Villarreal CF vs RCD Espanyol de Barcelona, La Liga 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

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Primera Division · 2021-22

Villarreal CF

5 – 1

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RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Sun 27 Feb 2022 · 13:00 UTC Estadio de la Ceramica HT 45' · FT 45'

Serge Aurier 31' Y

Y 40' Pedrosa

Albiol 90' Y

Overview

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Villarreal CF vs RCD Espanyol de Barcelona — La Liga at Estadio de la Ceramica.

Villarreal CF 12 games · 15 pts (2026/27)
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 12 games · 12 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Ricardo de Burgos
Referee Roberto Diaz
Referee Jon Nunez
Referee Alejandro Muniz
Referee Antonio Alberola Rojas
Referee Cesar Soto

6 games this season 🟨 5.2/game ⚽ 22.3 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Barcelona	12	33
2	Real Madrid CF	12	30
3	Club Atlético de Madrid	12	28
4	Real Betis Balompié	12	26
5	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	12	22
6	Sevilla FC	12	18
7	Athletic Club	11	16
8	RC Deportivo La Coruña	12	15
9	Villarreal CF	12	15
10	Real Racing Club de Santander	12	14
11	RC Celta de Vigo	12	13
12	Deportivo Alavés	12	13
13	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	11	12
14	CA Osasuna	12	12
15	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	12	12
16	Getafe CF	12	12
17	Levante UD	12	11
18	Elche CF	12	10
19	Valencia CF	12	9
20	Málaga CF	12	5

Head-to-Head

Villarreal CF 13 games · Avg 2.8 goals RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Last 5 meetings

2022-02-27 Villarreal CF 5–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2021-08-21 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 0–0 Villarreal CF 2020-01-19 Villarreal CF 1–2 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2019-10-20 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 0–1 Villarreal CF 2019-02-03 Villarreal CF 2–2 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Recent Form

Villarreal CF

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Feb	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	H	5–1	W
22 Feb	Juventus FC	H	1–1	D
19 Feb	Granada CF	A	4–1	W
12 Feb	Real Madrid CF	H	0–0	D
06 Feb	Real Betis Balompié	A	2–0	W
22 Jan	RCD Mallorca	H	3–0	W

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Feb	Villarreal CF	A	1–5	L
20 Feb	Sevilla FC	H	1–1	D
13 Feb	FC Barcelona	H	2–2	D
07 Feb	Athletic Club	A	1–2	L
21 Jan	Real Betis Balompié	H	1–4	L
18 Jan	Cadiz CF	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

Villarreal CF		RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
#9	Position	#15
15	Points	12
12	Played	12
4 / 3 / 5	W / D / L	3 / 3 / 6
17	Scored	13
15	Conceded	14
+2	GD	-1
1.25	PPG	1.00
33%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

54% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

17% Clean Sheets
Villarreal CF this season

33% Clean Sheets
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona this season

Villarreal CF are 9th (15 pts). RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are 15th (12 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Villarreal CF

0-15

–/1

16-30

2/1

31-45

5/7

46-60

1/2

61-75

2/1

76+

6/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/–

46-60

2/–

61-75

1/2

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Villarreal CF

Georges Mikautadze	3 G	1 A
Pape Gueye	3 G
Alberto Moleiro	2 G	4 A
Nicolas Pepe	2 G	1 A
Gerard Moreno	2 G

