Málaga vs Villarreal
Match statistics
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| Statistic | Málaga | Villarreal |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 17 | 10 |
| Yellow Cards | 5 | 1 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 1 | 3 |
| Corner Kicks | 4 | 8 |
| Saves | 3 | 0 |
| Possession | 37.1 | 62.9 |
| SHOTS | 5 | 16 |
| ON GOAL | 1 | 7 |
| On Target % | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Penalty Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 | 1 |
| Accurate Passes | 281 | 538 |
| Passes | 347 | 598 |
| Pass Completion % | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| Accurate Crosses | 1 | 6 |
| Crosses | 12 | 19 |
| Cross % | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Long Balls | 43 | 51 |
| Accurate Long Balls | 18 | 34 |
| Long Balls % | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Blocked Shots | 0 | 4 |
| Effective Tackles | 21 | 7 |
| Tackles | 26 | 12 |
| Tackle % | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Interceptions | 8 | 7 |
| Effective Clearances | 26 | 13 |
| Clearances | 26 | 13 |
Key events
- —Kickoff
First Half begins.
- 12'Goal
Goal! Malaga 1, Villarreal 0. Carlos Dotor (Malaga) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Juan Cruz following a fast break.
- 19'Start Delay
Delay in match because of an injury Izan Merino (Malaga).
- 19'Start Delay
- 21'End Delay
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 21'End Delay
- 29'Start Delay
Delay in match (Villarreal).
- 29'Start Delay
- 29'End Delay
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 29'End Delay
- 34'Yellow Card
José Salinas (Malaga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 37'Substitution
Substitution, Villarreal. Pape Gueye replaces Santi Comesaña because of an injury.
- 40'Goal
Goal! Malaga 1, Villarreal 1. Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ilias Akhomach.
- 42'Yellow Card
Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+2'Goal
Goal! Malaga 1, Villarreal 2. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
- 45'+6'Halftime
- 45'Substitution
Substitution, Malaga. Dani Lorenzo replaces Juan Cruz.
- 45'Substitution
Substitution, Malaga. Rafita replaces José Salinas.
- 45'Start 2nd Half
- 61'Substitution
Substitution, Malaga. Joaquín Muñoz replaces Izan Merino.
- 61'Substitution
Substitution, Malaga. Adrián Niño replaces Carlos Dotor.
- 63'Substitution
Substitution, Villarreal. Georges Mikautadze replaces Ayoze Pérez.
- 63'Substitution
Substitution, Villarreal. Carlos Romero replaces Ilias Akhomach.
- 68'Yellow Card
David Larrubia (Malaga) is shown the yellow card.
- 70'Yellow Card
Einar Galilea (Malaga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 75'Substitution
Substitution, Malaga. Ramón Enríquez replaces Carlos Puga.
- 79'Yellow Card
Ramón Enríquez (Malaga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 80'Substitution
Substitution, Villarreal. Santiago Mouriño replaces Alberto Moleiro.
- 80'Substitution
Substitution, Villarreal. Carlos Maciá replaces Nathan Saliba.
- 82'Start Delay
- 85'End Delay
- 85'Yellow Card
Alfonso Herrero (Malaga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 86'Penalty - Scored
Goal! Malaga 1, Villarreal 3. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 90'+6'End Regular Time
Lineups
Players stay with their supplied roster club. Other listed players may be unused; App records source appearances, not the number of names listed. An own goal is credited in the event as supplied.
