Counter-Attacking Masterclass: Madrid Edges Clásico Thriller
The away side absorbed sustained possession and delivered two lethal counter-attacks to secure a decisive 2–1 rivalry victory.
Ludistat
Villarreal 0–1 Espanyol
- Season
- La Liga
- 2026 · Regular Season - 11
Referee
Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez
La Liga: Espanyol beat Villarreal 1–0. Goals: Leandro Cabrera 60'.
Top rated
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
How the score moved
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
- Villarreal
- Espanyol
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| When | Villarreal | Espanyol |
|---|---|---|
| 60′ · Leandro Cabrera | 0 | 1 |
| 90′ | 0 | 1 |
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- Villarreal
- Espanyol
VillarrealGoals0xG0.92
- xG per shot
- 0.07
- Goals minus xG
- -0.92
EspanyolGoals1xG0.26
- xG per shot
- 0.05
- Goals minus xG
- +0.74
How the chances split
Villarreal win 51%Draw 39%Espanyol win 10%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
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| Villarreal | Espanyol | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 0.92 | 0.26 |
| xG per shot | 0.066 | 0.052 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.92 | +0.74 |
| Villarreal win | 51% | |
| Draw | 39% | |
| Espanyol win | 10% |
Goals & cards
- 21′Rafel BauzàPersistent Infringement
- 41′Roger HinojoHandball
- 53′
- Santi ComesañaFoul56′
- 60′Leandro CabreraAssist: Bryan Zaragoza
- 75′Bryan ZaragozaFoul
- Carlos MaciàFoul90+1′
- 21′
Key stats
- 63%Ball Possession37%
- 0.92Expected goals0.26
- 14Total Shots5
- 4Shots on goal3
- 7Corner Kicks3
Half by half
- Villarreal
- Espanyol
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villarreal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Espanyol | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Facts
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
- Villarreal: 3 won, 1 drawn, 1 lost in their last 5 matches.
- Villarreal kept 2 clean sheets in their last 5 matches.
- Villarreal scored 13 and conceded 6 in their last 5 matches.
- Espanyol: 0 won, 1 drawn, 4 lost in their last 5 matches.
- Espanyol have lost their last 3 matches.
- Espanyol scored 6 and conceded 11 in their last 5 matches.
Recent form
Standings
Primera División
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 |  Racing Santander | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 10 |  Alaves | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 11 | Villarreal | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 |  Celta Vigo | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 14 |  Rayo Vallecano | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 15 |  Getafe | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
Timeline
- Off: Gerard MorenoOn: Nicolas Pépé18′
- 21′Rafel BauzàPersistent Infringement
- 41′Roger HinojoHandball
- 50′Roberto Fernández Jaén(VAR)Goal cancelled
- 53′
- Santi ComesañaFoul56′
- Off: Alberto MoleiroOn: Ayoze Pérez59′
- Off: Sergi Cardona BermúdezOn: Carlos Romero59′
- 60′Leandro CabreraAssist: Bryan Zaragoza
- 61′Off: Roger HinojoOn: José Ángel López Gálvez
- 61′Off: Rafel BauzàOn: Pol Lozano
- 75′Bryan ZaragozaFoul
- 77′Off: Bryan ZaragozaOn: Javi Puado
- 77′Off: Alejandro Santiago VargasOn: Jan Peries Duran
- Off: Pau NavarroOn: Alex Freeman80′
- Off: Tajon BuchananOn: Tani Oluwaseyi80′
- 88′Off: Francisco Javier Hernandez CoarasaOn: Gabriel Moscardo
- Carlos MaciàFoul90+1′
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- Villarreal
- Espanyol
VillarrealGoals0xG0.92
- xG per shot
- 0.07
- Goals minus xG
- -0.92
EspanyolGoals1xG0.26
- xG per shot
- 0.05
- Goals minus xG
- +0.74
How the chances split
Villarreal win 51%Draw 39%Espanyol win 10%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
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| Villarreal | Espanyol | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 0.92 | 0.26 |
| xG per shot | 0.066 | 0.052 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.92 | +0.74 |
| Villarreal win | 51% | |
| Draw | 39% | |
| Espanyol win | 10% |
Every shot, and how it ended
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
- Goals
- Saved
- Off target
- Blocked
Villarreal14 shots464
Espanyol5 shots1211
- 72Inside the box
- 73Outside the box
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| Villarreal | Espanyol | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| Off target | 6 | 1 |
| Blocked | 4 | 1 |
| Inside the box | 7 | 2 |
| Outside the box | 7 | 3 |
The ball: possession and passing
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
- Villarreal
- Espanyol
63%Possession37%
89%503 of 564 passes81%263 of 326 passes
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| Villarreal | Espanyol | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 63% | 37% |
| Passes | 564 | 326 |
| Completed | 503 | 263 |
| Pass accuracy | 89% | 81% |
Discipline
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
- 1513Fouls
- 33Yellow cards
- 00Red cards
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| Villarreal | Espanyol | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 15 | 13 |
| Yellow cards | 3 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
Every player's rating
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
- Villarreal
- Espanyol
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| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ángel Fortuño | Espanyol | 8.3 | 90 |
