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Full time · La Liga · Sat 05 Sep 2026, 20:00 UTC

Villarreal 23 Deportivo La Coruna

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What the chances were worth

Villarreal
1.14
expected goals (xG)
Deportivo La Coruna
0.79
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 2–3; by chance quality the match ran 1.14–0.79.

The brain read

Little between them on chances created — the xG read 1.1–0.8, shots 17–8 with 5–3 on target. Villarreal got into the box far more often (9 shots inside it to 6) and Villarreal held 63% of the ball. Villarreal's finishing ran hot — 2 from 1.1 xG, 5 of 17 shots on target (a finishing read inferred from shots on target and goals vs xG — not measured shot placement). On chances created the game was tighter than the 2–3 suggests.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Villarreal
Deportivo La Coruna
63%
Ball Possession
37%
17
Total Shots
8
5
Shots on Goal
3
6
Shots off Goal
3
6
Blocked Shots
2
9
Shots inside box
6
8
Shots outside box
2
7
Corner Kicks
1
2
Offsides
1
643
Total passes
387
577
Passes accurate
329
14
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Goalkeeper Saves
4
14
Free Kicks
13

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

Villarreal
65%
market implied · price 1.46 · opened 64%
Draw
20%
market implied · price 4.74 · opened 21%
Deportivo La Coruna
14%
market implied · price 6.71 · opened 15%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Villarreal or draw1.1284.7%-0.1 pts
Double chance Deportivo La Coruna or draw2.6835.4%-0.9 pts
Double chance either team1.1980.0%+0.9 pts
Draw no bet — Villarreal1.1681.2%+0.8 pts
Draw no bet — Deportivo La Coruna5.0018.8%-0.8 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.1978.0%+1.9 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.6657.6%+3.2 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.5337.0%+3.7 pts
Both teams to score1.7951.9%+1.6 pts
Villarreal over 1.5 team goals1.5162.6%+3.0 pts
Deportivo La Coruna over 1.5 team goals4.1122.9%+1.0 pts
Villarreal clean sheet2.2541.1%-2.1 pts
Deportivo La Coruna clean sheet7.0013.6%-1.7 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 2-0 7.34 · 1-0 7.60 · 2-1 7.82 · 1-1 8.24 · 3-0 10.02

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-09-05 18:30 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.