La Liga

La Liga | Gameweek 26

Apr 27, 2025 at 3.15pm UK

Estadio de la Ceramica

Villarreal
1 - 0
Espanyol

Barry (31'), Pino (52')
Cardona (45+2'), Costa (50'), Pino (65'), Buchanan (90')

FT(HT: 1-0)

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's La Liga clash between Villarreal and Espanyol, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Villarreal

All competitions

L
W
D
W
D
L

Last Game: Celta Vigo 3-0 Villarreal
Wednesday, April 23 at 6pm in La Liga

55

Espanyol

All competitions

L
D
W
W
W
D

Last Game: Valencia 1-1 Espanyol
Tuesday, April 22 at 6pm in La Liga

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Villarreal win with a probability of 57.2%. A draw had a probability of 22.8% and a win for Espanyol had a probability of 20.03%.

The most likely scoreline for a Villarreal win was 1-0 with a probability of 11%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.05%) and 2-1 (9.88%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.81%), while for a Espanyol win it was 0-1 (5.92%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with an 11% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Villarreal in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Villarreal.

Result
Villarreal	Draw	Espanyol
57.2% ( -0.01)	22.77%	20.03% ( 0)

Both teams to score 52.49% (

0)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

53.27% (

0)

46.72% (

-0.01)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

31.01%

68.99% (

-0)

Villarreal Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

83.91% (

-0)

16.09%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

54.51% (

-0)

45.48% (

-0)

Espanyol Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62.55% (

0)

37.45% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.77% (

0)

74.23% (

-0.01)

Score Analysis

Villarreal 57.19%

Espanyol 20.03%

Draw 22.77%

Villarreal	Draw	Espanyol
1-0 @ 11% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 10.05% 2-1 @ 9.88% 3-0 @ 6.12% ( -0) 3-1 @ 6.02% 3-2 @ 2.95% 4-0 @ 2.8% ( -0) 4-1 @ 2.75% 4-2 @ 1.35% 5-0 @ 1.02% 5-1 @ 1% Other @ 2.25% Total : 57.19%	1-1 @ 10.81% 0-0 @ 6.03% ( -0) 2-2 @ 4.85% ( 0) 3-3 @ 0.97% Other @ 0.12% Total : 22.77%	0-1 @ 5.92% 1-2 @ 5.31% ( 0) 0-2 @ 2.91% 1-3 @ 1.74% 2-3 @ 1.59% 0-3 @ 0.95% ( 0) Other @ 1.62% Total : 20.03%

How you voted: Villarreal vs Espanyol

Villarreal

81.3%

Draw

11.9%

Espanyol

6.9%

Head to Head

Sep 26, 2024 6pm

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Perez (45'), Conde (85'), Puado (90+2')

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Capoue (53', 90+2'), Parejo (63'), Jackson (80')

Puado (45'), Joselu (73')

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Lecomte (64' og.)

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Pino (14', 20', 45', 53'), Dia (86')
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Bare (65')
Pedrosa (40')

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de Tomas (41'), Gil (59'), Bare (90+2'), Moreno Peris (90+5')

Capoue (23'), Gomez (30'), Moreno (36'), Mandi (54')

Form Guide

>

Celta Vigo 3-0 Villarreal

>

Villarreal 2-2 Real Sociedad

>

Betis 1-2 Villarreal

>

Villarreal 0-0 Athletic Bilbao

>

Getafe 1-2 Villarreal

>

Villarreal 1-2 Real Madrid

>

Valencia 1-1 Espanyol

>

Espanyol 1-0 Getafe

>

Celta Vigo 0-2 Espanyol

>

Rayo Vallecano 0-4 Espanyol

>

Espanyol 1-1 Atletico

>

Mallorca 2-1 Espanyol

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Tables header RHS

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Barcelona	38	28	4	6	102	39	63	88
2	Real Madrid	38	26	6	6	78	38	40	84
3	Atletico Madrid Atletico	38	22	10	6	68	30	38	76
4	Athletic Bilbao	38	19	13	6	54	29	25	70
5	Villarreal	38	20	10	8	71	51	20	70
6	Real Betis Betis	38	16	12	10	57	50	7	60
7	Celta Vigo	38	16	7	15	59	57	2	55
8	Osasuna	38	12	16	10	48	52	-4	52
9	Rayo Vallecano	38	13	13	12	41	45	-4	52
10	Mallorca	38	13	9	16	35	44	-9	48
11	Valencia	38	11	13	14	44	54	-10	46
12	Real Sociedad	38	13	7	18	35	46	-11	46
13	Getafe	38	11	9	18	34	39	-5	42
14	Alaves Alaves	38	10	12	16	38	48	-10	42
15	Espanyol	38	11	9	18	40	51	-11	42
16	Sevilla	38	10	11	17	42	55	-13	41
17	Girona Girona	38	11	8	19	44	60	-16	41
18	Leganes	38	9	13	16	39	56	-17	40
R	Las Palmas Las Palmas	38	8	8	22	40	61	-21	32
R	Real Valladolid Valladolid	38	4	4	30	26	90	-64	16
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