Alaves 1-0 Villarreal: Sivera's six saves protect Boyé's goal
Short review AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 24% possession, yet a 1-0 win
- 9 shots to 19, held by 6 saves
- 31' goal worth +0.9 FN xPts
Little of the ball, all three points
Alaves beat Villarreal 1-0 despite having only 24% of the ball, and the result lifted them to first on seven points from fifth. Villarreal had 19 shots to their 9, but only one side found the net.
One early goal, one busy goalkeeper
The match turned on the 31st-minute goal, Ángel Pérez setting up Lucas Boyé, and it was worth +0.9 FN xPts. Antonio Sivera then made six saves to protect that lead through to full-time.
Player of the match
Antonio Sivera 7.8Strong
Six saves kept a clean sheet in a 1-0 win.
Sivera earned most of his FN Score through goalkeeping. Villarreal put six shots on target and he saved all six, which meant the lead Alaves created in the 31st minute was never undone before full-time.
Game state
1-0
Alaves ahead 59 min · level 31 min · Villarreal ahead 0 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.
31'
Lucas Boyé
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Ángel Pérez +0.3
+0.9
Alaves
Expected (last two seasons) 1.2Own moments +0.9Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.9→ League points won 3
Villarreal
Expected (last two seasons) 1.5Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.8Time effect −0.7→ League points won 0
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
AlavesVillarreal
0.81Expected goals (xG)1.4
Timeline
- 31'
Goal
Lucas Boyé league goal #1 assist Ángel Pérez
- 48'
Yellow
Abderrahman Rebbach
- 54'
Sub
Mikel Rodriguez → Youssef Enriquez
- 54'
Sub
Toni Martínez → Mariano Díaz
- 62'
Sub
Santiago Mouriño → Alexander Freeman
- 62'
Sub
Santi Comesaña → Ayoze Pérez
- 63'
Sub
Tajon Buchanan → Alberto Moleiro
- 70'
Sub
Gerard Moreno → Ilias Akhomach
- 71'
Sub
Abderrahman Rebbach → Denis Suárez
- 71'
Sub
Ángel Pérez → Carlos Benavídez
- 82'
Sub
Lucas Boyé → Aitor Mañas
- 82'
Sub
Georges Mikautadze → Tani Oluwaseyi
- 86'
Yellow
Nicolas Pépé
- 89'
Yellow
Mariano Díaz
- 90+2'
Yellow
Antonio Sivera
Category leaders
- Key passesNicolas Pépé3
- Duels wonJuan Foyth11/18
- DribblesNicolas Pépé3/9
- Defensive actionsAntonio Blanco10
- ShotsLucas Boyé3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonTajon Buchanan3
#Alaves#Villarreal#La Liga#Antonio Sivera#Lucas Boyé#Ángel Pérez
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.