Kickoff: 14:00 CET / 13:00 GMT / 8:00 AM ET / 5:00 AM PT
Venue: Estadio de la Ceramica
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea
Lineups:
Villarreal: Filip Jorgensen - Alfonso Pedraza, Jorge Cuenca, Raul Albiol, Juan Foyth, Adria Altimira - Alex Baena, Dani Parejo, Etienne Capoue - Jose Luis Morales, Gerard Moreno
Subs: Pepe Reina, Kiko Femenia, Alberto Moreno, Abraham del Moral, Carlos Romero, Santi Comesana, Manu Trigueros, Ramon Terrats, Ben Brereton Diaz, Ilias Akhomach, Jorge Pascual Medina
Osasuna: Sergio Herrera - Johan Mojica, David Garcia, Alejandro Catena, Jesus Areso - Aimar Oroz, Lucas Torro, Jon Moncayola - Moi Gomez, Ante Budimir, Ruben Pena
Subs: Aitor Fernandez, Pablo Valencia, Nacho Vidal, Juan Cruz, Unai Garcia, Jorge Herrando, Ruben Garcia, Pablo Ibanez, Iker Munoz, Chimy Avila, Jose Arnaiz, Raul Garcia
Match Events:
9’ - Jorgensen with a double save on Aimar Oroz and Budimir
25’ - Ruben Pena centers to Moi Gomez who shoots the ball right into Jorgensen
45’ - End of half
57’ - Alex Baena chips a ball behind enemy lines to Gerard Moreno, who crosses the ball to the far post where Morales can calmly pass it into the net. Villarreal 1, Osasuna 0 – link
64’ - Substitution for Osasuna: Raul Garcia on for Moncayola
67’ - Substitution for Villarreal: Santi Comesana and Ilias Akhomach on for Capoue and Altimira respectively
68’ - Substution for Osasuna: Chimy Avila on for Ruben Pena
71’ - Morales beats the defenders and is through on goal, then proceeds chip the ball over Sergio Herrera. Villarreal 2, Osasuna 0 – link
78’ - Substitution for Osasuna: Unai Garcia, Iker Munoz and Arnaiz on for Aimar Oroz, Lucas Torro and Budimir respectively
78’ - Chimy Avila shoots the ball into the box and Catena gets on the end of it and his header winds up in the bottom right corner. Villarreal 2, Osasuna 1 – link
78’ - Substitution for Villarreal: Manu Trigueros on for Gerard Moreno
80’ - Baena plays a great ball to Morales, who dribbles past Herrera and shoots the ball into the net. Villarreal 3, Osasuna 1 – link
86’ - Substitution for Villarreal: Alberto Moreno and Ben Brereton on for Pedraza and Morales respectively
90+7’ - End of game. Villarreal 3, Osasuna 1
Match Stats - via Livescore.com
| Villarreal | Osasuna :–:|:–:|:–: xG | 2.52 | 0.95 xA | 0.94 | 1.21 Possession | 44% | 56% Shots on target | 3 | 7 Shots off target | 4 | 5 Blocked shots | 2 | 2 Corner kicks | 2 | 4 Offsides | 3 | 3 Fouls | 8 | 13 Yellow Cards | 0 | 0 Red Cards | 0 | 0
Standings:
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girona | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 34 |
| Real Madrid | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 32 |
| Atletico Madrid | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | +18 | 31 |
| Barcelona | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 31 |
| Athletic Club | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 24 |
| Real Sociedad | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 22 |
| Real Betis | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 21 |
| Getafe | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 19 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 19 |
| Valencia | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -3 | 19 |
| Las Palmas | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 18 |
| Villarreal | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 15 |
| Alaves | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 15 |
| Osasuna | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 24 | -8 | 14 |
| Sevilla | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 12 |
| Cadiz | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 10 |
| Mallorca | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 9 |
| Celta Vigo | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 24 | -10 | 8 |
| Granada | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 33 | -14 | 7 |
| Almeria | 14 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 37 | -21 | 3 |
Upcoming Fixtures:
Villarreal: at Sevilla, 12.03, 18:30 CEST
Osasuna: vs La Real, 12.02, 21:00 CEST
Let me know if there are any mistakes, or if there’s something you want me to change
Morales hat-trick, damn.
Honestly while the game at first was deadlocked and seemed to be all Osasuna, once the first goal came in and, barring one goal, Villarreal took control of it, i don’t think you can argue they didn’t deserve the win tbh considering they had 3 shots and made them count plus that their goalie had a honestly good performance. It’s not that Osasuna didn’t play well, but it felt like once Villarreal went 1-0 up they started making more errors than in the first half yknow?