Málaga 1–3 Villarreal
- Dotor 12'
- Moleiro 40'
- Gueye 45+2'
- Gueye 86' (pen.)
17 September 2026
The match in data
Villarreal got the better of Málaga, 3–1, on 17 September 2026, on matchday 6 of the 2026-27 La Liga.
Villarreal came from behind: they were trailing 1–0 at 12'.
Player of the match: Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal), rated 79, thanks above all to 1 goal and 0.60 xG. Moleiro produced 2.3 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Málaga, the highest-rated player was Dani Lorenzo, with 69.
Pape Gueye scored twice.
Alberto Moleiro
Villarreal · 80'
Produced 2.30× and cost 0.36× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 0.60 xG 2.6×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 1 shot off target 0.8×
- 10 misplaced passes 2.0×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dani Lorenzo | Midfielder | 44 | 69 |
| Juan Cruz | Forward | 46 | 65 |
| Rafita Garrido | Defender | 44 | 60 |
| Ángel Recio | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Carlos Dotor | Midfielder | 61 | 51 |
| Chupe | Forward | 90 | 47 |
| Einar Galilea | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| David Larrubia | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Pablo Martínez | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Carlos Puga | Defender | 75 | 36 |
| Adrián Niño | Forward | 29 | 35 |
| José Salinas | Defender | 46 | 27 |
| Joaquín Muñoz | Forward | 29 | 27 |
| Izan Merino | Midfielder | 61 | 26 |
| Alfonso Herrero | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Ramón Enríquez | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto Moleiro ★ | Forward | 80 | 79 |
| Santi Comesaña | Midfielder | 37 | 74 |
| Pape Gueye | Midfielder | 53 | 66 |
| Nathan Saliba | Midfielder | 80 | 57 |
| Ilias Akhomach | Forward | 63 | 57 |
| Ayoze Pérez | Forward | 63 | 52 |
| Tajon Buchanan | Forward | 90 | 51 |
| Pau Navarro | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Alex Freeman | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Renato Veiga | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Georges Mikautadze | Forward | 27 | 43 |
| Sergi Cardona | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Carlos Romero | Defender | 27 | 37 |
| Péter Gulácsi | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Carlos Macià | Midfielder | 10 | no rating |
| Santiago Mouriño | 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.