Villarreal

No Spaniard in Real Madrid starting lineup for the first time | No Spanish player in XI vs Villarreal January 2023

The Los Blancos starting lineup vs Villarreal on January 7, 2023 marked the first time that there was no Spanish player in the starting lineup for Real Madrid in the club’s history. The first time there was no Spanish player in the Real Madrid starting lineup (v Villarreal January 7, 2023) Courtois, Mendy, Alaba, Rudiger, … Read more

Villarreal vs Liverpool 2-3 Newspaper Player Ratings from L’Equipe, Diario AS, Sport May 2022- Robertson, Rulli

Here is a look at the player ratings for Villarreal vs Liverpool in the Champions League from the big European newspapers. LFC trailed 2-0 at the interval, but recovered to win 3-2 (see xG for Villarreal Liverpool Second Leg).

L’Equipe player ratings Villarreal 2 Liverpool 3 Champions League May 2022

French newspaper L’Equipe thought Andy Robertson was very poor for LFC, giving him a 3/10 rating, the same as team mate Diogo Jota and Villarreal players Geronimo Rulli and Parejo. LFC’s best player on the evening according to them was Luis Diaz (7/10), who came off the bench to replace Jota at half time.

Villarreal vs Liverpool Player Ratings from L'Equipe 2022

Diario Sport player ratings Villarreal vs Liverpool Semi final second leg

Spanish paper Sport gave Villarreal an average team rating of 6.1/10 as compared to Liverpool’s 5.8/10. Luis Diaz got a 9/10 from them.

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xG Villarreal Liverpool Second Leg May 3 2022 Champions League | Expected Goals Villarreal 2-3 LFC Shots Map

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Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Villarreal v Liverpool (UCL Second Leg Semifinal May 3, 2022). A tale of two halves really- Villarreal had no shot (and therefore no xG) in the entire second half after leading 2-0 at half time, while only 0.09 of Liverpool’s total xG came in the first half (shots for Jota and Keita)

xG Villarreal 1.03- 1.64 Liverpool shots map (Actual score Villarreal 2-3 LFC)

First half xG: Villarreal 1.03-0.09 LFC
Second half xG: Villareal 0.00-1.55 LFC

1-0 3′ Dia goal vs Liverpool xG 0.65
2-0 40′ Coquelin header goal vs Liverpool xG 0.20
2-1 62′ Fabinho goal vs Villarreal xG 0.09 (through the legs of Rulli)
2-2 67′ Diaz header goal vs Villarreal xG 0.33 (free header, through the legs of Rulli)
2-3 74′ Mane goal vs Villarreal xG 0.51 (bad mistake by Rulli)

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