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Coverage of the La Liga clash between Villarreal and Espanyol.

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')

Live Updates: Villarreal 4-2 Espanyol

Last Updated: Friday, May 5, 2023 at 23:00 UK

		First Half starts.
2'		Fouled by Nicolas Jackson - Villarreal
2'		Keidi Bare - Espanyol - won a free kick in defence.
6'		Delay in match - injury Joselu - Espanyol
7'		Delay over. They are ready to continue.
8'		Shot blocked. Etienne Capoue - Villarreal - shot with left foot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist - Giovani Lo Celso.
8'		Offside - Villarreal. Juan Foyth with a pass, however Yeremy Pino is in offside.
9'		Missed chance. Yeremy Pino - Villarreal - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is close, but missed to the left. Assist - Etienne Capoue.
10'		New attacking attempt. Daniel Parejo - Villarreal - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Samuel Chukwueze.
10'		Corner - Villarreal. Conceded by Fernando Pacheco.
11'		Shot blocked. Sergi Darder - Espanyol - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Óscar Gil.
11'		Shot blocked. Samuel Chukwueze - Villarreal - shot with left foot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assist - Etienne Capoue.
12'		Daniel Parejo - Villarreal - won a free kick in defence.
12'		Fouled by Vinicius Souza - Espanyol
14'		Shot blocked. Yeremy Pino - Villarreal - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Samuel Chukwueze.
14'		Missed chance. Giovani Lo Celso - Villarreal - shot with left foot from the centre of the box missed. Assist - Yeremy Pino.
16'		Fernando Pacheco - Espanyol - won a free kick in defence.
16'		Fouled by Nicolas Jackson - Villarreal
16'		Nicolas Jackson - Villarreal - receive yellow card for a foul.
16'		Delay in match - injury Fernando Pacheco - Espanyol
17'		Delay over. They are ready to continue.
18'		New attacking attempt. Etienne Capoue - Villarreal - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Giovani Lo Celso with a through ball.
18'		Missed chance. Samuel Chukwueze - Villarreal - shot with left foot from the centre of the box goes high.
20'		Fouled by Etienne Capoue - Villarreal
20'		Keidi Bare - Espanyol - won a free kick in defence.
21'		Alberto Moreno - Villarreal - won a free kick in defence.
21'		Fouled by Javier Puado - Espanyol
22'		Fouled by Yeremy Pino - Villarreal
22'		Javier Puado - Espanyol - won a free kick in defence.
25'		New attacking attempt. Samuel Chukwueze - Villarreal - shot with right foot from the right side of the six yard box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal.
26'		Fouled by Giovani Lo Celso - Villarreal
26'		Keidi Bare - Espanyol - won a free kick in defence.
28'		Missed chance. Vinicius Souza - Espanyol - shot with right foot from outside the box missed to the left. Assist - Sergi Gómez.
29'		Fouled by Yeremy Pino - Villarreal
29'		Vinicius Souza - Espanyol - won a free kick in defence.
30'		Shot blocked. Samuel Chukwueze - Villarreal - shot with left foot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assist - Giovani Lo Celso.
31'		Alberto Moreno - Villarreal - won a free kick in defence.
31'		Fouled by Javier Puado - Espanyol
33'		New attacking attempt. Samuel Chukwueze - Villarreal - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Giovani Lo Celso.
33'		Fouled by Fernando Calero - Espanyol
33'		Yeremy Pino - Villarreal - won a free kick on the left wing.
34'		New attacking attempt. Yeremy Pino - Villarreal - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Etienne Capoue.
34'		Corner - Villarreal. Conceded by Fernando Pacheco.
35'		Shot blocked. Yeremy Pino - Villarreal - shot with left foot inside of six yard box - left side is blocked.
35'		Corner - Villarreal. Conceded by César Montes.
37'		Shot blocked. Pau Torres - Villarreal - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Daniel Parejo.
37'		Corner - Villarreal. Conceded by Fernando Calero.
38'		Missed chance. Juan Foyth - Villarreal - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assist - Yeremy Pino.
39'		Fouled by Fernando Calero - Espanyol
39'		Giovani Lo Celso - Villarreal - won a free kick on the left wing.
40'		Fernando Calero - Espanyol - receive yellow card for a foul.
41'		Fouled by Juan Foyth - Villarreal
41'		Keidi Bare - Espanyol - won a free kick in defence.
42'		Fouled by Giovani Lo Celso - Villarreal
42'		Joselu - Espanyol - won a free kick on the left wing.
42'		New attacking attempt. Yeremy Pino - Villarreal - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Samuel Chukwueze with a through ball.
42'		Missed chance. Samuel Chukwueze - Villarreal - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
44'		Missed chance. Martin Braithwaite - Espanyol - shot with right foot from outside the box missed to the left. Assist - Sergi Darder.
44'		New attacking attempt. Keidi Bare - Espanyol - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Sergi Darder.
44'		Shot blocked. Martin Braithwaite - Espanyol - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked.
44'		Corner - Espanyol. Conceded by Aïssa Mandi.
45'		Shot blocked. Sergi Gómez - Espanyol - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Vinicius Souza with a head.
45'		Goal! Villarreal 0, Espanyol 1. Javier Puado - Espanyol - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the top right corner after corner.
45+5'		First Half ended - Villarreal 0, Espanyol 1.
