# Villarreal 1–0 Espanyol · Ratings and player of the match · 2024-25 La Liga | Sir Balone > Ratings for every player in Villarreal v Espanyol (1–0), matchday 26, 2024-25 La Liga. Player of the match: Edu Expósito (64). URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/villarreal-espanyol-2025-04-27/ Datos al: 2026-10-15 Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/). § La Liga · 2024-25 · Matchday 26 ## [Villarreal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/villarreal-3477/2024-25/) 1 – 0 [Espanyol](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/espanyol-528/2024-25/) - 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. 64 Player of the match ### [Edu Expósito](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/edu-exposito-188057/) Espanyol · 76' Produced **1.67×** and cost **0.75×** their position's average Added - 9 final-third passes 2.2× - 1 big chance created 3.9× - 2 key passes 2.2× Took away - 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. **Villarreal** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Alfonso Pedraza](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/alfonso-pedraza-8062/) | Defender | 21 | 69 | | [Pape Gueye](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/pape-gueye-433169/) | Midfielder | 21 | 64 | | [Yéremy Pino](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/yeremy-pino-24468970/) | Forward | 69 | 57 | | [Nicolas Pépé](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nicolas-pepe-96656/) | Forward | 90 | 55 | | [Thierno Barry](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/thierno-barry-37590847/) | Forward | 90 | 52 | | [Dani Parejo](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/dani-parejo-1988/) | Midfielder | 69 | 51 | | [Juan Foyth](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/juan-foyth-335705/) | Defender | 90 | 48 | | [Luiz Júnior](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/luiz-junior-37537789/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 48 | | [Logan Costa](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/logan-costa-12394069/) | Defender | 90 | 47 | | [Santi Comesaña](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/santi-comesana-189585/) | Midfielder | 90 | 44 | | [Ayoze Pérez](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ayoze-perez-1396/) | Forward | 77 | 38 | | [Kiko Femenía](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/kiko-femenia-185579/) | Defender | 90 | 33 | | [Sergi Cardona](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/sergi-cardona-26328601/) | Defender | 85 | 24 | | [Tajon Buchanan](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tajon-buchanan-31238822/) | Forward | 13 | no rating | | [Denis Suárez](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/denis-suarez-4439/) | Midfielder | 5 | no rating | **Espanyol** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Edu Expósito](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/edu-exposito-188057/) ★ | Midfielder | 76 | 64 | | [Joan García](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/joan-garcia-16475841/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 58 | | [Ludovic Taillandier](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/leandro-cabrera-185573/) | Defender | 90 | 55 | | [Antoniu Roca](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/antoniu-roca-37554185/) | Forward | 76 | 49 | | [Javi Puado](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/javi-puado-448290/) | Forward | 90 | 42 | | [Marash Kumbulla](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/marash-kumbulla-3156875/) | Defender | 90 | 41 | | [Urko González de Zárate](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/urko-gonzalez-de-zarate-30446852/) | Midfielder | 82 | 41 | | [Jofre Carreras](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jofre-carreras-30851996/) | Forward | 29 | 38 | | [Roberto Fernández](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/roberto-fernandez-37568657/) | Forward | 90 | 36 | | [Alex Král](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/alex-kral-82032/) | Midfielder | 61 | 36 | | [Omar El Hilali](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/omar-el-hilali-37543901/) | Defender | 90 | 31 | | [Carlos Romero](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/carlos-romero-31626779/) | Defender | 82 | 29 | | [Alejo Veliz](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/alejo-veliz-37568165/) | Forward | 14 | no rating | | [Álvaro Aguado](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/alvaro-aguado-449298/) | Midfielder | 14 | no rating | | [Pol Lozano](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/pol-lozano-532364/) | Midfielder | 8 | no rating | | [Roger Hinojo](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/roger-hinojo-37731254/) | 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. ### Share this match [See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.](https://app.sirbalone.com/#partidos/19135509)