Athletic Club 1–2 Villarreal
- Guruzeta 84'
- Cardona 26'
- González 45+5'
12 April 2026
The match in data
Villarreal beat Athletic Club 2–1 on 12 April 2026, on matchday 31 of the 2025-26 La Liga.
Player of the match: Luiz Júnior (Villarreal), rated 68, thanks above all to 1.29 goals prevented (6 shots on target worth 2.38; conceded 1) and 5 crosses claimed. Júnior produced 3.9 times as much as a goalkeeper typically does, at no cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.
For Athletic Club, the highest-rated player was Gorka Guruzeta, with 65.
Luiz Júnior
Villarreal · 90'
Produced 3.86× and cost 0.00× their position's average
- 1.29 goals prevented (6 shots on target worth 2.38; conceded 1) 4.3×
- 5 crosses claimed 4.0×
- 14 recoveries 1.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorka Guruzeta | Forward | 90 | 65 |
| Yuri Berchiche | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Iñigo Lekue | Defender | 46 | 53 |
| Aymeric Laporte | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Dani Vivian | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Mikel Jauregizar | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Andoni Gorosabel | Defender | 44 | 45 |
| Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta | Midfielder | 66 | 41 |
| Nico Williams | Forward | 66 | 41 |
| Robert Navarro | Forward | 24 | 41 |
| Álex Berenguer | Forward | 24 | 41 |
| Oihan Sancet | Midfielder | 66 | 39 |
| Iñaki Williams | Forward | 82 | 32 |
| Alejandro Rego | Midfielder | 24 | 32 |
| Unai Simón | Goalkeeper | 90 | 23 |
| Nico Serrano | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafa Marín | Defender | 44 | 73 |
| Luiz Júnior ★ | Goalkeeper | 90 | 68 |
| Sergi Cardona | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Tani Oluwaseyi | Forward | 69 | 53 |
| Gerard Moreno | Forward | 90 | 52 |
| Nicolas Pépé | Forward | 21 | 51 |
| Georges Mikautadze | Forward | 21 | 50 |
| Renato Veiga | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Tajon Buchanan | Forward | 78 | 47 |
| Alfon González | Forward | 69 | 47 |
| Santi Comesaña | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Pape Gueye | Midfielder | 82 | 41 |
| Santiago Mouriño | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Pau Navarro | Defender | 46 | 21 |
| Alberto Moleiro | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Dani Parejo | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Athletic Club player won the most duels?
Nico Williams, with 8 duels won. Next: Dani Vivian 5, Mikel Jauregizar 5.
Nico Williams won 8 individual duels during Athletic Club's 1–2 defeat. That comfortably surpassed Dani Vivian and Mikel Jauregizar, who recorded 5 duels won each.
Which Villarreal player recovered the most balls?
Santi Comesaña, with 7 recoveries. Next: Gerard Moreno 6, Alfon González 5.
Santi Comesaña led Villarreal with 7 ball recoveries in the 1–2 away win. Gerard Moreno followed closely with 6, while Alfon González added 5.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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