La Liga: Villarreal estinguishes Deportivo Alavés 5-2 playing a great match

VILLARREAL. Villarreal demolishes Deportivo Alavés 5-2 with goals of

VILLARREAL. Villarreal demolishes Deportivo Alavés 5-2 with goals of G. Moreno (18′), B. Dia (27′), B. Dia (76′), Y. Pino (79′) and G. Moreno (88′). On the opposite side, Deportivo Alavés scored with ​ P. Pons (44′), Joselu (66′). Villarreal took advantage of its superior ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Estadio de la Cerámica stadium in Villarreal on Tuesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Valentín Pizarro Gómez with the assistance of José Antonio Garrido Romero and Iván Masso Granado. The 4th official was David López Jiménez. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 14.8 degrees Celsius or 58.57 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 35%.​

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  Villarreal

  5

  

  Deportivo Alavés

  2

  21 Dec 2021 Full time

Match Statistics

Villarreal was in firm control of the ball 60% while Deportivo Alavés was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Villarreal was more aggressive with 40 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 11 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Villarreal won the match.

Villarreal shot 24 times, 11 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, Deportivo Alavés shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

No yellow cards were issued to Villarreal. On the opposite side, Deportivo Alavés received 3 yellow cards (M. Ndiaye, J. Calleja and J. Lopez).

After this match, Villarreal will have 22 points like Osasuna to stay in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Deportivo Alavés will stay with 15 points like Getafe and Elche to stay in the 18th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming La Liga match, Villarreal will host Levante on the 3rd of January with a 14-6 head to head statistic in favor of Villarreal (3 draws).

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  Villarreal

  5

  

  Levante

  0

  

  3 Jan 2022 Full time

Deportivo Alavés will host Real Sociedad on the 2nd of January with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of Real Sociedad (1 draw).

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  Deportivo Alavés

  1

  

  Real Sociedad

  1

  

  2 Jan 2022 Full time

Villarreal: Formation and Lineups

Villarreal started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Unai Emery Etxegoien chose to play with the following team: Gerónimo Rulli (6.0), Juan Foyth (6.7), Raúl Albiol (6.4), Pau Torres (5.7), Pervis Estupiñán (6.1), Samuel Chukwueze (6.8), Étienne Capoue (6.7), Dani Parejo (8.4), Manu Trigueros (7.6), Gerard Moreno (9.0) and Boulaye Dia (8.4).

Substitutes

Villarreal made 5 changes: S. Chukwueze for Y. Pino (73′), M. Trigueros for A. Moreno (74′), P. Estupinan for Alfonso Pedraza (73′), B. Dia for M. Gomez (86′) and E. Capoue for V. Iborra (89′).

Top player: Gerard Moreno

Probably the most impressive player in Villarreal was Gerard Moreno.

His rating is (9.0) with 2 goals, 38 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9.

Deportivo Alavés: Formation and Lineups

Deportivo Alavés started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

On the opposite side, Javier Calleja Revilla played with: Fernando Pacheco (5.8), Martín Aguirregabiria (6.2), Víctor Laguardia (6.9), Florian Lejeune (6.2), Javi López (6.1), Pere Pons (7.0), Mamadou Loum (6.4), Tomás Pina (6.8), Mamadou Sylla (6.4), Joselu (8.4) and Luis Rioja (6.6).

Substitutes

Deportivo Alavés made 5 changes: M. Sylla for E. Mendez (58′), T. Pina for T. Moya (77′), J. Lopez for R. Duarte (78′), V. Laguardia for Tachi (84′) and P. Pons for M. de la Fuente (84′).

Top player: Joselu

The player who no doubt impressed Deportivo Alavés the most was Joselu.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 40 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 16 duels out of 18. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga

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  Sevilla

  1

  

  FC Barcelona

  1

  21 Dec 2021 Full time