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Roberto Fernandez	6 G
Tyrhys Dolan	1 G
Alex Calatrava	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Villarreal CF kicks off things out of here…
5' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with RCD Espanyol de Barcelona winning 100% of all matches.
14' GOAL! Yeremi Pino scores on 14. Assisted by Pervis Estupinan
19' It looks surprising RCD Espanyol de Barcelona does not make any changes. Etienne Capoue has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
20' Assisted by Etienne Capoue with the perfectly-timed delivery and Yeremi Pino makes no mistake. 2-0!
21' Brilliant from the ! Yeremi Pino makes it 3-0 with a superb finish on 21.
26' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
31' Serge Aurier has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 31.
36' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
40' That is a Yellow card for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona. Pedrosa will be fuming at that decision.
45' Yeremi Pino doubles the advantage! 4-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
46' The Villarreal CF bench stirs into life. Pau Torres is withdrawn and Aissa Mandi gets his opportunity.
46' A stunning finish from Yeremi Pino — that came from absolutely nowhere!
51' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Villarreal CF and RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
53' Against the run of play, Yeremi Pino has scored! This game has turned on its head.
58' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
63' It is a substitution in Villarreal CF team. Etienne Capoue is replaced by Iborra on 63 minute.
64' It is a substitution in RCD Espanyol de Barcelona team. Javi Puado is replaced by Nico Ribaudo on 64 minute.
65' Keidi Bare adds to his 0 season tally! RCD Espanyol de Barcelona lead 6-1 — and this changes everything.
66' Keidi Bare makes no mistake. The score reads 6-2 and RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are in front.
71' The travelling RCD Espanyol de Barcelona supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
74' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona ring the changes. Pedrosa has done his job and it is now time for Didac to step up.
75' Samuel Chukwueze is replacing Yeremi Pino for the Villarreal CF side.
76' Another substitution for Villarreal CF to replace Arnaut Danjuma by Boulaye Dia on 76 minute.
81' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
82' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona ring the changes. Raul de Tomas has done his job and it is now time for Lei Wu to step up.
86' A goal from the Senegal international Boulaye Dia! He fires home on 86 to make it 7-2!
90' Poor challenge from Albiol. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
It finishes all square. Villarreal CF and RCD Espanyol de Barcelona share the spoils 5-1.

Lineups

Villarreal CF Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

23
Moi Gomez ↑ 63'
10
Iborra ↑ 63'
18
Alberto Moreno
8
Juan Foyth
22
Aissa Mandi ↑ 46'
24
Alfonso Pedraza
1
Sergio Asenjo
2
Mario Gaspar
11
Samuel Chukwueze ↑ 75'
16
Boulaye Dia ↑ 76'
–
Iker Alvarez

Coach Unai Emery

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

17
Didac ↑ 74'
14
Oscar Melendo
16
Loren
1
Oier
2
Miguelon
8
Fran Merida
23
Adri Embarba ↑ 63'
5
Fernando Calero
18
Landry Dimata ↑ 46'
21
Nico Ribaudo ↑ 64'
34
Joan Garcia
7
Lei Wu ↑ 82'

Coach Vicente Moreno

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Yeremi Pino	5
Benjamin Lecomte	2
Karl Toko Ekambi	2
Etienne Capoue	2
Santi Cazorla	2
Dani Parejo	2
Ayoze Perez	2
Keidi Bare	2

Head to Head

Villarreal CF Form

2022-02-27 Villarreal CF 5–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona W 2022-02-22 Villarreal CF 1–1 Juventus FC D 2022-02-19 Granada CF 1–4 Villarreal CF W 2022-02-12 Villarreal CF 0–0 Real Madrid CF D 2022-02-06 Real Betis Balompié 0–2 Villarreal CF W 2022-01-22 Villarreal CF 3–0 RCD Mallorca W

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Form

2022-02-27 Villarreal CF 5–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2022-02-20 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 Sevilla FC D 2022-02-13 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–2 FC Barcelona D 2022-02-07 Athletic Club 2–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2022-01-21 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–4 Real Betis Balompié L 2022-01-18 Cadiz CF 2–2 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.96 Villarreal CF xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.95 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona xG

I would bet for: Villarreal CF to win 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Villarreal CF60% Draw23% RCD Espanyol de Barcelona17%

Actual: Villarreal CF win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.91

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Villarreal CF or Draw

83%

Draw or RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

40%

Villarreal CF or RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Villarreal CF42% Draw43% RCD Espanyol de Barcelona15%

Actual: Villarreal CF win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–1 not predicted

5 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

11%

2 – 0

10.3%

1 – 0

10.1%

2 – 1

9.6%

0 – 0

7.2%

3 – 0

6.6%

3 – 1

6.3%

1 – 2

4.6%

2 – 2

4.5%

0 – 1

4.4%

4 – 0

3.2%

4 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Villarreal CF

Handicap	Villarreal CF covers	Push	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	18%	64%
-1.5	36%	—	64%
-1	36%	23%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	11%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Villarreal CF keeps clean sheet

39% ✓

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.