Villarreal vs Girona

Daniel Parejo swings in the ball from a corner on the right, but it is nowhere near a teammate.

Ball possession: Villarreal: 52%, Girona: 48%.

Vitor Reis from Girona intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Good effort by Yaser Asprilla as he directs a shot on target, but Luiz Junior saves it

Ivan Martin makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Daley Blind from Girona goes a bit too far there as the pulls down Ilias Akhomach

Rafa Marin makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Goal kick for Girona

Alberto Moleiro fails to find the target with a shot from outside the box

Villarreal are trying to create something here.

Good effort by Yaser Asprilla as he directs a shot on target, but Luiz Junior saves it

Goal kick for Girona

Thomas Partey from Villarreal tries to score from outside the penalty box, but the shot is nowhere near the target.

Ball possession: Villarreal: 51%, Girona: 49%.

Vitor Reis wins an air challenge against Etta Eyong

Goal kick for Villarreal

The game is restarted

Viktor Tsigankov is leaving the field to be replaced by Yaser Asprilla in a tactical substitution.

Water break. It's hot out there today and the game is paused so the players can take some liquids on-board.

Hugo Rincon makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Villarreal are trying to create something here.

Ball possession: Villarreal: 51%, Girona: 49%.

David Lopez from Girona intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Ilias Akhomach from Villarreal takes a short corner kick from the right.

Etta Eyong makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Villarreal are trying to create something here.

Ivan Martin makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

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Goal kick for Villarreal

Jhon Solis is leaving the field to be replaced by Ivan Martin in a tactical substitution.

Girona are trying to create something here.

Goal kick for Girona

Ball possession: Villarreal: 50%, Girona: 50%.

Yeremi Pino is leaving the field to be replaced by Alberto Moleiro in a tactical substitution.

Thomas Partey fails to find the target with a shot from outside the box

Etta Eyong creates a scoring opportunity for his teammate

Villarreal are in control of the ball.

The match resumes with a drop ball

Play has been stopped because there is a player lying on the pitch.

Santiago Mourino from Villarreal heads towards goal but sees his effort blocked.

The referee signals a free kick as Hugo Rincon from Girona trips Etta Eyong

Girona take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Pape Gueye is leaving the field to be replaced by Daniel Parejo in a tactical substitution.

GOAL STANDS! - After reviewing the situation, the referee decides that the goal for Villarreal stands.

Ball possession: Villarreal: 48%, Girona: 52%.

VAR - GOAL! - The referee has stopped the play. VAR check in progress, a potential goal for Villarreal.

Etta Eyong provided the assist for the goal.

G O O O A A A L - Tajon Buchanan scores with the right foot!

Etta Eyong creates a scoring opportunity for his teammate

Villarreal start a counter attack

Villarreal take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Etta Eyong from Villarreal is ruled offside

Nicolas Pepe is leaving the field to be replaced by Ilias Akhomach in a tactical substitution.

Santiago Mourino makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Girona take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Rafa Marin from Villarreal intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Ladislav Krejci successfully blocks the shot

A shot by Pape Gueye is blocked

Alex Moreno from Girona intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Pape Gueye makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Joel Roca makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Ball possession: Villarreal: 47%, Girona: 53%.

After a tactical foul, Ladislav Krejci sees no other way than stopping the counter and receives a yellow card.

Ladislav Krejci from Girona goes a bit too far there as the pulls down Nicolas Pepe

Thomas Partey from Villarreal intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Villarreal take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Ladislav Krejci relieves the pressure with a clearance

The referee signals a free kick as Pape Gueye from Villarreal trips Jhon Solis

Yellow card for Santiago Mourino

Santiago Mourino is shown a yellow card by the referee

Reckless challenge there. Santiago Mourino commits a rough foul on Joel Roca

Villarreal are trying to create something here.

David Lopez makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Goal kick for Villarreal

Santiago Mourino from Villarreal goes a bit too far there as the pulls down Joel Roca

Ball possession: Villarreal: 48%, Girona: 52%.

Tajon Buchanan from Villarreal is ruled offside

After a tactical foul, Vitor Reis sees no other way than stopping the counter and receives a yellow card.

