Villarreal v Girona result

Full-time · Villarreal 5–0 Girona

La Liga · Sun, 24 Aug 2025 18:30 BST · Estadio de la Ceramica

Updated 30 Jul 2026, 10:24 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Villarreal · Girona · Head-to-head

The model’s pre-match pick

Villarreal 5–0 Girona — Villarreal won this La Liga match. TACTIX’s pre-match model pick was Home or Away.

Free pick

Home or Away

This is one free selection. The model’s confidence rating, value against the bookmakers and every other market are part of Pro.

The record in this market: of the calls the model rated 70% or more on Home or Away in the last 90 days, 77.4% of 4599 landed (95% range 76.2–78.6%); it had given them 74.3% on average. That is the market’s record, not a forecast for this pick. How accurate →

Match report, in numbers

What xG said

xG said Villarreal: 2.98 to 0.14 in expected goals, from 19 shots to 5, ahead on xG from the first minute (per-shot expected goals for this match).

The result

Villarreal beat Girona 5–0 at Estadio de la Ceramica in La Liga on Sunday 24 August. Villarreal have won their last eight matches in all competitions. Girona have lost their last four matches in all competitions.

The goals

Villarreal led 4–0 at half-time. The goals — Villarreal: Nicolas Pépé (7’), Tajon Buchanan (16’, assisted by S. Mouriño; 28’, assisted by Sergi Cardona; 64’, assisted by Etta Eyong) and Rafa Marín (25’, assisted by Yeremy Pino).

How it turned

Replaying TACTIX’s published pre-match model through the match’s five key moments (goals and red cards), the biggest swing came with Nicolas Pépé’s goal on 7 minutes.

Discipline

Alejandro Quintero Gonzalez, Spain showed three yellow cards — against 4.1 yellows a game across the last 7 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — Villarreal: S. Mouriño (56’); Girona: Vitor Nunes (53’) and Ladislav Krejčí (59’).

What it changes

Villarreal move up from second to first (two league matches played).

Girona stay 20th after this result (two league matches played).

Villarreal’s five-goal margin was the biggest of round 2, across 10 matches. Villarreal have scored in eight consecutive matches in all competitions.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) 16.0, S. Mouriño (Villarreal) 10.3 and Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) 8.9 led the match.

What the model said

The model’s free pick, Villarreal or Girona (no draw), a Bronze-tier call, landed — graded in the live track record like every other call. Bronze-tier calls in this market have landed 77.4% of the time in the last 90 days (3559 of 4599).

Next up

Villarreal next travel to Liverpool on 20 October 2026.

Girona next host Celta de Vigo II on 24 October 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for Villarreal: Liverpool v Villarreal, Tuesday 20 October — the preview. Next for Girona: Girona v Celta de Vigo II, Saturday 24 October — the preview.

The numbers

Result: Villarreal 5–0 Girona · La Liga
Venue: Estadio de la Ceramica · Villarreal
Referee: Alejandro Quintero Gonzalez, Spain
Model coverage: 246 markets priced for this fixture
Head-to-head (last 6): Villarreal 4 · draws 1 · Girona 1 · 2.17 goals/game
Recent form: Villarreal 5W 0D 0L · Girona 1W 0D 4L

Villarreal 5–0 Girona (La Liga): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across 246 markets, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 30 July 2026). See the live track record →

Key stats

2.25 / 0.88

Goals

against 1.13 / 1.88 · 3 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

4.38 / 4.29

Corners

against 6 / 5.14 · 2 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 7 matches

5.38 / 3.14

Shots on target

against 4.88 / 5.14 · 4 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 7 matches

1.88 / 1.14

Cards

against 1.5 / 1.86 · 2 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 7 matches

