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 69, 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 is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Villarreal, the highest-rated player was Renato Veiga, with 55.
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: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aitor Ruibal ★ | Forward | 90 | 69 |
| Sergi Altimira | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Antony | Forward | 89 | 58 |
| Álvaro Valles | Goalkeeper | 90 | 54 |
| Pablo Fornals | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Marc Bartra | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Valentín Gómez | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Giovani Lo Celso | Midfielder | 79 | 42 |
| Natan | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Marc Roca | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Chimy Ávila | Forward | 72 | 35 |
| 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 | 55 |
| Gerard Moreno | Forward | 65 | 55 |
| Dani Parejo | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Santiago Mouriño | Defender | 44 | 46 |
| Georges Mikautadze | Forward | 90 | 43 |
| Luiz Júnior | Goalkeeper | 90 | 42 |
| Nicolas Pépé | Forward | 25 | 42 |
| Juan Foyth | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Alfonso Pedraza | Defender | 46 | 36 |
| Alberto Moleiro | Forward | 81 | 35 |
| Santi Comesaña | Midfielder | 76 | 35 |
| Tajon Buchanan | Forward | 75 | 28 |
| Pau Navarro | Defender | 46 | 27 |
| Sergi Cardona | Defender | 44 | 22 |
| Ayoze Pérez | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Carlos Macià | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Villarreal player completed the most dribbles?
Alfonso Pedraza, with 3 completed dribbles. Next: Georges Mikautadze 1, Dani Parejo 1.
In Villarreal's 2–0 loss to Real Betis, Alfonso Pedraza managed 3 completed dribbles. Georges Mikautadze and Dani Parejo each completed just 1 dribble.
Which Real Betis player played the most passes into the final third?
Aitor Ruibal, with 12 final-third passes. Next: Marc Roca 6, Marc Bartra 5.
Aitor Ruibal led the push into the attacking zone with 12 final-third passes, doubling Marc Roca (6) and topping Marc Bartra (5). His delivery highlighted Real Betis's forward momentum.
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.
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