45'		Second Half starts Villarreal 0, Espanyol 1.
47'		Corner - Villarreal. Conceded by Sergi Darder.
47'		New attacking attempt. Nicolas Jackson - Villarreal - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Giovani Lo Celso with a cross.
47'		Fouled by Etienne Capoue - Villarreal
47'		Vinicius Souza - Espanyol - won a free kick in defence.
48'		Hand ball by Giovani Lo Celso - Villarreal
49'		New attacking attempt. Nicolas Jackson - Villarreal - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Samuel Chukwueze.
51'		Missed chance. Samuel Chukwueze - Villarreal - shot with left foot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assist - Giovani Lo Celso.
52'		Corner - Villarreal. Conceded by Vinicius Souza.
53'		Goal! Villarreal 1, Espanyol 1. Etienne Capoue - Villarreal - shot with right foot from outside the box to the right corner. Assist - Daniel Parejo after corner.
54'		Shot blocked. Martin Braithwaite - Espanyol - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked.
55'		Fouled by Juan Foyth - Villarreal
55'		Joselu - Espanyol - won a free kick on the left wing.
56'		Delay in match - Villarreal
56'		Delay over. They are ready to continue.
57'		New attacking attempt. Sergi Darder - Espanyol - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Óscar Gil.
58'		Fouled by Javier Puado - Espanyol
58'		Yeremy Pino - Villarreal - won a free kick in defence.
58'		Yeremy Pino - Villarreal - receive yellow card.
58'		Javier Puado - Espanyol - receive yellow card for a foul.
59'		Shot blocked. Alberto Moreno - Villarreal - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Yeremy Pino.
59'		Penalty conceded by César Montes - Espanyol - with a hand ball in the penalty area.
60'		VAR Decision: Penalty Villarreal.
62'		Delay over. They are ready to continue.
62'		César Montes - Espanyol - receive yellow card for hand ball.
63'		Penalty saved! Daniel Parejo - Villarreal - fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, shot with right foot saved in the right corner.
63'		Goal! Villarreal 2, Espanyol 1. Daniel Parejo - Villarreal - shot with right foot from few metres to the left corner .
66'		Corner - Villarreal. Conceded by Vinicius Souza.
67'		Substitution - Espanyol. Edu Expósito for Keidi Bare.
67'		Hand ball by Nicolas Jackson - Villarreal
68'		Shot blocked. Joselu - Espanyol - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist - Edu Expósito.
68'		Fouled by Óscar Gil - Espanyol
68'		Giovani Lo Celso - Villarreal - won a free kick in defence.
69'		Missed chance. Edu Expósito - Espanyol - shot with right foot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assist - Sergi Darder.
71'		Corner - Villarreal. Conceded by Óscar Gil.
73'		Goal! Villarreal 2, Espanyol 2. Joselu - Espanyol - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the left corner. Assist - Martin Braithwaite.
76'		Substitution - Espanyol. Simo for Fernando Calero.
77'		Fouled by Óscar Gil - Espanyol
77'		Nicolas Jackson - Villarreal - won a free kick in defence.
77'		Óscar Gil - Espanyol - receive yellow card for a foul.
78'		Missed chance. Alberto Moreno - Villarreal - shot with left foot from the left side of the box missed. Assist - Yeremy Pino.
79'		Offside - Villarreal. Samuel Chukwueze with a pass, however Giovani Lo Celso is in offside.
80'		Goal! Villarreal 3, Espanyol 2. Nicolas Jackson - Villarreal - shot with left foot from the centre of the box to the left corner. Assist - Alberto Moreno with a through ball.
82'		Fouled by Juan Foyth - Villarreal
82'		Joselu - Espanyol - won a free kick on the left wing.
84'		Missed chance. Yeremy Pino - Villarreal - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is close, but missed.
85'		Substitution - Espanyol. Adrià Pedrosa for Javier Puado.
85'		Substitution - Espanyol. Nicolás Melamed for Vinicius Souza.
87'		Delay in match - Espanyol
87'		Delay in match - injury Pau Torres - Villarreal
88'		Delay over. They are ready to continue.
88'		Missed chance. Joselu - Espanyol - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is close, but missed. Assist - Nicolás Melamed with a head.
89'		Fouled by Daniel Parejo - Villarreal
89'		Nicolás Melamed - Espanyol - won a free kick on the right wing.
90'		Corner - Espanyol. Conceded by Juan Foyth.
90'		Missed chance. Samuel Chukwueze - Villarreal - shot with left foot from the right side of the box missed to the left. Assist - Giovani Lo Celso.
90+1'		Substitution - Villarreal. Alfonso Pedraza for Alberto Moreno.
90+1'		Shot blocked. Nicolas Jackson - Villarreal - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is blocked.
90+1'		Corner - Villarreal. Conceded by Simo.
90+2'		Goal! Villarreal 4, Espanyol 2. Etienne Capoue - Villarreal - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the right corner after corner.
90+3'		Substitution - Villarreal. Álex Baena for Nicolas Jackson.
90+4'		Substitution - Villarreal. Ramón Terrats for Giovani Lo Celso.
90+5'		Fouled by Edu Expósito - Espanyol
90+5'		Samuel Chukwueze - Villarreal - won a free kick in attack.
90+5'		Edu Expósito - Espanyol - receive red card.
90+6'		Missed chance. Etienne Capoue - Villarreal - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner from a free kick.
90+7'		Missed chance. Joselu - Espanyol - shot with right foot from long distance on the right is high and wide to the left.
90+7'		Second Half ended - Villarreal 4, Espanyol 2.
		Thats all. Game finished - Villarreal 4, Espanyol 2.

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