Espanyol vs Villarreal — La Liga 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 23+ matches
Espanyol38%
Villarreal37%✓ Correct in 51 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.5% correct across 581,483 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 49.7% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 23 home / 36 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over51
- Under49
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes55
- No45
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Espanyol ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Espanyol at home — creates 1.44, concedes 1.40 · 23 matches
Villarreal away — creates 1.29, concedes 1.28 · 36 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Espanyol attack 1.44 + Villarreal defence 1.28 → ÷2 → 1.36
Villarreal attack 1.29 + Espanyol defence 1.40 → ÷2 → 1.34
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 38%?"
Espanyol at 38% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 38% does not mean "Espanyol will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
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Statistics
Espanyol host Villarreal on Wednesday, 9 November 2022 at 19:00. The match is part of the La Liga 2026/2027 season.
Match Recap: Espanyol vs Villarreal
Villarreal beat Espanyol 1-0 in La Liga on November 9, 2022.
Goals: B. Lecomte (64' o.g.).
Villarreal controlled possession (56%) and registered 10 shots to 14.
The match was played at RCDE Stadium in Cornella de Llobregat.