Villarreal 4–1 Espanyol
Villarreal
4–1HT 2–0
Espanyol
Villarreal played Espanyol in the La Liga on 9 February 2026 at Estadio de la Ceramica. The match finished 4–1.
Goals and cards
- 6'Jose Salinas — Yellow card
- 16'Tajon Buchanan — Yellow card
- 35'G. Mikautadze (assist by T. Buchanan)
- 41'J. Salinas (OG)
- 50'N. Pepe (assist by A. Moleiro)
- 53'Edu Expósito — Yellow card
- 55'A. Moleiro (assist by G. Mikautadze)
- 57'Clemens Riedel — Yellow card
- 70'Pape Gueye — Yellow card
- 88'L. Cabrera (assist by C. Ngonge)
- 89'Sergi Cardona — Yellow card
Line-ups
Villarreal 4-4-2
- Luiz Junior
- S. Mourino
- P. Navarro
- R. Veiga
- S. Cardona
- T. Buchanan
- P. Gueye
- D. Parejo
- A. Moleiro
- N. Pepe
- G. Mikautadze
- SUBSTITUTES
- A. Tenas
- G. Moreno
- S. Comesana
- A. Perez
- R. Marin
- A. Freeman
- T. Oluwaseyi
- H. Lopez
- COACHES: Marcelino
Espanyol 4-2-3-1
- M. Dmitrovic
- O. El Hilali
- F. Calero
- L. Cabrera
- J. Salinas
- U. Gonzalez
- P. Lozano
- P. Milla
- Exposito
- T. Dolan
- R. Fernandez Jaen
- SUBSTITUTES
- A. Fortuno
- P. Tristan
- C. Pickel
- C. Ngonge
- Jofre
- A. Roca
- K. Garcia
- M. Rubio
- C. Riedel
- R. Sanchez
- COACHES: Manolo Gonzalez
Match statistics
| Villarreal | Espanyol | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Shots on goal | 2 |
| 4 | Shots off goal | 5 |
| 10 | Total shots | 9 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 2 |
| 7 | Shots inside box | 4 |
| 3 | Shots outside box | 5 |
| 18 | Fouls | 11 |
| 5 | Corners | 8 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 49% | Possession | 51% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 1 | Saves | 0 |
| 428 | Total passes | 438 |
| 378 | Accurate passes | 375 |
| 88% | Pass accuracy | 86% |
| 0.76 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.43 |
| -2.21 | goals_prevented | -2.21 |