Espanyol 0-2 Villarreal
Key numbers
- Possession 55% – 45%
- Shots 14 (3 on target) – 9 (3)
- Decisive moment: 43' Gerard Moreno, FN xPts +1.0
HT 0:1
Gerard Moreno 43'
Alberto Moleiro 57'
Alberto Moleiro 57'
Espanyol 6th · 18 pts|Villarreal 4th → 2nd · 26 pts
Villarreal won on the scoreboard and on xG (0.5–1.61).
Player of the matchAlfonso PedrazaDecisive moment43' Gerard Moreno+1.0
Player of the match
Alfonso Pedraza Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.6 (Dominant)
Game state
Espanyol ahead 0 min · level 43 min · Villarreal ahead 47 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
43'
Gerard Moreno
Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Santi Comesaña +0.3
+1.0
57'
Alberto Moleiro
Goal
+0.5
Espanyol
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −1.1Time effect −0.3→ League points won 0
Villarreal
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments +1.5Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.1→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
EspanyolVillarreal
55%Possession45%
0.5Expected goals (xG)1.61
0.04xG per shot0.18
14Shots9
3Shots on target3
21%Shots on target %33%
8Shots in box7
563Passes483
89%Pass accuracy87%
4Corners2
2Saves3
9Fouls9
0Yellow cards2
2Offsides3
Compared with usual
Villarreal
16 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.9 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | |
| xG | 1.61 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 0.5 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 9 | 14.5 | |
| On target | 3 | 5.1 | |
| Shots faced | 14 | 11.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.18 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 45% | 46.2% | |
| Passes | 483 | 430.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 84.5% | |
| Corners | 2 | 4.4 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 11.6 |
Timeline
- 43' Goal Gerard Moreno league goal #3 assist Santi Comesaña
- 57' Goal Alberto Moleiro league goal #4
- 60' Sub Pol Lozano → Kike García
- 61' Yellow Tajon Buchanan
- 71' Sub Edu Expósito → Jofre Carreras
- 71' Sub Pere Milla → Charles Pickel
- 71' Sub Gerard Moreno → Nicolas Pépé
- 74' Sub Santi Comesaña → Pape Gueye
- 74' Sub Tani Oluwaseyi → Ayoze Pérez
- 81' Yellow Pau Navarro
- 82' Sub Omar El Hilali → Rubén Sánchez
- 82' Sub Urko González → Miguel Rubio
- 83' Sub Tajon Buchanan → Ilias Akhomach
- 83' Sub Alberto Moleiro → Sergi Cardona
Category leaders
- Key passesJose Salinas3
- Duels wonTyrhys Dolan10/16
- DribblesTyrhys Dolan4/7
- Defensive actionsAlfonso Pedraza8
- Fouls wonJose Salinas3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.