Villarreal 4-2 Espanyol - La Liga - April 27, 2023 - Match Guide, Data Analysis, Standings - Football

La Liga

La Liga | Gameweek 31

Apr 27, 2023 at 6.30pm UK

Estadio de la Cerámica

Villarreal

4 - 2

Espanyol

Capoue (53', 90+2'), Parejo (63'), Jackson (80')
Jackson (16'), Pino (58')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Puado (45'), Joselu (73')
Calero (40'), Puado (58'), Montes (62'), Gil (77')

The Match

Sports Mole previews Thursday's La Liga clash between Villarreal and Espanyol, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

More game data and we say below the videos

Form, Standings, Stats

Villarreal

All competitions

La Liga

Last Game: Sevilla 2-1 Villarreal
Sunday, April 23 at 8pm in La Liga

Goals
for

Top scorers

Espanyol

All competitions

Last Game: Espanyol 0-0 Cadiz
Friday, April 21 at 8pm in La Liga

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Villarreal 2-0 Espanyol

Villarreal's defeats to bottom-half teams in their last two matches will provide some optimism for an Espanyol side who are struggling for form themselves and can ill-afford to drop too many more points in their battle to avoid relegation. Nevertheless, the hosts will be regarded as favourites to come out on top on Thursday and they should have enough quality in their side to record a routine win at the Estadi de la Ceramica. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Villarreal win with a probability of 62.84%. A draw had a probability of 21% and a win for Espanyol had a probability of 16.11%.

The most likely scoreline for a Villarreal win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.29%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.16%) and 2-1 (9.89%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10%), while for a Espanyol win it was 0-1 (5.06%). The actual scoreline of 4-2 was predicted with a 1.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Villarreal would win this match.

Result
Villarreal	Draw	Espanyol
62.84% ( 0.53)	21.05% ( -0.22)	16.11% ( -0.32)

Both teams to score 50.61% (

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

54.52% (

0.36)

45.48% (

-0.36)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

32.18% (

0.34)

67.81% (

-0.34)

Villarreal Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

86.14% (

0.28)

13.86% (

-0.28)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

58.75% (

0.55)

41.24% (

-0.55)

Espanyol Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

58.75% (

-0.19)

41.25% (

0.19)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

22.22% (

-0.17)

77.78% (

0.17)

Score Analysis

Villarreal 62.83%

Espanyol 16.11%

Draw 21.04%

Villarreal	Draw	Espanyol
1-0 @ 11.29% ( -0.06) 2-0 @ 11.16% ( 0.06) 2-1 @ 9.89% ( -0) 3-0 @ 7.35% ( 0.11) 3-1 @ 6.51% ( 0.06) 4-0 @ 3.63% ( 0.09) 4-1 @ 3.22% ( 0.06) 3-2 @ 2.88% ( 0.01) 5-0 @ 1.44% ( 0.05) 4-2 @ 1.43% ( 0.02) 5-1 @ 1.27% ( 0.04) Other @ 2.76% Total : 62.83%	1-1 @ 10% ( -0.1) 0-0 @ 5.72% ( -0.09) 2-2 @ 4.38% ( -0.02) Other @ 0.95% Total : 21.04%	0-1 @ 5.06% ( -0.11) 1-2 @ 4.43% ( -0.07) 0-2 @ 2.24% ( -0.06) 1-3 @ 1.31% ( -0.03) 2-3 @ 1.29% ( -0.01) Other @ 1.78% Total : 16.11%

How you voted: Villarreal vs Espanyol

Villarreal

90.6%

Draw

9.4%

Espanyol

0.0%

Head to Head

Nov 9, 2022 7pm

gameweek 14

Espanyol

0-1

Villarreal

Lecomte (64' og.)
Capoue (38')

Feb 27, 2022 1pm

gameweek 26

Villarreal

5-1

Espanyol

Pino (14', 20', 45', 53'), Dia (86')
Aurier (31'), Albiol (90+2')

Bare (65')
Pedrosa (40')

Aug 21, 2021 6.30pm

gameweek 2

Espanyol

0-0

Villarreal

de Tomas (41'), Gil (59'), Bare (90+2'), Moreno Peris (90+5')

Capoue (23'), Gomez (30'), Moreno (36'), Mandi (54')

Jan 19, 2020 3pm

gameweek 20

Villarreal

1-2

Espanyol

Cazorla (62' pen.)
Trigueros (41')

Lopez (5'), De Tomas (47')
Vila (24'), Lopez (32'), de Tomas (76')
Lopez (59')

Oct 20, 2019 3pm

gameweek 9

Espanyol

0-1

Villarreal

Espinosa (93'), Lopez (96')

Toko Ekambi (17')
Iborra (51')

