Villarreal will take on Espanyol this Friday, 30 October, at 20:00 (Canary Islands time) at La Cerámica, as part of the 11th round of LaLiga EA Sports. This match is the only fixture scheduled for Friday and will be available for live minute-by-minute updates.
Villarreal enters the match following an away victory, having won 2-1 against Valencia in the previous round. Álex Freeman equalised for the Castellon side, and Georges Mikautadze scored the winning goal in stoppage time. After ten matches, the yellow team has accumulated 12 points, with three wins, three draws, and four losses, scoring 15 goals and conceding 14.
In contrast, Espanyol comes into this match after a 2-1 defeat against Racing de Santander, where Edu Expósito initially put the Catalans ahead, but Belocian equalised, and Zabiri scored the decisive goal in the 84th minute.
Recent head-to-head encounters
Villarreal has won the last five LaLiga encounters against Espanyol. The most recent match took place on 9 February 2026, with Villarreal winning 4-1 at La Cerámica. Earlier, they secured a 2-0 victory at Espanyol's ground on 8 November 2025, followed by a 1-0 win at home on 27 April 2025, a 2-1 away victory on 26 September 2024, and a 4-2 win at La Cerámica on 27 April 2023. In these five matches, Villarreal scored 13 goals while Espanyol managed only 4.
Line-ups
The line-ups will be automatically updated in this section.
Live minute-by-minute updates
As soon as the match begins, detailed minute-by-minute updates of the encounter between Villarreal and Espanyol will be available here.
