Match story
- Villarreal created the clearer chances on xG (2.08 vs 1.36, Δ 0.72).
- Villarreal fired more attempts (19 vs 8 shots).
- FC Copenhagen was more accurate in front of goal (50% on target vs 26%).
FC Copenhagen defeated Villarreal 2-3 in UEFA Champions League. The fixture is part of the League Stage - 6 stage in the 2025 season. I. Kruzliak officiated the match. The full-time result capped a Villarreal vs FC Copenhagen meeting in UEFA Champions League with detailed post-match statistics available on Sportra. This match centre covers lineups, live events, player ratings, team statistics, xG, head-to-head history, and related news for Villarreal and FC Copenhagen. On Sportra you can view xG, lineups, match statistics, events, player ratings, predictions, head-to-head history, and related news for this fixture.
UEFA Champions LeagueRecorded meetings: 0 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
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Two assists and the winner for Deportivo A Coruña leave Gabonese striker with one club record and eyeing anotherPierre-Emerick Aubameyang was already the best player on the pitch when he ran through to score Deportivo A Coruña’s winner on Saturday night. It was certainly not Ilias Akhomach, the Villarreal substitute whose pass on halfway had inadvertently played Aubameyang through, nor Sergi Cardona, the unassuming intended target of that pass. After 89 minutes and two assists, the 37-year-old Aubameyang raced the length of the half to slot past Luiz Júnior to make it 3-2.It had been a similar case the week before, when Aubameyang’s pace again left the Valencia defenders behind before he dinked the ball over the goalkeeper. The week before that, he calmly rounded Málaga’s Alfonso Herrero before opening the scoring. The week before that, the former Barcelona striker marked his return to La Liga against Elche with a superb touch and finish from Lorenzo Amatucci’s diagonal pass. Scoring in each of his first four games for Deportivo is a club record, eclipsing Bebeto’s fast start of three in a row from 1992. Continue reading...
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