MálagaFormation 4-1-4-1
Starting lineup
| Player | Pos | App | G | A | OG | YC | RC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alfonso Herrero | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4Einar Galilea | CD-L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15Ángel Recio | CD-R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23Izan Merino | DM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12José Salinas | LB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3Carlos Puga | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8Carlos Dotor | CM-L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10David Larrubia | CM-R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18Pablo Martínez | LM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19Juan Cruz | RM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9Chupete | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other listed players
| Player | Pos | App | G | A | OG | YC | RC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Juani | SUB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14Rafa Rodríguez | SUB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22Daniel Lorenzo | SUB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17Eneko Jauregui | SUB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21Adrián Niño | SUB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13Carlos López | SUB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5Álex Pastor | SUB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25Juan Berrocal | SUB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31Rafa Garrido | SUB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6Ramón Enríquez | SUB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11Joaquín Muñoz | SUB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
VillarrealFormation 4-4-2
Starting lineup
| Player | Pos | App | G | A | OG | YC | RC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Péter Gulácsi | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12Renato Veiga | CD-L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6Pau Navarro | CD-R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23Sergi Cardona | LB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3Alex Freeman | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14Santi Comesaña | CM-L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24Nathan Saliba | CM-R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17Tajon Buchanan | LM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11Ilias Akhomach | RM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22Ayoze Pérez | CF-L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10Alberto Moleiro | CF-R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other listed players
| Player | Pos | App | G | A | OG | YC | RC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7Gerard Moreno | SUB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16Carlos Macià | SUB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18Pape Gueye | SUB | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15Santiago Mouriño | SUB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5Alassane Diatta | SUB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1Luiz Júnior | SUB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2Logan Costa | SUB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20Carlos Romero | SUB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13Rubén Gómez | SUB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9Georges Mikautadze | SUB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19Nicolas Pépé | SUB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21Tani Oluwaseyi | SUB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Commentary
- —
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- —
First Half begins.
- 2'
Attempt blocked. Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tajon Buchanan.
- 2'
Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Ángel Recio.
- 3'
Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Izan Merino.
- 4'
Foul by Carlos Dotor (Malaga).
- 4'
Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 6'
Carlos Puga (Malaga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6'
Foul by Sergi Cardona (Villarreal).
- 8'
David Larrubia (Malaga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8'
Foul by Santi Comesaña (Villarreal).
- 8'
Foul by Carlos Puga (Malaga).
- 8'
Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12'
Goal! Malaga 1, Villarreal 0. Carlos Dotor (Malaga) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Juan Cruz following a fast break.
- 18'
Foul by José Salinas (Malaga).
- 18'
Alex Freeman (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 19'
Delay in match because of an injury Izan Merino (Malaga).
- 21'
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 21'
Chupe (Malaga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21'
Foul by Pau Navarro (Villarreal).
- 23'
Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Izan Merino.
- 24'
Attempt blocked. Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Renato Veiga.
- 25'
Foul by José Salinas (Malaga).
- 25'
Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 26'
Attempt blocked. Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
- 26'
Foul by Carlos Dotor (Malaga).
- 26'
Nathan Saliba (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27'
Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Carlos Puga.
- 28'
Attempt saved. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Alfonso Herrero (Malaga).
- 28'
Attempt missed. Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right following a corner.
- 28'
Attempt saved. Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner by Alfonso Herrero (Malaga). Assisted by Alex Freeman.
- 28'
Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Alfonso Herrero.
- 29'
Delay in match (Villarreal).
- 29'
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 30'
Foul by José Salinas (Malaga).
- 30'
Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 34'
Foul by José Salinas (Malaga).
- 34'
Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 34'
José Salinas (Malaga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 35'
Offside, Villarreal. Renato Veiga is caught offside.
- 36'
Foul by Izan Merino (Malaga).
- 36'
Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37'
Attempt missed. Renato Veiga (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Santi Comesaña.
- 37'
Substitution, Villarreal. Pape Gueye replaces Santi Comesaña because of an injury.
- 39'
Attempt missed. Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ilias Akhomach with a cross.
- 40'
Goal! Malaga 1, Villarreal 1. Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ilias Akhomach.
- 42'
Carlos Dotor (Malaga) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 42'
Foul by Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal).
- 42'
Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 44'
Juan Cruz (Malaga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 44'
Foul by Alex Freeman (Villarreal).
- 45'
Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2'
Goal! Malaga 1, Villarreal 2. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
- 45'+4'
Foul by Carlos Puga (Malaga).
