La Liga Gameweek 2 Sun, Aug 24 2025 · 18:30 Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal
Villarreal
5–0 Full time · HT 4–0 xG 2.36 – 0.16
Girona
  • N. Pépé 7’
  • T. Buchanan 16’, 28’, 64’
  • Rafa Marín 25’
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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.

Buchanan hat-trick sinks Girona

Villarreal entered as clear favourites and won 5–0 through goals from Pépé, Buchanan and Marín. Villarreal finished with the higher xG (2.36 vs 0.16).

Villarreal ✓64%
Draw22%
Girona14%

Model vs reality

Villarreal goals
5
Model 1.97 · xG 2.36
Girona goals
0
Model 0.82 · xG 0.16
Total goals
5
Model 2.79 · xG 2.52
Score 5–0
2%
Most likely 2–0 (12%)
Over 2.5
Yes
Model 53%
Both scored
No
Model 49%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchT. BuchananVillarreal · 3 goals
10.0
  • RefereeAlejandro Quintero Gonzalez
  • Coaches— · Míchel
  • VenueEstadio de la Cerámica
  • Table before kick-offVillarreal 4th · Girona 19th

Timeline

  1. N. Pépé 1–0
    7’
  2. T. Buchanan 2–0Assist S. Mouriño
    16’
  3. Rafa Marín 3–0Assist Yeremy Pino
    25’
  4. T. Buchanan 4–0Assist Sergi Cardona
    28’
  5. ⇄ David LópezFor Y. Herrera
    42’
  6. Half time · 4–0
  7. ⇄ T. ParteyFor Santi Comesaña
    46’
  8. ⇄ Renato VeigaFor J. Foyth
    46’
  9. ⇄ T. LemarFor D. Camara
    46’
  10. ⇄ Álex MorenoFor Portu
    46’
  11. Vitor ReisYellow card · Holding
    53’
  12. S. MouriñoYellow card · Foul
    56’
  13. L. KrejčíYellow card · Holding
    59’
  14. ⇄ I. AkhomachFor N. Pépé
    63’
  15. T. Buchanan 5–0Assist E. Eyong
    64’
  16. ⇄ Dani ParejoFor P. Gueye
    66’
  17. ⇄ Alberto MoleiroFor Yeremy Pino
    70’
  18. ⇄ Iván MartínFor J. Solís
    71’
  19. ⇄ Y. AsprillaFor V. Tsyhankov
    78’
  20. Full time · 5–0

Team stats

Villarreal19 shots · 13 in box, 6 outside
Girona5 shots · 3 in box, 2 outside
VillarrealGirona
52% Possession 48%
2.36 Expected goals (xG) 0.16
2.72 Expected points (xPts) 0.16
19 Shots 5
7 Shots on target 2
7 Shots off target 1
5 Blocked shots 2
13 Shots inside the box 3
6 Shots outside the box 2
515 Passes 470
90% Pass accuracy 91%
7 Corners 1
2 Goalkeeper saves 2
8 Fouls 9
3 Offsides 0
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
7.66 Team rating 6.18

Line-ups

Villarreal 4-4-2

16.9 Luíz Júnior(G)
237.6 Sergi Cardona A 48.2 Rafa Marín 87.0 J. Foyth ↓46’ 158.2 S. Mouriño A
217.2 Yeremy Pino A↓70’ 187.6 P. Gueye ↓66’ 146.9 Santi Comesaña ↓46’ 1710.0★ T. Buchanan
296.9 E. Eyong A 199.0 N. Pépé ↓63’
  • 1Luíz Júnior (G)6.9
  • 23Sergi CardonaA7.6
  • 4Rafa Marín8.2
  • 8J. Foyth↓46’7.0
  • 15S. MouriñoA8.2
  • 21Yeremy PinoA↓70’7.2
  • 18P. Gueye↓66’7.6
  • 14Santi Comesaña↓46’6.9
  • 17T. Buchanan ★10.0
  • 29E. EyongA6.9
  • 19N. Pépé↓63’9.0

Substitutes used

  • 12Renato Veiga↑46’6.7
  • 16T. Partey↑46’7.0
  • 11I. Akhomach↑63’6.3
  • 10Dani Parejo↑66’6.7
  • 20Alberto Moleiro↑70’6.7

Unused: Rubén Gómez, Adrià Alti, A. Pedraza Sag, Pau Navarro, Denis Suárez, Pau Cabanes