Vitor Reis from Girona goes a bit too far there as the pulls down Nicolas Pepe

Jhon Solis from Girona concedes a foul on Yeremi Pino but the referee decides against stopping the play and waves play on!

Rafa Marin from Villarreal intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Villarreal take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Goal kick for Girona

Vitor Reis from Girona intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Yeremi Pino swings in the ball from a corner on the left, but it is nowhere near a teammate.

The game is restarted

Play has been stopped because there is a player lying on the pitch.

A shot by Etta Eyong is blocked

The cross by Sergi Cardona from Villarreal successfully finds a teammate in the box.

Ball possession: Villarreal: 48%, Girona: 52%.

Hugo Rincon from Girona concedes a foul on Yeremi Pino but the referee decides against stopping the play and waves play on!

Vitor Reis makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Yeremi Pino makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Pape Gueye from Villarreal goes a bit too far there as the pulls down Thomas Lemar

Villarreal take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

The game is restarted

Play has been stopped because there is a player lying on the pitch.

Thomas Partey wins an air challenge against Joel Roca

Vladyslav Krapyvtsov from Girona intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Villarreal take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

David Lopez relieves the pressure with a clearance

Dawda Camara is leaving the field to be replaced by Thomas Lemar in a tactical substitution.

Cristian Portu is leaving the field to be replaced by Alex Moreno in a tactical substitution.

Juan Foyth is leaving the field to be replaced by Renato Veiga in a tactical substitution.

Santi Comesana is leaving the field to be replaced by Thomas Partey in a tactical substitution.

The second half is underway

It's over! The referee blows for half time

Ball possession: Villarreal: 44%, Girona: 56%.

Girona take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

A shot by Joel Roca is blocked

Etta Eyong from Villarreal intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

The referee signals a free kick as Sergi Cardona from Villarreal trips Viktor Tsigankov

Goal kick for Girona

Etta Eyong fails to find the target with a shot from outside the box

Villarreal start a counter attack

Girona are trying to create something here.

Girona are in control of the ball.

Villarreal take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Jhon Solis makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Goal kick for Villarreal

The fourth official shows there are 5 minute(s) of time to be added

Joel Roca from Girona tries to score from outside the penalty box, but the shot is nowhere near the target.

Ball possession: Villarreal: 47%, Girona: 53%.

Goal kick for Girona

Yeremi Pino swings in the ball from a corner on the left, but it is nowhere near a teammate.

Villarreal take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

David Lopez from Girona intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Girona take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Villarreal take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

The game is restarted

Yangel Herrera is injured and is replaced by David Lopez.

Play has been stopped because there is a player lying on the pitch.

Yangel Herrera makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Ball possession: Villarreal: 48%, Girona: 52%.

Goal kick for Girona

Pape Gueye from Villarreal sends an effort wide of target

Pape Gueye goes for goal, but the shot lacks precision and sails wide

Space opens up for Pape Gueye but his finish goes wide of the target. Could have done better there.

Chance! Pape Gueye finds some room for a shot but fails to work the keeper. It's a goal kick

Villarreal are trying to create something here.

Tajon Buchanan from Villarreal is ruled offside

Luiz Junior from Villarreal intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Santi Comesana relieves the pressure with a clearance

Girona are trying to create something here.

Villarreal take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Villarreal take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Ball possession: Villarreal: 49%, Girona: 51%.

Villarreal are trying to create something here.

The referee signals a free kick as Jhon Solis from Girona trips Pape Gueye

Sergi Cardona wins an air challenge against Viktor Tsigankov

Viktor Tsigankov wins an air challenge against Sergi Cardona

Good effort by Etta Eyong as he directs a shot on target, but Vladyslav Krapyvtsov saves it

Nicolas Pepe creates a scoring opportunity for his teammate

Girona take a throw-in in their own half of the field

The game is restarted

Water break. It's hot out there today and the game is paused so the players can take some liquids on-board.

Villarreal take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Ball possession: Villarreal: 44%, Girona: 56%.

Yangel Herrera relieves the pressure with a clearance

Yeremi Pino made the key pass for the goal!

Tajon Buchanan managed to score from an easy position.

