Espanyol 0:2 Villarreal: xG & match report · La Liga

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Match report · La Liga

Espanyol Home 0.50 xG · 14 shots

Villarreal Away 1.61 xG · 9 shots

02 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

43' Gerard Moreno Villarreal · 0.04 xG chance 0–1
57' Alberto Moleiro Villarreal · 1.00 xG chance 0–2

The shots behind it

Espanyol Villarreal

Shots: 14; 9
On target: 3; 3
Inside the box: 8; 7
xG per shot: 0.04; 0.23
Open play xG: 0.47; 2.04
Set-piece xG: 0.05; 0.05
Penalties: —; —

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 0.51 for Espanyol and 2.06 for Villarreal.

Shot map

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All shots

23 shots · 2.61 xG

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Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match

Espanyol

2.11 xG created 1.04 xGA

D 2.50 created, 0.74 conceded against Valencia
D 1.08 created, 1.08 conceded against Girona FC
L 2.24 created, 1.33 conceded against Real Betis
W 3.74 created, 0.77 conceded against Real Oviedo
W 1.93 created, 0.86 conceded against Elche
L 1.18 created, 1.43 conceded against Deportivo Alavés

Villarreal

1.67 xG created 1.49 xGA

W 1.95 created, 0.97 conceded against Sevilla
W 1.22 created, 1.44 conceded against Athletic Club
L 1.00 created, 3.52 conceded against Real Madrid
D 0.66 created, 1.18 conceded against Real Betis
W 2.18 created, 0.80 conceded against Valencia
W 3.02 created, 1.02 conceded against Rayo Vallecano

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

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