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
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?
Morales hat-trick, damn.