Villarreal 4-1 Espanyol: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Villarreal

G. Mikautadze 35'

José Salinas 41' (OG)

N. Pépé 50'

Alberto Moleiro 55'

Espanyol

L. Cabrera 88'

La Liga 2025/2026

Regular Season - 23

February 9, 2026 8:00pm

Estadio de la Ceramica, Villarreal

Key stats

Ball Possession

49%

51%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Villarreal 4-4-2

Espanyol 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper

Luíz Júnior

6.7

M. Dmitrović

5.3

Defenders

Sergi Cardona

6.7

José Salinas

4.9

Renato Veiga

6.9

L. Cabrera

7.2

Pau Navarro

6.9

Fernando Calero

6.2

S. Mouriño

7.5

O. El Hilali

5.6

Midfielders

Alberto Moleiro

8.2

Pol Lozano

6.9

Dani Parejo

6.9

Urko González

7.0

P. Gueye

6.2

T. Dolan

6.7

T. Buchanan

6.3

Edu Expósito

6.0

Pere Milla

6.5

Forwards

G. Mikautadze

8.6

Roberto Fernández

6.2

N. Pépé

9.0

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Highest rating

9.0

N. Pépé

7.3

C. Ngonge

Match Summary

On February 09, 2026 during the 2025/2026 La Liga match, Villarreal faced off against Espanyol at Estadio de la Ceramica, Villarreal. The game concluded with Villarreal securing a victory. With 49% possession, Villarreal versus Espanyol's 51% and shots on goal at 3 to 2. Villarreal had 89% successful passes (of 422 passes) over Espanyol which had 86% successful passes (of 427 passes). The outstanding efforts by N. Pépé and C. Ngonge played a key role.

Lineup

4-4-2

4-2-3-1

Júnior

6.7

Played:
91Min

Saves:
1 of 2

Accurate passes:
18/22

Won duels:
1/1

Mouriño

7.5

Played:
73Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
49/57

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/11

Navarro

6.9

Played:
91Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
67/72

Won duels:
7/12

Dribbles:
1/2

Veiga

6.9

Played:
91Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
70/75

Won duels:
2/3

Cardona

6.7

Played:
91Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
20/21

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/7

Buchanan

6.3

Played:
64Min

Accurate passes:
11/12

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/8

Dribbles:
1/3

Gueye

6.2

Played:
91Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
22/28

Won duels:
5/12

Dribbles:
1/1

Parejo

6.9

Played:
65Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
33/35

Won duels:
1/2

Dribbles:
1/1

Moleiro

8.2

Played:
80Min

Accurate passes:
16/17

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
0/1

Pépé

9.0

Played:
91Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
32/40

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
8/10

Dribbles:
4/5

Mikautadze

8.6

Played:
73Min

Accurate passes:
7/9

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
1/2

Fernández

6.2

Played:
59Min

Accurate passes:
2/4

Won duels:
3/10

Dolan

6.7

Played:
59Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
17/18

Won duels:
6/9

Dribbles:
3/5

Expósito

6.0

Played:
59Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
13/20

Won duels:
2/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Milla

6.5

Played:
72Min

Accurate passes:
20/23

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
1/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Lozano

6.9

Played:
91Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
46/51

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/8

González

7.0

Played:
91Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
41/50

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Salinas

4.9

Played:
91Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
37/43

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/9

Dribbles:
1/1

Cabrera

7.2

Played:
91Min

Tackles:
4

Accurate passes:
50/51

Won duels:
4/5

Calero

6.2

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
35/39

Won duels:
0/1

Hilali

5.6

Played:
91Min

Accurate passes:
46/53

Won duels:
0/2

Dmitrović

5.3

Played:
91Min

Accurate passes:
11/21

Substitutes

Coach

Marcelino

Pérez

6.7

Played:
27Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
6/7

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Comesaña

6.5

Played:
26Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
12/14

Tenas

Freeman

6.2

Played:
18Min

Accurate passes:
10/10

Won duels:
0/1

Marín

Oluwaseyi

6.2

Played:
18Min

Accurate passes:
1/1

Won duels:
0/1

Dribbles:
0/1

López

6.3

Played:
11Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
1/1

Won duels:
1/2

Coach

Manolo Gonzalez

Riedel

6.3

Played:
46Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
18/19

Won duels:
2/4

Pickel

6.5

Played:
32Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
8/9

Won duels:
1/4

García

6.2

Played:
32Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
9/9

Won duels:
2/6

Ngonge

7.3

Played:
32Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
10/14

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
0/2

Roca

6.3

Played:
19Min

Accurate passes:
1/1

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
1/1

Tristán

Fortuño

Rubio

Sánchez

Carreras

Stats

Ball Possession

Villarreal: 49%

Espanyol: 51%

Total Shots

Villarreal: 10

Espanyol: 8

Shots on Goal

Villarreal: 3

Espanyol: 2

Corner Kicks

Villarreal: 5

Espanyol: 7

Offsides

Villarreal: 1

Espanyol: 0

Fouls

Villarreal: 18

Espanyol: 11

Yellow Cards

Villarreal: 3

Espanyol: 3

Red Cards

Villarreal: 0

Espanyol: 0

Total Passes

Villarreal: 422

Espanyol: 427

Goals Prevented

Villarreal: -2

Espanyol: -2

Passes Accuracy

Villarreal: 376 (89%)

Espanyol: 366 (86%)

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline

Villarreal vs Espanyol

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline