Real Betis 2–0 Villarreal
- Ruibal 57'
- Fornals 83'
- Comesaña 76'
17 January 2026
The match in data
Real Betis got the better of Villarreal, 2–0, on 17 January 2026, on matchday 20 of the 2025-26 La Liga.
Player of the match: Aitor Ruibal (Real Betis), rated 75, thanks above all to 1 goal and 0.38 xG. Ruibal produced 1.4 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Villarreal, the highest-rated player was Renato Veiga, with 57.
Santi Comesaña was sent off at 76'.
Aitor Ruibal
Real Betis · 90'
Produced 1.42× and cost 0.25× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 0.38 xG 1.5×
- 12 final-third passes 4.0×
- 10 misplaced passes 1.8×
- 4 duels lost 0.6×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aitor Ruibal ★ | Forward | 90 | 75 |
| Sergi Altimira | Midfielder | 90 | 71 |
| Antony | Forward | 89 | 57 |
| Marc Bartra | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Valentín Gómez | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Natan | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Pablo Fornals | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Giovani Lo Celso | Midfielder | 79 | 41 |
| Chimy Ávila | Forward | 72 | 39 |
| Marc Roca | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Álvaro Valles | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Pablo García | Forward | 18 | no rating |
| Rodrigo Riquelme | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Ángel Ortiz | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renato Veiga | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Dani Parejo | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Alberto Moleiro | Forward | 81 | 50 |
| Santiago Mouriño | Defender | 44 | 47 |
| Georges Mikautadze | Forward | 90 | 45 |
| Gerard Moreno | Forward | 65 | 45 |
| Juan Foyth | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Nicolas Pépé | Forward | 25 | 39 |
| Santi Comesaña | Midfielder | 76 | 38 |
| Alfonso Pedraza | Defender | 46 | 37 |
| Pau Navarro | Defender | 46 | 29 |
| Tajon Buchanan | Forward | 75 | 28 |
| Sergi Cardona | Defender | 44 | 26 |
| Luiz Júnior | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Ayoze Pérez | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Carlos Macià | Midfielder | 9 | 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.