Villarreal vs Espanyol – Result & match summary
Events
Goals, cards, substitutions and key match events.
Momentum
Who applied more pressure, minute by minute.
Villarreal
Match statistics
Top performers
About the match
Espanyol defeated Villarreal 1–0 on 30 October 2026 at Estadio de la Cerámica in La Liga.
Lineups
Villarreal: (4-4-2) Pau Navarro, Gerard Moreno, Georges Mikautadze, Alberto Moleiro, Renato Veiga, Santi Comesaña, Santiago Mouriño, Carlos Macià, Tajon Buchanan, Sergi Cardona, Péter Gulácsi.
Espanyol: (4-2-3-1) Ángel Fortuño, Leandro Cabrera, Edu Expósito, Roberto Fernández, Bryan Zaragoza, Vanja Drkusic, Roger Hinojo, Omar El Hilali, Rafel Bauzà, Javi Hernández, Alejandro Santiago.
Substitutions
Villarreal: Nicolas Pépé for Gerard Moreno, Ayoze Pérez for Alberto Moleiro, Carlos Romero for Sergi Cardona, Alex Freeman for Pau Navarro, Tani Oluwaseyi for Tajon Buchanan.
Espanyol: José Ángel López for Roger Hinojo, Pol Lozano for Rafel Bauzà, Jan Peries for Alejandro Santiago, Javi Puado for Bryan Zaragoza, Gabriel Moscardo for Javi Hernández.
Sidelined players
Villarreal: Pape Gueye.
Espanyol: Kike García.
Match statistics
Villarreal had 63% of the possession, compared with 37% for Espanyol.
Villarreal registered 14 shots, with 4 on target. Espanyol had 5 shots, with 3 on target.
Villarreal won 7 corners, while Espanyol won 3.
Top players
Villarreal: Georges Mikautadze was the highest-rated player (7.3), had 2 shots on target and created 2 chances and Péter Gulácsi made 2 saves.
Espanyol: Leandro Cabrera scored 1 goal, Bryan Zaragoza provided 1 assist, and Ángel Fortuño was the highest-rated player (8.1).