Villarreal — Espanyol 0:1, 30 October: match result

match finished La Liga · Matchday 11 Friday 30 October · 20:00 UTC

Villarreal 8th · 12 pts LWDLW

0 : 1 1st half 0:0

Espanyol 14th · 11 pts DWLLD

Estadio de la Ceramica · referee J. Sanchez

Match predictionSafe

Espanyol to lose by two at most

93% · Espanyol games average 2.5 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “Espanyol to lose by two at most”, and the match finished 0:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Villarreal 42% draw 26% Espanyol 32%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Villarreal win, and the match finished 0:1. Fans backed Villarreal win — they got it wrong.

fans 77 votes

Villarreal 56% draw 16% Espanyol 28%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

N. Pepe for G. Moreno 18'

R. Bauza 21'

R. Hinojo 41'

S. Cardona 53'

S. Comesana 56'

A. Perez for A. Moleiro 59'

C. Romero for S. Cardona 59'

L. Cabrera assist: B. Zaragoza 0-1 60'

J. A. Lopez for R. Hinojo 61'

P. Lozano for R. Bauza 61'

B. Zaragoza 75'

J. Puado for B. Zaragoza 77'

J. Peries for A. Santiago 77'

A. Freeman for P. Navarro 80'

T. Oluwaseyi for T. Buchanan 80'

Gabriel Moscardo for J. Hernandez 88'

C. Macia 90+1'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Villarreal 4-4-2 4-2-3-1 Espanyol

Péter Gulácsi  
Santiago Mouriño  6 Pau Navarro  12 Renato Veiga  23 Sergi Cardona  
Tajon Buchanan  16 Carlos Maciá  14 Santi Comesaña  10 Alberto Moleiro  
Gerard Moreno  9 Georges Mikautadze  

Roberto Fernández  
Alejandro Santiago Vargas  28 Javier Hernández  15 Bryan Zaragoza  
Rafael Bauzà  8 Edu Expósito  
Omar El Hilali  16 Vanja Drkušić  6 Leandro Cabrera  21 Roger Hinojo  
Ángel Fortuño  

Villarreal bench

3Alexander Freeman
22Ayoze Pérez
20Carlos Romero
30Cheikh Tidiane Thiam
2Logan Costa
1Luiz Júnior
19Nicolas Pépé
27Nizar El Jmili
13Rubén Gómez
21Tani Oluwaseyi

Espanyol bench

27Adama Timera
20Gabriel Moscardo
33Jan Peries
7Javi Puado
32José Ángel López
18Marcos Fernández
13Marko Dmitrović
11Pere Milla
10Pol Lozano
3Quilindschy Hartman
24Tyrhys Dolan
14Unai Núñez

Match stats

19 metrics for the full match

63%Possession37%

14Shots5

4Shots on target3

6Shots off target1

4Blocked shots1

7Shots inside box2

7Shots outside box3

123Attacks77

66Dangerous attacks26

7Corners3

15Fouls13

3Yellow cards3

2Saves5

564Passes326

503Accurate passes263

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Villarreal

EspanyolThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Villarreal and Espanyol met on matchday 11 of the La Liga on 30 October at Estadio de la Ceramica. Final score — 0:1.

Villarreal sit 8th on 12 points after 11 matches (3 wins, 3 draws, 5 losses). Espanyol sit 14th on 11 points after 12 matches (3 wins, 3 draws, 6 losses), 4 matches without conceding.

Of the last 2 meetings Villarreal won 2, Espanyol won 0. Aggregate score — 6:1.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Villarreal last five Espanyol

LWDLW form DWLLD

11 Matches 12

3 — 3 — 5 Wins — draws — defeats 3 — 3 — 6

15 — 15 Scored — conceded 13 — 14

1.09 Points per game 1

1.36 Goals scored per game 1.08

1 Clean sheets 4

4 Failed to score 2

winless in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Villarreal at home: 5 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses, goals 6—7, 0.8 points per match.

Espanyol away: 6 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses, goals 7—7, 1.17 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

2 Villarreal wins 0 draws 0 Espanyol wins goals 6:1 Villarreal — Espanyol

09/02/2026	Villarreal — Espanyol	4:1	La Liga
08/11/2025	Espanyol — Villarreal	0:2	La Liga

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
10	Alavés	12	3	4	5	15—17	13
11	Villarreal	11	3	3	5	15—15	12
12	Celta de Vigo	11	2	6	3	10—10	12
13	Espanyol	12	3	3	6	13—14	12
14	Rayo Vallecano	10	3	3	4	15—20	12
15	Getafe	11	3	3	5	8—16	12

Full La Liga table

Villarreal — Espanyol, 30 October 2026, 20:00 UTC : score 0:1