Racing Santander 2–2 Villarreal
- Martín 21' (pen.)
- Martínez 34'
- Gueye 45'
- Pépé 45+1'
16 August 2026
The match in data
Racing Santander and Villarreal finished level at 2–2 on 16 August 2026, on matchday 1 of the 2026-27 La Liga.
Player of the match: Juan Foyth (Villarreal), rated 73, thanks above all to 13 final-third passes and 7 recoveries. Foyth produced 1.3 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
For Racing Santander, the highest-rated player was Manu Hernando, with 71.
Juan Foyth
Villarreal · 90'
Produced 1.29× and cost 0.28× their position's average
- 13 final-third passes 2.2×
- 7 recoveries 1.8×
- 75 passes 1.6×
- 7 misplaced passes 1.1×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manu Hernando | Defender | 74 | 71 |
| Gustavo Puerta | Midfielder | 90 | 63 |
| Iñigo Vicente | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Pablo Ramón | Defender | 77 | 46 |
| Álvaro Mantilla | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Sergio Canales | Midfielder | 77 | 39 |
| Jorge Salinas | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Sergio Martínez | Midfielder | 69 | 37 |
| Maguette Gueye | Midfielder | 21 | 35 |
| Yassir Zabiri | Forward | 21 | 35 |
| Andrés Martín | Midfielder | 90 | 32 |
| Asier Villalibre | Forward | 69 | 30 |
| Julen Agirrezabala | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Pedro Felipe | Defender | 16 | no rating |
| Diego Díaz | Midfielder | 13 | no rating |
| Facundo González | Defender | 13 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Foyth ★ | Defender | 90 | 73 |
| Gerard Moreno | Forward | 34 | 69 |
| Nicolas Pépé | Forward | 77 | 66 |
| Santi Comesaña | Midfielder | 56 | 66 |
| Pape Gueye | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Alberto Moleiro | Forward | 56 | 60 |
| Carlos Romero | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Georges Mikautadze | Forward | 90 | 46 |
| Carlos Macià | Midfielder | 34 | 43 |
| Ayoze Pérez | Forward | 56 | 40 |
| Santiago Mouriño | Defender | 88 | 38 |
| Renato Veiga | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Tajon Buchanan | Forward | 34 | 33 |
| Luiz Júnior | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Ilias Akhomach | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Alex Freeman | Defender | 2 | 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.