4.14 yellows

Referee · Alejandro Quintero Gonzalez, Spain

2.14 home / 2 away

over 7 matches

246

Markets analysed

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 15 August 2025. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 15 August 2025. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Villarreal for / against	Line	Girona for / against
Goals scored	2.25 for · 1.13 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	0.88 for · 1.88 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	4.38 for · 6 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	4.29 for · 5.14 against n 7 Last 5
Shots	13.5 for · 15 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	8.71 for · 13.29 against n 7 Last 5
Shots on target	5.38 for · 4.88 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	3.14 for · 5.14 against n 7 Last 5
Fouls committed	10.13 for · 13.13 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	13.57 for · 12 against n 7 Last 5
Cards shown	1.88 for · 1.5 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	1.14 for · 1.86 against n 7 Last 5

Referee: Alejandro Quintero Gonzalez, Spain — 4.14 yellow cards a game, 1.29 red cards, 23.29 fouls over 7 matches (2.14 to the home side, 2 to the away side).

Home 2.14Away 2

Villarreal

Villarreal — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Yeremy Pino n 8	61.1	2.4 6/4	1.3 3/3	Y. Herrera
T. Buchanan n 8	34.4	2.3 6/1	4.6 7/4	J. Solis
S. Mouriño n 8	90	1.5 7/3	1.3 6/3	—
Alex Baena n 8	66.6	1.5 6/2	2.7 7/4	—
T. Barry n 8	65.8	1.4 5/3	2.1 6/2	—

Villarreal — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Ayoze Pérez n 8	71.3	2.5 7/6	1.6 7/3
T. Barry n 8	65.8	2.4 4/4	0.9 3/1
P. Gueye n 8	61.6	2.2 5/4	1.3 4/2
Etta Eyong n 7	23.4	2.2 3/1	1.6 3/0
Santi Comesaña n 8	77.8	1.9 6/5	0.4 2/1

Villarreal — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Ayoze Pérez n 8	71.3	1.1 5/2	0.2 1/0
Etta Eyong n 7	23.4	1.1 2/0	0 0/0
N. Pépé n 8	78.3	0.3 2/0	0.7 4/1
Yeremy Pino n 8	61.1	0.4 2/0	0.4 2/0
Gerard Moreno n 8	36.6	0.3 1/0	0.3 1/0

Villarreal — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Yeremy Pino n 8	61.1	2.6 6/4
Sergi Cardona n 8	75.8	2.4 7/5
Denis Suárez n 8	33.3	2.4 3/3
Santi Comesaña n 8	77.8	2.3 6/3
Kiko Femenía n 8	68.4	2.3 7/3

Villarreal — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Luíz Júnior n 8	90	3.8 7/5
Diego Conde n 8	87.9	2.8 7/4

Girona

Girona — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
C. Stuani n 8	58.8	2.9 7/3	1 4/1	—
Y. Herrera n 8	80.1	2.5 7/5	3.1 8/6	Yeremy Pino
A. Danjuma n 8	50.3	2 5/4	3.4 5/4	—
J. Solis n 8	28.6	2 5/0	0.8 2/0	T. Buchanan
Arthur n 8	78.6	1.9 6/5	2.7 7/6	—

Girona — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Joel Roca n 8	42.1	3.5 6/3	2.4 6/2
A. Danjuma n 8	50.3	2.5 5/4	0.9 3/1
C. Stuani n 8	58.8	1.7 7/2	1.3 6/1
Y. Asprilla n 8	53.4	1.5 4/2	0.8 4/0
Y. Herrera n 8	80.1	1.1 6/1	0.4 3/0

Girona — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Joel Roca n 8	42.1	0.8 3/0	0.3 1/0
C. Stuani n 8	58.8	1 5/0	0 0/0
Portu n 8	59	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0
Y. Asprilla n 8	53.4	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0
B. Miovski n 8	46.3	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0

Girona — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Alejandro Francés n 8	69.3	2.6 8/5
J. Solis n 8	28.6	2.4 4/1
Arnau Martínez n 8	80.4	2.2 7/4
Y. Herrera n 8	80.1	2.1 6/4
D. Blind n 8	86	2 5/4

