La Liga Gameweek 12 Sat, Nov 8 2025 · 20:00 RCDE Stadium, Cornella de Llobregat
Espanyol
0–2 Full time · HT 0–1 xG 0.50 – 1.56
Villarreal
  • 43’ Gerard Moreno
  • 57’ Alberto Moleiro
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Villarreal beat Espanyol

Villarreal entered as narrow favourites and won 2–0 through goals from Moreno and Moleiro. Villarreal finished with the higher xG (1.56 vs 0.50).

Espanyol29%
Draw29%
Villarreal ✓42%

Model vs reality

Espanyol goals
0
Model 1.08 · xG 0.50
Villarreal goals
2
Model 1.33 · xG 1.56
Total goals
2
Model 2.41 · xG 2.06
Score 0–2
8%
Most likely 1–1 (14%)
Over 2.5
No
Model 43%
Both scored
No
Model 49%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchGerard MorenoVillarreal · 1 goal
8.2
  • RefereeAlejandro Hernandez
  • VenueRCDE Stadium
  • Table before kick-offEspanyol 6th · Villarreal 4th

Timeline

  1. Gerard Moreno 0–1Assist Santi Comesaña
    43’
  2. Half time · 0–1
  3. Alberto Moleiro 0–2
    57’
  4. ⇄ Kike GarcíaFor Pol Lozano
    60’
  5. T. BuchananYellow card · Elbowing
    61’
  6. ⇄ Jofre CarrerasFor Edu Expósito
    71’
  7. ⇄ C. PickelFor Pere Milla
    71’
  8. ⇄ N. PépéFor Gerard Moreno
    71’
  9. ⇄ P. GueyeFor Santi Comesaña
    74’
  10. ⇄ Ayoze PérezFor T. Oluwaseyi
    74’
  11. Pau NavarroYellow card · Tripping
    81’
  12. ⇄ Rubén SánchezFor O. El Hilali
    82’
  13. ⇄ Miguel RubioFor Urko González
    82’
  14. ⇄ I. AkhomachFor T. Buchanan
    83’
  15. ⇄ Sergi CardonaFor Alberto Moleiro
    83’
  16. Full time · 0–2

Team stats

Espanyol14 shots · 8 in box, 6 outside
Villarreal9 shots · 7 in box, 2 outside
EspanyolVillarreal
55% Possession 45%
0.50 Expected goals (xG) 1.56
0.60 Expected points (xPts) 2.16
14 Shots 9
3 Shots on target 3
4 Shots off target 3
7 Blocked shots 3
8 Shots inside the box 7
6 Shots outside the box 2
561 Passes 481
88% Pass accuracy 87%
4 Corners 2
2 Goalkeeper saves 3
9 Fouls 8
2 Offsides 3
0 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
6.61 Team rating 7.15

Line-ups

Espanyol 4-4-1-1

136.3 M. Dmitrović(G)
127.2 José Salinas 66.9 L. Cabrera 56.9 F. Calero Villa 236.7 O. El Hilali ↓82’
116.0 Pere Milla ↓71’ 106.6 Pol Lozano ↓60’ 46.3 Urko González ↓82’ 246.9 T. Dolan
86.7 Edu Expósito ↓71’
96.2 R. Fernández Jaén
  • 13M. Dmitrović (G)6.3
  • 12José Salinas7.2
  • 6L. Cabrera6.9
  • 5F. Calero Villa6.9
  • 23O. El Hilali↓82’6.7
  • 11Pere Milla↓71’6.0
  • 10Pol Lozano↓60’6.6
  • 4Urko González↓82’6.3
  • 24T. Dolan6.9
  • 8Edu Expósito↓71’6.7
  • 9R. Fernández Jaén6.2

Substitutes used

  • 19Kike García↑60’6.3
  • 17Jofre Carreras↑71’6.7
  • 18C. Pickel↑71’6.6
  • 15Miguel Rubio↑82’6.6
  • 2Rubén Sánchez↑82’6.3

