Elche 1–3 Villarreal
- Neto 30'
- Moleiro 7'
- Mikautadze 13'
- Pedraza 83'
3 January 2026
The match in data
A 3–1 win for Villarreal against Elche on 3 January 2026, on matchday 18 of the 2025-26 La Liga.
Player of the match: Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal), rated 58, thanks above all to 1 goal and 1 shot on target. Moleiro produced 1.3 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.
It is their 5th time as player of the match this season.
For Elche, the highest-rated player was Pedro Bigas, with 57.
Alberto Moleiro
Villarreal · 90'
Produced 1.26× and cost 0.63× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 1 shot on target 1.2×
- 0.21 xG 0.8×
- 1 shot off target, worth 0.11 0.7×
- 1 failed dribble 0.6×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Bigas | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Germán Valera | Forward | 90 | 54 |
| David Affengruber | Defender | 61 | 52 |
| Víctor Chust | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Álvaro Núñez | Defender | 79 | 51 |
| Aleix Febas | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Martim Neto | Midfielder | 79 | 41 |
| Rafa Mir | Forward | 79 | 41 |
| Marc Aguado | Midfielder | 71 | 41 |
| Álvaro Rodríguez | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Bambo Diaby | Defender | 29 | 37 |
| Iñaki Peña | Goalkeeper | 90 | 33 |
| Grady Diangana | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Adam Boayar | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Josan | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Rodrigo Mendoza | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerard Moreno | Forward | 23 | 69 |
| Alberto Moleiro ★ | Forward | 90 | 58 |
| Rafa Marín | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Georges Mikautadze | Forward | 76 | 54 |
| Pau Navarro | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Nicolas Pépé | Forward | 68 | 53 |
| Alfonso Pedraza | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Ayoze Pérez | Forward | 67 | 42 |
| Luiz Júnior | Goalkeeper | 90 | 41 |
| Dani Parejo | Midfielder | 76 | 36 |
| Santiago Mouriño | Defender | 80 | 34 |
| Sergi Cardona | Defender | 22 | 34 |
| Santi Comesaña | Midfielder | 90 | 22 |
| Carlos Macià | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Tani Oluwaseyi | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Juan Foyth | Defender | 10 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Elche player made the most tackles?
David Affengruber, with 5 tackles. Next: Pedro Bigas 3, Marc Aguado 2.
David Affengruber anchored Elche's defensive stops with 5 tackles in the 1–3 loss to Villarreal. He finished ahead of Pedro Bigas (3) and Marc Aguado (2).
Which Villarreal player recovered the most balls?
Alfonso Pedraza, with 8 recoveries. Next: Nicolas Pépé 7, Santi Comesaña 4.
Alfonso Pedraza led Villarreal in ball recoveries with 8 during the 1–3 victory over Elche. Nicolas Pépé followed closely with 7, while Santi Comesaña contributed 4.
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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