Highlights

80'

C. Bakambu

66'

Ó. Duarte

54'

Álvaro González

HT 1 - 0

45'

R. Soriano (assist Mario Gaspar)

28'

Diego López

Jaume Costa

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Substitutions

Starting eleven

88'

R. Borré (C. Bakambu)

83'

P. Diop (Marc Roca)

76'

H. Pérez (Javi López)

72'

Rodri (R. Soriano)

63'

J. dos Santos (Soldado)

56'

F. Caicedo (P. Piatti)

Player of the match

Mario Gaspar # 2 - Defender

Duel won 5/8 (62.5%)
Accurate passes 42/46 (91.3%)
Assist 1

Table

Full table

	#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L
	5	Villarreal	67	38	19	10	9
	8	Espanyol	56	38	15	11	12

Top scorers

Full table

#	Players	Goals
9	Gerard Moreno	13
15	C. Bakambu	11
20	P. Piatti	10
27	R. Soriano	9
30	N. Sansone	8

Line-ups

Confirmed line-ups

4-4-2

4-2-3-1

Stats

More stats

Possession percentage

51%

49%

Shots

Player stats

Tops & flops

Shots on target

C. Bakambu

R. Soriano 2
P. Piatti 1

Shots off target

José Jurado

Gerard Moreno 2
P. Piatti 1

Big chance created

P. Piatti

Soldado 1
Mario Gaspar 1

Successful contests

Marc Roca

Aarón Martín 2
Gerard Moreno 1

Fouls suffered

David López

R. Soriano 4
Samu Castillejo 3

Dispossessed

Aarón Martín

Gerard Moreno 3
C. Bakambu 3

Touches

David López

Víctor Ruiz 94
Aarón Martín 83

Duel won

Marc Roca

David López 8
Samu Castillejo 7

Duel lost

Samu Castillejo

Aarón Martín 9
Gerard Moreno 9

Interceptions

D. Reyes

Víctor Ruiz 4
Samu Castillejo 4

Challenge lost

Samu Castillejo

C. Bakambu 2
Soldado 1

Tackles

Aarón Martín

Jaume Costa 3
Mario Gaspar 3

Aerial duels won

Marc Roca

Gerard Moreno 3
Samu Castillejo 2

Aerial duels lost

Samu Castillejo

R. Soriano 3
P. Piatti 2

Fouls

Javi López

Soldado 3
Gerard Moreno 3

Saves

Diego López

Andrés Fernández 2

Passes

Víctor Ruiz

David López 83
Marc Roca 71

Accurate passes

David López

Víctor Ruiz 77
Marc Roca 65

Accurate crosses

Aarón Martín

José Jurado 2
Mario Gaspar 1

Current form

Stats

W L W W L

D W L L W

Last matches

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Referees

Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea main referee

4.4

0.3

Average card count per match for 18 matches arbitrated
César García Fernández assistant referee
Iker De Francisco Grijalba assistant referee
Antonio Artacho Cobo fourth referee

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Injured players

Villarreal

José Ángel Valdés Díaz Thigh muscle strain

Adrián López Hamstring

Denis Cheryshev Hamstring

Sergio Asenjo ACL Knee Injury

Espanyol

Léo Baptistão Heel injury

Marc Navarro Ceciliano Thigh muscle strain

Víctor Sánchez Mata Hamstring

Roberto Jiménez Hand injury

Match venue

Estadio de la Cerámica - Villarreal

Year of construction: 1923
Surface: grass
Capacity: 24500
Average attendance: 13845
Maximum attendance: 25000
% sold: 56

Match result Villarreal Espanyol

Date 04 March 2017 17:30
Competition Primera División
Season 2016/2017
Stage Regular Season - week 26
Match attendance 17315
Code VIL-ESP
Area Spain
Home team Villarreal
Away team Espanyol

FAQ

What is the result between Villarreal Espanyol?

Villarreal won the match with a 2-0 score

What are the official lineups for Villarreal Espanyol?

Villarreal : Coached by Fran Escribá, the lineup starts off in a 4-4-2 formation: Andrés Fernández, Jaume Costa, Víctor Ruiz, Álvaro González, Mario Gaspar, R. Soriano, Bruno, Manu Trigueros, Samu Castillejo, C. Bakambu, Soldado

Espanyol : On the other side of the pitch, the team trained by Quique Sánchez Flores, is positioning themselves in a 4-2-3-1 : Diego López, Aarón Martín, D. Reyes, Ó. Duarte, Javi López, Marc Roca, David López, P. Piatti, José Jurado, Óscar Melendo, Gerard Moreno

Who is the referee of the match Villarreal Espanyol ?

Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea is the referee for this match

Where is the match Villarreal Espanyol?

The venue Estadio de la Cerámica in Villarreal is hosting the match

At what time is Villarreal Espanyol?

