Villarreal 4:1 Espanyol: xG & match report · La Liga

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Match report · La Liga

Villarreal Home 0.76 xG · 11 shots

Espanyol Away 0.43 xG · 9 shots

41 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

35' Georges Mikautadze Villarreal · 0.20 xG chance 1–0
41' Jose Salinas (o.g.) Villarreal · 0.10 xG chance 2–0
50' Nicolas Pépé Villarreal · 0.16 xG chance 3–0
55' Alberto Moleiro Villarreal · 0.09 xG chance 4–0
88' Leandro Cabrera Espanyol · 0.06 xG chance 4–1

The shots behind it

Villarreal Espanyol

Shots: 11; 9
On target: 4; 2
Inside the box: 7; 4
xG per shot: 0.08; 0.04
Open play xG: 0.76; 0.29
Set-piece xG: 0.11; 0.11
Penalties: —; —

Villarreal's shots add up to 0.87 xG and Espanyol's to 0.40; the published figures are 0.76 and 0.43.

Shot map

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All shots

20 shots · 1.27 xG

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Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match

Villarreal

1.20 xG created 1.48 xGA

L 1.66 created, 2.72 conceded against Barcelona
W 1.52 created, 1.31 conceded against Elche
W 1.50 created, 0.94 conceded against Deportivo Alavés
L 0.99 created, 1.22 conceded against Real Betis
L 0.58 created, 1.58 conceded against Real Madrid
D 0.92 created, 1.12 conceded against Osasuna

Espanyol

1.16 xG created 1.68 xGA

W 0.90 created, 1.59 conceded against Athletic Club
L 1.43 created, 1.67 conceded against Barcelona
D 1.36 created, 1.11 conceded against Levante UD
L 1.24 created, 1.90 conceded against Girona FC
L 1.35 created, 2.55 conceded against Valencia
L 0.69 created, 1.24 conceded against Deportivo Alavés

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

Head to head

Villarreal: 1 won · 0 drawn · 0 lost

Espanyol 0:2 Villarreal 08/11/2025 xG 0.50 – 1.61

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