§ La Liga · 2025-26 · Matchday 18

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: Pedro Bigas (Elche), rated 64, thanks above all to 21 final-third passes and 119 passes. Bigas produced 2.4 times as much as a defender typically does, at 1.1 times the cost.

It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.

For Villarreal, the highest-rated player was Gerard Moreno, with 75.

64
Player of the match

Pedro Bigas

Elche · 90'

Produced 2.42× and cost 1.10× their position's average

Added
  • 21 final-third passes 3.8×
  • 119 passes 2.5×
  • 10 duels won 2.2×
Took away
  • 1 ball lost 2.5×
  • 12 misplaced passes 1.8×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

Elche
PlayerPositionMinRating
Pedro Bigas ★ Defender 90 64
Álvaro Núñez Defender 79 64
Germán Valera Forward 90 52
Víctor Chust Defender 90 52
David Affengruber Defender 61 52
Marc Aguado Midfielder 71 48
Aleix Febas Midfielder 90 45
Bambo Diaby Defender 29 39
Álvaro Rodríguez Forward 90 38
Martim Neto Midfielder 79 38
Rafa Mir Forward 79 37
Iñaki Peña Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Grady Diangana Forward 19 no rating
Adam Boayar Forward 11 no rating
Josan Forward 11 no rating
Rodrigo Mendoza Midfielder 11 no rating
Villarreal
PlayerPositionMinRating
Gerard Moreno Forward 23 75
Alberto Moleiro Forward 90 64
Rafa Marín Defender 90 62
Georges Mikautadze Forward 76 60
Nicolas Pépé Forward 68 60
Pau Navarro Defender 90 56
Ayoze Pérez Forward 67 50
Alfonso Pedraza Defender 90 47
Dani Parejo Midfielder 76 41
Santiago Mouriño Defender 80 37
Sergi Cardona Defender 22 33
Santi Comesaña Midfielder 90 26
Luiz Júnior Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Carlos Macià Midfielder 14 no rating
Tani Oluwaseyi Forward 14 no rating
Juan Foyth Defender 10 no rating

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.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.