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Villarreal vs Deportivo: match report

Villarreal hosted Deportivo at Estadio de la Cerámica on Saturday 5 September 2026, in the LaLiga (round 4). Villarreal have no reported absences; Deportivo are missing 1 (Adrià Altimira). Jesús Gil Manzano is the referee, averaging 5.0 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.5.

Result and scorers

Villarreal 2-3 Deportivo. Goals: Nicolas Pépé 19' for Villarreal; Luismi Cruz 43' for Deportivo; Adama Traoré 76' (own goal) for Villarreal; Zakaria Eddahchouri 79' for Deportivo; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 88' for Deportivo. Attendance: 18,302.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 19' Goal: Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) 1-0
  • 43' Goal: Luismi Cruz (Deportivo) 1-1
  • 76' Own goal: Adama Traoré (Villarreal) 2-1
  • 79' Goal: Zakaria Eddahchouri (Deportivo) 2-2
  • 81' Yellow card: Santi Comesaña (Villarreal)
  • 87' Yellow card: Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal)
  • 88' Goal: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Deportivo) 2-3
  • 90'+1' Yellow card: Lorenzo Amatucci (Deportivo)
  • 90'+3' Yellow card: Yeremay Hernández (Deportivo)
Match stats (contains the result)
62.4%Possession37.6%
17Shots8
5Shots on target3
7Corners1
14Fouls14
2Offsides1
0Saves4
2Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Villarreal 4-4-2

Coach: Inigo Pérez

  1. 1 Luíz Júnior GK
  2. 3 Alex Freeman DEF
  3. 2 Logan Costa DEF
  4. 12 Renato Veiga DEF
  5. 23 Sergi Cardona DEF
  6. 19 Nicolas Pépé MID
  7. 24 Nathan Saliba MID
  8. 18 Pape Gueye MID
  9. 10 Alberto Moleiro MID
  10. 22 Ayoze Pérez FWD
  11. 7 Gerard Moreno FWD

Bench

  • 14 Santi Comesaña MID
  • 17 Tajon Buchanan MID
  • 9 Georges Mikautadze FWD
  • 21 Tani Oluwaseyi FWD
  • 11 Ilias Akhomach FWD
  • 25 Péter Gulácsi GK
  • 13 Rubén Gómez GK
  • 6 Pau Navarro DEF
  • 15 Santiago Mouriño DEF
  • 5 Alassane Diatta MID
  • 16 Carlos Maciá MID

Deportivo 4-4-2

Coach: Antonio Hidalgo

  1. 13 Leo Román GK
  2. 23 Ximo Navarro DEF
  3. 4 Lucas Noubi DEF
  4. 20 José Giménez DEF
  5. 12 Giacomo Quagliata DEF
  6. 19 Luismi Cruz MID
  7. 21 Mario Soriano MID
  8. 16 Lorenzo Amatucci MID
  9. 14 Riki Rodríguez MID
  10. 7 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang FWD
  11. 32 Bil Nsongo FWD

Bench

  • 10 Yeremay Hernández FWD
  • 15 Miguel Loureiro DEF
  • 6 Marc Casadó MID
  • 24 Adama Traoré FWD
  • 9 Zakaria Eddahchouri FWD
  • 25 Álvaro Fernández GK
  • 22 Bright Ede DEF
  • 17 Angeliño MID
  • 8 Diego Villares MID
  • 34 Teun Gijselhart MID
  • 11 David Mella FWD
  • 18 Jonathan Asp FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Villarreal

No reported absences.

Deportivo

  • Adrià Altimira suspension, back Early September 2026
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 12 May 2018: Deportivo 2-4 Villarreal
  • Sunday 7 January 2018: Villarreal 1-1 Deportivo
  • Sunday 14 May 2017: Villarreal 0-0 Deportivo
  • Saturday 14 January 2017: Deportivo 0-0 Villarreal
  • Sunday 8 May 2016: Villarreal 0-2 Deportivo