Unused: Pol Tristán, Ángel Fortuño, C. Riedel, Javi Hernández, Antoniu Roca

Villarreal 4-4-2

17.2 Luíz Júnior(G)
247.9 A. Pedraza Sag 127.3 Renato Veiga 47.5 Rafa Marín 267.0 Pau Navarro
206.9 Alberto Moleiro ↓83’ 167.2 T. Partey 146.9 Santi Comesaña A↓74’ 176.6 T. Buchanan ↓83’
216.2 T. Oluwaseyi ↓74’ 78.2★ Gerard Moreno ↓71’
  • 1Luíz Júnior (G)7.2
  • 24A. Pedraza Sag7.9
  • 12Renato Veiga7.3
  • 4Rafa Marín7.5
  • 26Pau Navarro7.0
  • 20Alberto Moleiro↓83’6.9
  • 16T. Partey7.2
  • 14Santi ComesañaA↓74’6.9
  • 17T. Buchanan↓83’6.6
  • 21T. Oluwaseyi↓74’6.2
  • 7Gerard Moreno ★↓71’8.2

Substitutes used

  • 19N. Pépé↑71’6.9
  • 18P. Gueye↑74’6.7
  • 22Ayoze Pérez↑74’6.7
  • 23Sergi Cardona↑83’6.3
  • 11I. Akhomach↑83’6.5

Unused: Diego Conde, Arnau Tenas, Adrià Alti, S. Mouriño, J. Foyth, Dani Parejo, Hugo Lopez

Player stats

Top rated
Gerard MorenoVillarreal8.2
2nd
A. Pedraza SagVillarreal7.9
3rd
Rafa MarínVillarreal7.5

Espanyol

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
M. Dmitrović G 90 0 0 2 sv 0 57% 23 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
José Salinas D 90 0 0 0 (0) 3 94% 51 2 0 2/2 2/2 7.2
L. Cabrera D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 94% 82 1 2 0/0 0/1 6.9
F. Calero Villa D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 94% 105 0 2 0/1 0/0 6.9
O. El Hilali D 82 0 0 0 (0) 1 97% 66 0 2 0/0 0/0 6.7
Pere Milla M 71 0 0 1 (0) 0 72% 18 0 1 0/1 1/0 6.0
Pol Lozano M 60 0 0 0 (0) 0 95% 38 1 0 0/0 1/1 6.6
Urko González M 82 0 0 0 (0) 0 90% 52 2 0 0/0 0/1 6.3
T. Dolan M 90 0 0 2 (2) 2 87% 31 5 1 3/6 2/1 6.9
Edu Expósito M 71 0 0 0 (0) 3 72% 36 1 0 0/0 2/1 6.7
R. Fernández Jaén F 90 0 0 1 (0) 1 90% 10 0 1 0/2 0/1 6.2
Kike García F 30 0 0 2 (1) 1 67% 3 0 0 1/1 0/0 6.3
Jofre Carreras F 19 0 0 0 (0) 1 64% 11 0 0 0/1 0/0 6.7
C. Pickel M 19 0 0 0 (0) 0 84% 19 1 0 0/0 1/0 6.6
Miguel Rubio D 8 0 0 0 (0) 0 63% 8 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.6
Rubén Sánchez D 8 0 0 0 (0) 0 88% 8 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3

Villarreal

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Luíz Júnior G 90 0 0 3 sv 0 63% 24 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.2
A. Pedraza Sag M 90 0 0 0 (0) 2 83% 36 6 1 2/2 0/1 7.9
Renato Veiga M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 94% 70 1 2 0/0 1/0 7.3
Rafa Marín D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 95% 84 0 1 0/0 1/0 7.5
Pau Navarro D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 91% 69 1 1 1/1 2/0 7.0
Alberto Moleiro M 83 1 0 2 (2) 1 70% 20 0 0 1/3 0/3 6.9
T. Partey M 90 0 0 1 (0) 1 87% 46 3 0 0/0 0/0 7.2
Santi Comesaña M 74 0 1 1 (0) 1 80% 49 1 1 1/1 0/2 6.9
T. Buchanan M 83 0 0 0 (0) 1 92% 24 0 0 1/1 2/2 6.6
T. Oluwaseyi F 74 0 0 0 (0) 0 63% 8 0 0 0/1 0/0 6.2
Gerard Moreno F 71 1 0 2 (1) 0 92% 36 1 0 3/4 1/0 8.2
N. Pépé F 19 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 5 0 0 1/1 0/0 6.9
P. Gueye M 16 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 3 0 0 1/1 0/0 6.7
Ayoze Pérez F 16 0 0 0 (0) 1 67% 3 1 0 0/1 0/0 6.7
Sergi Cardona D 7 0 0 0 (0) 0 50% 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
I. Akhomach F 7 0 0 0 (0) 0 50% 2 2 0 0/2 1/0 6.5

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.