Girona — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
V. Krapyvtsov n 3	75.3	5.6 3/2
P. Gazzaniga n 8	84.1	2.9 5/5

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Match statistics & details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Villarreal		Girona
53%	Possession	47%
2.30	Expected goals (xG)	0.14
19	Shots	5
7	Shots on target	2
7	Shots off target	1
5	Blocked shots	2
13	Shots inside the box	3
8	Corners	1
3	Offsides	0
8	Fouls	9
1	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	0
2	Saves	2
517	Passes	470
90%	Pass accuracy	91%

Villarreal player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
Luíz Júnior	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
S. Mouriño	90	0	1	0	0	1	10	Y	8.2
Rafa Marín	90	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	8.5
Sergi Cardona	90	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	7.9
T. Buchanan	90	3	0	4	3	1	0	0	10
Etta Eyong	90	0	1	3	2	2	1	0	6.9
Yeremy Pino	70	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	7.2
P. Gueye	66	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	7.9
N. Pépé	63	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	9
J. Foyth	45	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7.3
Santi Comesaña	45	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	7
Renato Veiga sub	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.6
T. Partey sub	45	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	7
Ilias Akhomach sub	27	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.3
Dani Parejo sub	24	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6.9
Alberto Moleiro sub	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.7

Girona player stats

Player	Min	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
V. Krapyvtsov	90	0	0	0	0	0	6.9
Hugo Rincón	90	0	0	1	0	0	5.3
Vitor Nunes	90	0	0	0	4	Y	6.7
L. Krejčí	90	0	0	0	2	Y	5.3
D. Blind	90	0	0	1	2	0	5.9
Joel Roca	90	1	0	0	1	0	5.7
V. Tsygankov	78	0	0	0	1	0	6.2
J. Solis	71	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
Portu	45	0	0	0	0	0	6.2
D. Camara	45	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
Y. Herrera	42	0	0	0	2	0	6.2
David López sub	48	0	0	0	1	0	7
Álex Moreno sub	45	0	0	0	2	0	6.7
T. Lemar sub	45	0	0	0	0	0	6.2
Iván Martín sub	19	0	0	1	3	0	6.6
Y. Asprilla sub	12	2	2	0	0	0	6.6

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, head-to-head & standings

The numbers behind Villarreal v Girona — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

VillarrealWWWWW

Last 5: 5W 0D 0L · 2.6 scored / 0.8 conceded per game

GironaLWLLL

Last 5: 1W 0D 4L · 0.8 scored / 2.2 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Villarreal 4 · 1 draw · Girona 1 · 2.17 goals/game

2025-05-10 Girona 0–1 Villarreal
2024-12-01 Villarreal 2–2 Girona
2024-05-14 Girona 0–1 Villarreal
2023-09-27 Villarreal 1–2 Girona
2023-05-20 Girona 1–2 Villarreal
2023-01-22 Villarreal 1–0 Girona

League standing · 2025/26

Villarreal#3 pos72 pts38 pl+26 GD

Girona#19 pos41 pts38 pl-16 GD

Goals per game

Villarreal scored1.89

Girona scored1.03

Villarreal conceded1.21

Girona conceded1.45

Shot map and expected goals

Villarreal 2.98 xG from 19 shots, Girona 0.14 from 5. Every mark is one shot, placed where it was taken and sized by the chance it had of becoming a goal. Filled marks with a white ring are goals.

Villarreal (attacking right)Girona (attacking left)mark size = expected goals

Team	Shots	Goals	xG
Villarreal	19	5	2.98
Girona	5	0	0.14

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Frequently asked questions

What was the model’s pick for Villarreal v Girona?: TACTIX’s free model pick for Villarreal v Girona was Home or Away.
What is the head-to-head record between Villarreal and Girona?: In their last 6 meetings, Villarreal won 4, Girona won 1 and there was 1 draw, averaging 2.17 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Villarreal and Girona?: Recent form — Villarreal 5W 0D 0L; Girona 1W 0D 4L.

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