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📅 09/02/26🕒 20:00🏟️ Estadio de la Cerámica🧑‍⚖️ Adrian Cordero Vega, Spain
Home team

Villarreal

Score
Villarreal crest
4-1
Espanyol crest
Away team

Espanyol

Biggest Swing+1.52 xT41' José SalinasCards6

Villarreal 4-1 Espanyol — xTears 16.08 (09/02/26)

Villarreal nicked it 4-1 against Espanyol on 9 February 2026 during Matchday 23 of La Liga. Total damage: 16.08 xTears.

The heaviest blows came from G. Mikautadze 35' goal (+1.41 xT) and José Salinas 41' own goal (+1.52 xT).

There was no real calm here, just one momentum swing after another.

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How it unfolded

Timeline
  1. 35'

    Goal

    G. Mikautadze - Villarreal

    Assist: T. Buchanan

  2. 41'

    Own goal

    José Salinas - Villarreal

  3. 50'

    Goal

    N. Pépé - Villarreal

    Assist: Alberto Moleiro

  4. 55'

    Goal

    Alberto Moleiro - Villarreal

    Assist: G. Mikautadze

  5. 88'

    Goal

    L. Cabrera - Espanyol

    Assist: C. Ngonge

Absolute chaos

🧨

7.20

41'

Own goal

+1.52 xT

José Salinas - Villarreal

88'

Goal

+1.48 xT

L. Cabrera - Espanyol

Assist: C. Ngonge

35'

Goal

+1.41 xT

G. Mikautadze - Villarreal

Assist: T. Buchanan

50'

Goal

+1.20 xT

N. Pépé - Villarreal

Assist: Alberto Moleiro

All-out war

🟥

5.33

89'

Yellow card

+1.00 xT

Sergi Cardona - Villarreal

53'

Yellow card

+0.93 xT

Edu Expósito - Espanyol

57'

Yellow card

+0.93 xT

C. Riedel - Espanyol

70'

Yellow card

+0.85 xT

P. Gueye - Villarreal

Late drama

🔥

2.87

88'

Goal

+1.48 xT

L. Cabrera - Espanyol

Assist: C. Ngonge

89'

Yellow card

+1.00 xT

Sergi Cardona - Villarreal

80'

Substitution

+0.39 xT

Hugo López for Alberto Moleiro - Villarreal

Cruelty

😈

1.52

41'

Own goal

+1.52 xT

José Salinas - Villarreal

Referee scandal

🧑‍⚖️

Barely left a bruise

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Crushed hope

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