Girona 4-4-1-1

256.9 V. Krapyvtsov(G)
175.9 D. Blind 185.5 L. Krejčí 126.7 Vitor Reis 25.3 Hugo Rincón
335.7 Joel Roca 226.3 J. Solís ↓71’ 216.0 Y. Herrera ↓42’ 156.2 V. Tsyhankov ↓78’
86.2 Portu ↓46’
146.5 D. Camara ↓46’
  • 25V. Krapyvtsov (G)6.9
  • 17D. Blind5.9
  • 18L. Krejčí5.5
  • 12Vitor Reis6.7
  • 2Hugo Rincón5.3
  • 33Joel Roca5.7
  • 22J. Solís↓71’6.3
  • 21Y. Herrera↓42’6.0
  • 15V. Tsyhankov↓78’6.2
  • 8Portu↓46’6.2
  • 14D. Camara↓46’6.5

Substitutes used

  • 5David López↑42’7.0
  • 24Álex Moreno↑46’6.7
  • 11T. Lemar↑46’6.2
  • 23Iván Martín↑71’6.6
  • 10Y. Asprilla↑78’6.7

Unused: Juan Carlos, Alejandro Francés, A. Witsel, Arnau Martínez, Gibert Jordana, C. Stuani

Coach: Míchel

Player stats

Top rated
T. BuchananVillarreal10.0
2nd
N. PépéVillarreal9.0
3rd
Rafa MarínVillarreal8.2

Villarreal

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Luíz Júnior G 90 0 0 2 sv 0 88% 16 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
Sergi Cardona D 90 0 1 0 (0) 3 84% 37 1 1 0/0 1/0 7.6
Rafa Marín D 90 1 0 1 (1) 0 90% 61 0 0 0/0 0/0 8.2
J. Foyth D 46 0 0 0 (0) 0 93% 29 2 0 0/0 0/0 7.0
S. Mouriño D 90 0 1 0 (0) 1 98% 58 11 0 2/2 3/0 8.2
Yeremy Pino M 70 0 1 0 (0) 1 83% 30 2 0 1/3 1/0 7.2
P. Gueye M 66 0 0 1 (0) 1 88% 43 1 2 0/0 3/2 7.6
Santi Comesaña M 46 0 0 1 (0) 1 92% 26 0 1 0/0 0/0 6.9
T. Buchanan M 90 3 0 4 (3) 1 83% 24 0 1 4/4 0/2 10.0
E. Eyong F 90 0 1 3 (2) 2 80% 10 1 0 0/2 0/1 6.9
N. Pépé F 63 1 0 1 (1) 2 87% 30 2 0 4/6 0/2 9.0
Renato Veiga M 44 0 0 0 (0) 0 92% 37 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.7
T. Partey M 44 0 0 2 (0) 0 83% 35 1 0 1/1 0/0 7.0
I. Akhomach F 27 0 0 0 (0) 2 100% 11 0 0 0/2 0/1 6.3
Dani Parejo M 24 0 0 0 (0) 1 91% 23 1 0 0/0 0/0 6.7
Alberto Moleiro M 20 0 0 1 (0) 0 100% 7 0 0 2/3 0/1 6.7

Girona

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
V. Krapyvtsov G 90 0 0 2 sv 0 100% 16 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
D. Blind D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 96% 68 2 1 0/0 2/0 5.9
L. Krejčí D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 89% 62 2 0 0/0 1/0 5.5
Vitor Reis D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 90% 63 4 0 0/0 2/0 6.7
Hugo Rincón D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 82% 28 0 1 2/2 0/1 5.3
Joel Roca M 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 87% 31 1 0 3/13 1/3 5.7
J. Solís M 71 0 0 0 (0) 0 92% 48 0 0 0/0 2/1 6.3
Y. Herrera M 42 0 0 0 (0) 0 88% 25 2 1 0/0 0/0 6.0
V. Tsyhankov F 78 0 0 0 (0) 0 75% 20 1 2 0/0 0/2 6.2
Portu F 46 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 8 0 0 0/1 0/0 6.2
D. Camara F 46 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 5 0 1 0/0 0/0 6.5
David López D 48 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 38 1 0 0/0 0/0 7.0
Álex Moreno D 44 0 0 0 (0) 0 91% 23 2 0 3/5 0/0 6.7
T. Lemar M 44 0 0 0 (0) 0 83% 18 0 0 0/0 0/1 6.2
Iván Martín M 19 0 0 0 (0) 1 87% 15 3 0 0/0 1/0 6.6
Y. Asprilla M 12 0 0 2 (2) 0 100% 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.7

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.