Form Guide

Sevilla 2-1 Villarreal

Villarreal 1-2 Valladolid

Real Madrid 2-3 Villarreal

Villarreal 2-0 Real Sociedad

Osasuna 0-3 Villarreal

Villarreal 0-1 Anderlecht

Espanyol 0-0 Cadiz

Betis 3-1 Espanyol

Espanyol 1-2 Athletic Bilbao

Girona 2-1 Espanyol

Espanyol 1-3 Celta Vigo

Real Madrid 3-1 Espanyol

Kasimpasa

Galatasaray

Fenerbahce

Trabzonspor

Adana Demirspor

Karagumruk

Sivasspor

Aarhus

Cagliari

Eredivisie Promotion Playoffs

Argentine Primera Division

Under-20 World Cup

Under-20 World Cup

USA U20s

Euro Under-17 Championship

> Fixtures

England U17s

4-2

Switzerland U17s

Euro Under-17 Championship

Germany U17s

France U17s

French Open First Round

> Fixtures

Result

Andreeva
Riske-Amritraj

6 6
2 1

Result

Wang
Bouzkova

6 77
4 65

Result

Jarry
Dellien

6 6 6
4 4 2

Result

Peterson
Ferro

6 6
2 0

Result

Paul
Stricker

6 6 6
3 2 4

Result

Nishioka
Wolf

1 3 6 6 6
6 6 4 3 3

Result

Kalinina
Parry

2 3
6 6

Result

Ymer
Ruud

4 3 2
6 6 6

Result

Purcell
Thompson

7 1 6 6
5 6 4 4

Result

Mpetshi Perricard
Alberto Olivieri

63 6 6 5 1
77 4 4 7 6

Result

Vavassori
Kecmanovic

5 2 710 77 711
7 6 68 63 69

Result

Bronzetti
Jabeur

4 1
6 6

Result

Danilovic
Baindl

6 6
3 2

Result

Bublik
Zeppieri

0 6 6 3 5
6 4 4 6 7

Result

Gaston
Molcan

1 64 4
6 77 6

Result

Zverev
Harris

78 77 6
66 60 1

Result

Rus
Grabher

2 3
6 6

Result

Noskova
Kovinic

6 2
3 1

(ret.)

Result

Janicijevic
Dodin

6 2 1
0 6 6

Result

Tsurenko
Krejcikova

6 6
2 4

Result

Zhu
Davis

3 3
6 6

Result

Masarova
Gauff

6 1 2
3 6 6

Result

Seyboth Wild
Medvedev

77 66 2 6 6
65 78 6 3 4

Result

Cerundolo
Munar

6 2 77 6
1 6 65 1

Result

Cirstea
Paolini

5 6 2
7 2 6

Result

Burel
Sorribes Tormo

60 2
77 6

Result

Ruusuvuori
Barrere

6 67 5 6 6
2 79 7 1 4

Result

Halys
Pella

4 79 6 64 64
6 67 2 77 710

1.30pm

Monteiro
Hanfmann

Result

Rune
Eubanks

6 3 77 6
4 6 62 2

Result

Rybakina
Fruhvirtova

6 6
4 2

Result

Swiatek
Bucsa

6 6
4 0

Result

Skatov
Dimitrov

0 3 2
6 6 6

Result

Mmoh
Fritz

2 1 1
6 6 6

Result

Gasquet
Rinderknech

4 6 2 64
6 2 6 77

Result

In-Albon
Liu

1 4
6 6

Result

Martic
Rogers

3 6 6
6 3 2

Result

Andreeva
Navarro

2 6 4
6 3 6

Result

Azarenka
Andreescu

6 3 4
2 6 6

7.15pm

Monfils
Baez

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Tables

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Barcelona	37	28	4	5	69	18	51	88
2	Real Madrid	37	24	5	8	74	35	39	77
3	Atletico Madrid Atletico	37	23	7	7	68	31	37	76
4	Real Sociedad	37	20	8	9	49	34	15	68
5	Villarreal	37	19	6	12	57	38	19	63
6	Real Betis Betis	37	17	8	12	45	40	5	59
7	Osasuna	37	14	8	15	35	41	-6	50
8	Athletic Bilbao	37	14	8	15	46	42	4	50
9	Girona Girona	37	13	10	14	57	53	4	49
10	Rayo Vallecano	37	13	10	14	45	50	-5	49
11	Sevilla	37	13	10	14	46	52	-6	49
12	Mallorca	37	13	8	16	34	43	-9	47
13	Valencia	37	11	8	18	41	44	-3	41
14	Cadiz Cadiz	37	10	11	16	29	52	-23	41
15	Getafe	37	10	11	16	34	45	-11	41
16	Almeria	37	11	7	19	46	62	-16	40
17	Celta Vigo	37	10	10	17	41	52	-11	40
18	Real Valladolid Valladolid	37	11	6	20	33	63	-30	39
R	Espanyol	37	8	12	17	49	66	-17	36
R	Elche Elche	37	5	9	23	29	66	-37	24
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