Fixture in live on Football Today on 04 March 2017. Kick-off at 17:30

Who is the man of the match Villarreal - Espanyol ?

Mario Gaspar had the best performance of the match Villarreal - Espanyol. The stats reinforce this view:

5/8 Duel won (62.5%)
42/46 Accurate passes (91.3%)
1 Assist

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Confirmed line-ups

Villarreal 4-4-2

- 6.4 13 Andrés Fernández
- 6.4 11 Jaume Costa
- 7.3 6 Víctor Ruiz
- 6.4 12 Álvaro González
- 7.6 2 Mario Gaspar
- 7.5 20 R. Soriano
- 6.7 21 Bruno
- 7.0 14 Manu Trigueros
- 6.3 19 Samu Castillejo
- 6.8 17 C. Bakambu
- 6.0 9 Soldado
- 5.8 13 Diego López
- 5.0 12 Aarón Martín
- 5.1 23 D. Reyes
- 4.5 6 Ó. Duarte
- 4.9 16 Javi López
- 6.3 28 Marc Roca
- 7.2 15 David López
- 5.5 19 P. Piatti
- 5.3 14 José Jurado
- 4.6 30 Óscar Melendo
- 4.7 7 Gerard Moreno

Espanyol 4-2-3-1

- Fran Escribá Coach
Substitutes
- M. Barbosa #25 - Goalkeeper
- N. Sansone #18 - Striker
- D. Bonera #23 - Defender
- A. Rukavina #22 - Defender
- 72'
  
  Rodri #16 - Midfielder
- 88'
  
  R. Borré #24 - Striker
- 63'
  
  J. dos Santos #8 - Midfielder
- Quique Sánchez Flores Coach
Substitutes
- 76'
  
  H. Pérez #17 - Striker
- Javi Fuego #18 - Midfielder
- 56'
  
  F. Caicedo #10 - Striker
- Andrés Prieto #26 - Goalkeeper
- Rubén Duarte #3 - Defender
- José Antonio Reyes #9 - Midfielder
- 83'
  
  P. Diop #20 - Midfielder

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Team stats Player stats

Main

Possession percentage

51%

49%

Duel won

47%

53%

Accurate passes

85%

84%

Attacking

Shots

Big chance created

Attempts blocked

Offsides

Throws

Shots hitting woodwork

Passing

557

Passes

518

Accurate crosses

Crosses

Corner taken

Defending

Duel won

Clearances

Tackles

Aerial duels won

Successful tackles

Successful interception

Foul

Free kicks conceded

Yellow cards

Goalkeeper

Saves

Match stats comparison

Choose player

Attacking - Tops

Big chance created

P. Piatti

Soldado 1
Mario Gaspar 1

Shots (%)

R. Soriano

100% 2/2

C. Bakambu 67% (2/3)
P. Piatti 50% (1/2)
Manu Trigueros 50% (1/2)
Samu Castillejo 50% (1/2)

Successful contests

Marc Roca

Aarón Martín 2

Fouls suffered

David López

R. Soriano 4
Samu Castillejo 3
Óscar Melendo 2
Rodri 2

Attacking - Flops

Shots (%)

Gerard Moreno

0% 0/2

Dispossessed

Aarón Martín

Gerard Moreno 3
C. Bakambu 3

Defending - Tops

Duel won (%)

Marc Roca

100% 8/8

David López 100% (8/8)
Víctor Ruiz 100% (4/4)
Álvaro González 67% (4/6)
Jaume Costa 67% (4/6)

Interceptions

D. Reyes

Víctor Ruiz 4
Samu Castillejo 4
Aarón Martín 3
Bruno 2

Aerial duels won (%)

Marc Roca

100% 3/3

Mario Gaspar 100% (2/2)
David López 100% (2/2)
Gerard Moreno 60% (3/5)
C. Bakambu 50% (2/4)

Defending - Flops

Duel won (%)

C. Bakambu

0% 0/9

Javi López 0% (0/7)
Soldado 0% (0/7)
Manu Trigueros 0% (0/4)
F. Caicedo 0% (0/4)

Challenge lost

Samu Castillejo

Aerial duels won (%)

R. Soriano

0% 0/3

Aarón Martín 0% (0/2)
P. Piatti 0% (0/2)
Samu Castillejo 25% (2/8)

Passing - Tops

Passes (%)

David López

94% 78/83

Bruno 93% (56/60)
Jaume Costa 92% (48/52)
Víctor Ruiz 92% (77/84)
Marc Roca 92% (65/71)