| Bryan Zaragoza | Espanyol | 7.2 | 77 |
| Renato Veiga | Villarreal | 7.1 | 90 |
| Gabriel Moscardo | Espanyol | 7.1 | 2 |
| O. El Hilali | Espanyol | 7.0 | 90 |
| Pol Lozano | Espanyol | 7.0 | 29 |
| S. Mouriño | Villarreal | 6.9 | 90 |
| G. Mikautadze | Villarreal | 6.9 | 90 |
| Alberto Moleiro | Villarreal | 6.9 | 59 |
| L. Cabrera | Espanyol | 6.9 | 90 |
| Javi Puado | Espanyol | 6.8 | 13 |
| P. Gulácsi | Villarreal | 6.8 | 90 |
| V. Drkušić | Espanyol | 6.7 | 90 |
| Pau Navarro | Villarreal | 6.7 | 80 |
| Rafel Bauzà | Espanyol | 6.7 | 61 |
| Santi Comesaña | Villarreal | 6.6 | 90 |
| Javier Hernandez | Espanyol | 6.6 | 88 |
| Edu Expósito | Espanyol | 6.6 | 90 |
| J. A. Lopez | Espanyol | 6.5 | 29 |
| Jan Peries Duran | Espanyol | 6.5 | 13 |
| Gerard Moreno | Villarreal | 6.5 | 18 |
| N. Pépé | Villarreal | 6.5 | 72 |
| Alejandro Santiago Vargas | Espanyol | 6.4 | 77 |
| T. Oluwaseyi | Villarreal | 6.4 | 10 |
| Carlos Romero | Villarreal | 6.3 | 31 |
| Ayoze Pérez | Villarreal | 6.3 | 31 |
| Roberto Fernández | Espanyol | 6.3 | 90 |
| T. Buchanan | Villarreal | 6.2 | 80 |
| Roger Hinojo | Espanyol | 6.2 | 61 |
| A. Freeman | Villarreal | 6.2 | 10 |
| Sergi Cardona | Villarreal | 6.1 | 59 |
| C. Macia | Villarreal | 6.0 | 90 |
The goalkeepers
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
67%
P. Gulácsi
P. Gulácsi- Saves
- 2
- Conceded
- 1
- Rating
- 6.8
100%
Ángel Fortuño
Ángel Fortuño- Saves
- 5
- Conceded
- 0
- Rating
- 8.3
- Villarreal
- Espanyol
Top stats
- 63%Ball Possession37%
- 0.92Expected goals0.26
- 14Total Shots5
- 4Shots on goal3
- 7Corner Kicks3
Shots
- 6Shots off Goal1
- 4Blocked shots1
- 7Shots insidebox2
- 7Shots outsidebox3
Passing
- 564Total passes326
- 503Passes accurate263
- 89%Pass accuracy81%
Defence & set pieces
- 2Goalkeeper Saves5
- 11Free Kicks15
Discipline
- 15Fouls13
- 3Yellow Cards3
- 0Red Cards0
Half by half
- Villarreal
- Espanyol
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villarreal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Espanyol | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Villarreal4-4-2Espanyol4-2-3-1Villarreal4-4-2Coach: Iñigo Pérez
Bench
Espanyol4-2-3-1Coach: Eder Sarabia
Bench
24T. DolanF
18Marcos FernándezF
20Gabriel MoscardoM
3Q. HartmanD
32J. A. LopezD
10Pol LozanoM
11Pere MillaM
14Unai NúñezD
7Javi PuadoF
27Adama TimeraD
13M. DmitrovićG
33Jan Peries DuranF
| 25P. GulácsiG | 90 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15S. MouriñoD | 90 | 6.9 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6Pau NavarroD | 80 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12Renato VeigaD | 90 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 1 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23Sergi CardonaD | 59 | 6.1 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 14Santi ComesañaM | 90 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 1 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10Alberto MoleiroM | 59 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30C. Tidiane ThiamM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20Carlos RomeroD | 31 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1Luíz JúniorG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22Ayoze PérezF | 31 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19N. PépéF | 72 | 6.5 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21T. OluwaseyiF | 10 | 6.4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2Logan CostaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27N. El JmiliF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3A. FreemanD | 10 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13Rubén GómezG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17T. BuchananM | 80 | 6.2 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16C. MaciaM | 90 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7Gerard MorenoF | 18 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9G. MikautadzeF | 90 | 6.9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Primera División
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Barcelona | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| 2 |  Real Madrid | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| 3 |  Atletico Madrid | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| 4 |  Real Betis | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| 5 |  Real Sociedad | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 |  Sevilla | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 |  Athletic Club | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 |  Deportivo La Coruna | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | Racing Santander | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 10 | Alaves | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 11 | Villarreal | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | Celta Vigo | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 14 | Rayo Vallecano | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 15 | Getafe | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 16 |  Osasuna | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 17 |  Elche | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 18 |  Levante | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 19 |  Valencia | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 20 |  Malaga | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 |