Villarreal 1–0 Espanyol
- Pino 52'
27 April 2025
The match in data
Villarreal beat Espanyol 1–0 on 27 April 2025, on matchday 26 of the 2024-25 La Liga.
Player of the match: Edu Expósito (Espanyol), rated 64, thanks above all to 9 final-third passes and 1 big chance created. Expósito produced 1.7 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.8 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Villarreal, the highest-rated player was Alfonso Pedraza, with 69.
Edu Expósito
Espanyol · 76'
Produced 1.67× and cost 0.75× their position's average
- 9 final-third passes 2.2×
- 1 big chance created 3.9×
- 2 key passes 2.2×
- 7 misplaced passes 1.2×
- 1 failed dribble 1.8×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfonso Pedraza | Defender | 21 | 69 |
| Pape Gueye | Midfielder | 21 | 64 |
| Yéremy Pino | Forward | 69 | 57 |
| Nicolas Pépé | Forward | 90 | 55 |
| Thierno Barry | Forward | 90 | 52 |
| Dani Parejo | Midfielder | 69 | 51 |
| Juan Foyth | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Luiz Júnior | Goalkeeper | 90 | 48 |
| Logan Costa | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Santi Comesaña | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Ayoze Pérez | Forward | 77 | 38 |
| Kiko Femenía | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Sergi Cardona | Defender | 85 | 24 |
| Tajon Buchanan | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Denis Suárez | Midfielder | 5 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edu Expósito ★ | Midfielder | 76 | 64 |
| Joan García | Goalkeeper | 90 | 58 |
| Ludovic Taillandier | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Antoniu Roca | Forward | 76 | 49 |
| Javi Puado | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Marash Kumbulla | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Urko González de Zárate | Midfielder | 82 | 41 |
| Jofre Carreras | Forward | 29 | 38 |
| Roberto Fernández | Forward | 90 | 36 |
| Alex Král | Midfielder | 61 | 36 |
| Omar El Hilali | Defender | 90 | 31 |
| Carlos Romero | Defender | 82 | 29 |
| Alejo Veliz | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Álvaro Aguado | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Pol Lozano | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
| Roger Hinojo | Defender | 8 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Villarreal player won the most aerial duels?
Thierno Barry, with 7 aerial duels won. Next: Juan Foyth 2, Nicolas Pépé 2.
Thierno Barry dominated in the air with 7 aerial duels won. The gap over Juan Foyth and Nicolas Pépé, who won 2 each, highlights his role as the team's primary aerial target.
Which Espanyol player won the most duels?
Roberto Fernández, with 8 duels won. Next: Javi Puado 5, Antoniu Roca 5.
Despite the 1–0 defeat, Roberto Fernández set the tone in physical contests by winning 8 duels. That total placed him ahead of Javi Puado and Antoniu Roca, who recorded 5 each.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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