Accurate crosses

Aarón Martín

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Regular Season

Advanced standings

General Home Away Halftime total

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Real Madrid	93	38	29	6	3	106	41	65
2	Barcelona	90	38	28	6	4	116	37	79
3	Atlético	78	38	23	9	6	70	27	43
4	Sevilla	72	38	21	9	8	69	49	20
5	Villarreal	67	38	19	10	9	56	33	23
6	Real Sociedad	64	38	19	7	12	59	53	6
7	Athletic Club	63	38	19	6	13	53	43	10
8	Espanyol	56	38	15	11	12	49	50	-1
9	Alavés	55	38	14	13	11	41	43	-2
10	Eibar	54	38	15	9	14	56	51	5
11	Málaga	46	38	12	10	16	49	55	-6
12	Valencia	46	38	13	7	18	56	65	-9
13	Celta Vigo	45	38	13	6	19	53	69	-16
14	Las Palmas	39	38	10	9	19	53	74	-21
15	Betis	39	38	10	9	19	41	64	-23
16	La Coruña	36	38	8	12	18	43	61	-18
17	Leganés	35	38	8	11	19	36	55	-19
18	Gijón	31	38	7	10	21	42	72	-30
19	Osasuna	22	38	4	10	24	40	94	-54
20	Granada	20	38	4	8	26	30	82	-52

UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League
Relegation

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Barcelona	48	19	15	3	1	64	17	47
2	Real Madrid	46	19	14	4	1	48	20	28
3	Sevilla	46	19	14	4	1	39	16	23
4	Atlético	44	19	14	2	3	40	14	26
5	Athletic Club	43	19	13	4	2	36	18	18
6	Villarreal	37	19	11	4	4	35	18	17
7	Real Sociedad	35	19	10	5	4	30	24	6
8	Las Palmas	33	19	9	6	4	33	25	8
9	Eibar	33	19	10	3	6	29	21	8
10	Málaga	32	19	10	2	7	32	25	7
11	Espanyol	29	19	8	5	6	28	24	4
12	Celta Vigo	29	19	9	2	8	30	32	-2
13	Alavés	29	19	7	8	4	19	21	-2
14	Valencia	28	19	8	4	7	32	32	0
15	La Coruña	26	19	7	5	7	27	23	4
16	Betis	25	19	6	7	6	22	24	-2
17	Leganés	21	19	5	6	8	22	23	-1
18	Gijón	19	19	5	4	10	26	38	-12
19	Granada	16	19	4	4	11	17	32	-15
20	Osasuna	13	19	2	7	10	23	39	-16

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Real Madrid	47	19	15	2	2	58	21	37
2	Barcelona	42	19	13	3	3	52	20	32
3	Atlético	34	19	9	7	3	30	13	17
4	Villarreal	30	19	8	6	5	21	15	6
5	Real Sociedad	29	19	9	2	8	29	29	0
6	Espanyol	27	19	7	6	6	21	26	-5
7	Alavés	26	19	7	5	7	22	22	0
8	Sevilla	26	19	7	5	7	30	33	-3
9	Eibar	21	19	5	6	8	27	30	-3
10	Athletic Club	20	19	6	2	11	17	25	-8
11	Valencia	18	19	5	3	11	24	33	-9
12	Celta Vigo	16	19	4	4	11	23	37	-14
13	Málaga	14	19	2	8	9	17	30	-13
14	Leganés	14	19	3	5	11	14	32	-18
15	Betis	14	19	4	2	13	19	40	-21
16	Gijón	12	19	2	6	11	16	34	-18
17	La Coruña	10	19	1	7	11	16	38	-22
18	Osasuna	9	19	2	3	14	17	55	-38
19	Las Palmas	6	19	1	3	15	20	49	-29
20	Granada	4	19	0	4	15	13	50	-37

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Real Madrid	80	38	22	14	1	54	16	38
2	Barcelona	75	38	21	12	3	44	16	28
3	Villarreal	63	38	16	15	3	27	14	13
4	Atlético	60	38	13	21	3	24	9	15
5	Eibar	54	38	13	15	5	27	19	8
6	Athletic Club	51	38	12	15	6	23	22	1
7	Sevilla	51	38	11	18	8	29	24	5
8	La Coruña	49	38	11	16	8	24	25	-1
9	Real Sociedad	48	38	11	15	7	24	25	-1
10	Alavés	48	38	9	21	5	16	12	4
11	Espanyol	47	38	9	20	7	20	22	-2
12	Valencia	45	38	10	15	6	30	31	-1
13	Betis	45	38	9	18	8	17	25	-8
14	Celta Vigo	45	38	8	21	5	21	21	0
15	Málaga	42	38	10	12	10	20	30	-10
16	Las Palmas	42	38	10	12	12	20	40	-20
17	Gijón	35	38	5	20	7	15	29	-14
18	Leganés	34	38	5	19	9	13	25	-12
19	Granada	33	38	6	15	10	16	34	-18
20	Osasuna	29	38	5	14	12	17	42	-25