- 45'+4'
Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45'+5'
Attempt saved. Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the bottom left corner by Alfonso Herrero (Malaga).
- 45'+6'
First Half ends, Malaga 1, Villarreal 2.
- 45'
Substitution, Malaga. Dani Lorenzo replaces Juan Cruz.
- 45'
Substitution, Malaga. Rafita replaces José Salinas.
- 45'
Second Half begins Malaga 1, Villarreal 2.
- 46'
Einar Galilea (Malaga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 46'
Foul by Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal).
- 50'
Corner, Malaga. Conceded by Sergi Cardona.
- 52'
Offside, Villarreal. Alex Freeman is caught offside.
- 52'
Pablo Martínez (Malaga) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 52'
Foul by Pau Navarro (Villarreal).
- 54'
Attempt blocked. Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Alberto Moleiro.
- 55'
Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Carlos Puga.
- 56'
Carlos Puga (Malaga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56'
Foul by Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal).
- 59'
Foul by Einar Galilea (Malaga).
- 59'
Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 61'
Substitution, Malaga. Joaquín Muñoz replaces Izan Merino.
- 61'
Substitution, Malaga. Adrián Niño replaces Carlos Dotor.
- 62'
Rafita (Malaga) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 62'
Foul by Nathan Saliba (Villarreal).
- 63'
Substitution, Villarreal. Georges Mikautadze replaces Ayoze Pérez.
- 63'
Substitution, Villarreal. Carlos Romero replaces Ilias Akhomach.
- 65'
Attempt missed. Chupe (Malaga) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Carlos Puga.
- 68'
Foul by Carlos Puga (Malaga).
- 68'
Carlos Romero (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 68'
Foul by David Larrubia (Malaga).
- 68'
Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 68'
David Larrubia (Malaga) is shown the yellow card.
- 69'
Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Tajon Buchanan with a cross.
- 70'
Foul by Einar Galilea (Malaga).
- 70'
Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 70'
Einar Galilea (Malaga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73'
Attempt missed. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Georges Mikautadze.
- 73'
Corner, Malaga. Conceded by Pau Navarro.
- 75'
Attempt missed. Pablo Martínez (Malaga) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Larrubia.
- 75'
Substitution, Malaga. Ramón Enríquez replaces Carlos Puga.
- 76'
Corner, Malaga. Conceded by Sergi Cardona.
- 77'
Attempt missed. Joaquín Muñoz (Malaga) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ramón Enríquez following a corner.
- 79'
Foul by Ramón Enríquez (Malaga).
- 79'
Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 79'
Ramón Enríquez (Malaga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 80'
Substitution, Villarreal. Santiago Mouriño replaces Alberto Moleiro.
- 80'
Substitution, Villarreal. Carlos Maciá replaces Nathan Saliba.
- 81'
Corner, Malaga. Conceded by Alex Freeman.
- 82'
Attempt missed. Adrián Niño (Malaga) header from very close range misses to the right following a corner.
- 82'
Offside, Malaga. Adrián Niño is caught offside.
- 82'
Penalty conceded by Alfonso Herrero (Malaga) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 82'
Penalty Villarreal. Carlos Maciá draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 82'
GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Carlos Romero (Villarreal) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 82'
VAR Decision: No Goal Malaga 1-2 Villarreal.
- 85'
Alfonso Herrero (Malaga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 86'
Goal! Malaga 1, Villarreal 3. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 89'
Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Ángel Recio.
- 90'+1'
Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 90'+2'
Attempt blocked. Carlos Romero (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tajon Buchanan.
- 90'+2'
Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Rafita.
- 90'+3'
Foul by Rafita (Malaga).
- 90'+3'
Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+4'
Foul by David Larrubia (Malaga).
- 90'+4'
Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4'
Offside, Villarreal. Sergi Cardona is caught offside.
- 90'+5'
Rafita (Malaga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5'
Foul by Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal).
- 90'+6'
Second Half ends, Malaga 1, Villarreal 3.
- —
Match ends, Malaga 1, Villarreal 3.
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