- Paco Alcácer (6' Pen)
- Dani Parejo (69')
- Takefusa Kubo (90'+2')
- Goncalo Guedes (37')
Parejo haunts former club Valencia to send Villarreal top of La Liga
Villarreal midfielder Dani Parejo scored the decisive goal in a 2-1 win at home to former club Valencia to take his side top of La Liga on Sunday.
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Parejo, who used to captain Valencia but switched to Villarreal in August, saying he had been forced out, barely celebrated his goal after his shot took a heavy deflection off Mouctar Diakhaby into the net in the 69th minute.
Paco Alcacer, another former Valencia player, had given Villarreal the lead with a penalty in the sixth minute although Goncalo Guedes levelled for the struggling visitors in the 37th.
Villarreal had Japan international Takefusa Kubo sent off in added time for a second yellow card while Parejo then limped off the pitch with a muscle injury.
Yet Unai Emery's side saw out the win to lead the standings on 11 points after six games, one ahead of second-placed Real Madrid who were beaten 1-0 at home by Cadiz on Saturday.
Valencia were left 12th on seven.
Game Information
Spanish LALIGA Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Real Madrid | 33 | 26 | 6 | 1 | +49 | 84 |
Barcelona | 33 | 22 | 7 | 4 | +29 | 73 |
Girona | 33 | 22 | 5 | 6 | +29 | 71 |
Atlético Madrid | 33 | 20 | 4 | 9 | +23 | 64 |
Athletic Club | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | +20 | 58 |
Real Sociedad | 33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | +11 | 51 |
Real Betis | 33 | 12 | 13 | 8 | +2 | 49 |
Valencia | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 47 |
Villarreal | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 45 |
Getafe | 33 | 10 | 13 | 10 | -4 | 43 |
Osasuna | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | -12 | 39 |
Alavés | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 38 |
Sevilla | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 38 |
Las Palmas | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 37 |
Rayo Vallecano | 33 | 7 | 13 | 13 | -15 | 34 |
Mallorca | 33 | 6 | 14 | 13 | -12 | 32 |
Celta Vigo | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -13 | 31 |
Cádiz | 33 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -23 | 26 |
Granada | 33 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -25 | 21 |
Almería | 33 | 1 | 11 | 21 | -35 | 14 |