 Aïssa Mandi Yellow Card
3 Raúl Albiol
24 Alfonso Pedraza
8 Juan Foyth
6 Étienne Capoue Yellow Card
14 Manu Trigueros
18 Alberto Moreno Yellow Card
23 Moi Gómez Yellow Card
16 Boulaye Dia
7 Gerard Moreno

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