§ La Liga · 2025-26 · Matchday 12

Espanyol 0–2 Villarreal

  • Moreno 43'
  • Moleiro 57'

8 November 2025

The match in data

Villarreal beat Espanyol 2–0 on 8 November 2025, on matchday 12 of the 2025-26 La Liga.

Player of the match: Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal), rated 71, thanks above all to 0.90 xG and 1 goal. Moleiro produced 1.9 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.

It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.

For Espanyol, the highest-rated player was Pol Lozano, with 64.

71
Player of the match

Alberto Moleiro

Villarreal · 83'

Produced 1.95× and cost 0.62× their position's average

Added
  • 0.90 xG 3.8×
  • 1 goal 4.0×
  • 2 shots on target 2.5×
Took away
  • 2 failed dribbles 1.4×
  • 6 misplaced passes 1.2×

Match ratings

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

Espanyol
PlayerPositionMinRating
Pol Lozano Midfielder 60 64
Omar El Hilali Defender 82 58
Fernando Calero Defender 90 56
Kike García Forward 30 54
Tyrhys Dolan Forward 90 50
José Salinas Defender 90 49
Ludovic Taillandier Defender 90 42
Urko González de Zárate Midfielder 82 42
Edu Expósito Midfielder 71 37
Roberto Fernández Forward 90 26
Pere Milla Forward 71 25
Marko Dmitrovic Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Charles Pickel Midfielder 19 no rating
Jofre Carreras Forward 19 no rating
Miguel Rubio Defender 8 no rating
Rubén Sánchez Defender 8 no rating
Villarreal
PlayerPositionMinRating
Alfonso Pedraza Defender 90 71
Alberto Moleiro ★ Forward 83 71
Rafa Marín Defender 90 67
Renato Veiga Defender 90 67
Gerard Moreno Forward 71 64
Thomas Partey Midfielder 90 59
Tajon Buchanan Forward 83 54
Santi Comesaña Midfielder 74 50
Tani Oluwaseyi Forward 74 40
Pau Navarro Defender 90 37
Luiz Júnior Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Nicolas Pépé Forward 19 no rating
Ayoze Pérez Forward 16 no rating
Pape Gueye Midfielder 16 no rating
Ilias Akhomach Forward 7 no rating
Sergi Cardona Defender 7 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.