Sergi Cardona provided the assist for the goal.

G O O O A A A L - Tajon Buchanan scores with the right foot!

Sergi Cardona creates a scoring opportunity for his teammate

Goal kick for Villarreal

Girona take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Ball possession: Villarreal: 43%, Girona: 57%.

Yeremi Pino provided the assist for the goal.

G O O O A A A L - Rafa Marin Villarreal scores with a header.

Yeremi Pino from Villarreal takes a short corner kick from the left.

Vitor Reis relieves the pressure with a clearance

Daley Blind relieves the pressure with a clearance

Nicolas Pepe from Villarreal heads towards goal but sees his effort blocked.

Girona are trying to create something here.

Vitor Reis successfully blocks the shot

A shot by Nicolas Pepe is blocked

Santi Comesana creates a scoring opportunity for his teammate

Villarreal start a counter attack

Santiago Mourino makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Etta Eyong from Villarreal intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Viktor Tsigankov swings in the ball from a corner on the left, but it is nowhere near a teammate.

Santiago Mourino relieves the pressure with a clearance

Girona take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Ball possession: Villarreal: 41%, Girona: 59%.

Villarreal take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Yangel Herrera from Girona intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Yeremi Pino swings in the ball from a corner on the left, but it is nowhere near a teammate.

Vitor Reis from Girona intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Jhon Solis from Girona goes a bit too far there as the pulls down Pape Gueye

Girona are in control of the ball.

A fantastic individual effort by Tajon Buchanan!

Santiago Mourino provided the assist for the goal.

G O O O A A A L - Tajon Buchanan scores with the right foot!

Girona take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

The referee signals a free kick as Santiago Mourino from Villarreal trips Joel Roca

The referee signals a free kick as Sergi Cardona from Villarreal trips Hugo Rincon

A shot by Dawda Camara is blocked

The cross by Daley Blind from Girona successfully finds a teammate in the box.

Girona are trying to create something here.

Goal kick for Girona

Santi Comesana from Villarreal fails to connect properly on the volley and sends the ball wide of target

Ladislav Krejci from Girona intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Goal kick for Villarreal

Girona are trying to create something here.

Santi Comesana relieves the pressure with a clearance

The referee signals a free kick as Daley Blind from Girona trips Tajon Buchanan

Girona take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Girona take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Ball possession: Villarreal: 53%, Girona: 47%.

Jhon Solis relieves the pressure with a clearance

Villarreal start a counter attack

Sergi Cardona from Villarreal intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Girona take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Girona take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Villarreal take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Yangel Herrera with a bad execution which leads to a goal for the opponent

Nicolas Pepe managed to score from an easy position.

G O O O O O A A L - Nicolas Pepe finds the net with the left foot!

Nicolas Pepe makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

The referee signals a free kick as Pape Gueye from Villarreal trips Viktor Tsigankov

Villarreal are trying to create something here.

Rafa Marin wins an air challenge against Dawda Camara

Ball possession: Villarreal: 57%, Girona: 43%.

Goal kick for Girona

Villarreal are trying to create something here.

Villarreal take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Juan Foyth makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Girona are trying to create something here.

Girona take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Villarreal are trying to create something here.

The cross by Pape Gueye from Villarreal successfully finds a teammate in the box.

Yeremi Pino from Villarreal takes a short corner kick from the left.

Good effort by Etta Eyong as he directs a shot on target, but Vladyslav Krapyvtsov saves it

Daley Blind from Girona intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Villarreal take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

The pitch is in fantastic condition today and the players are enjoying the surface.

It's a nice warm day for playing football.

Villarreal kick-off, and the game is underway.

The referee starts the match

Welcome to Estadio de la Ceramica, the match will start in about 5 minutes.

Welcome to Estadio de la Ceramica where the two teams take the field for the start of this match.

Welcome to Estadio de la Ceramica where we are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the two teams

Welcome to Estadio de la Ceramica, where we await the arrival of today's teams.

Welcome to Estadio de la Ceramica, now all we need are the two teams.

Welcome to today's crucial game from Estadio de la Ceramica. We are awaiting the arrival of both teams, in anticipation of a great match!