Real Madrid 1–0 Villarreal
- Diomande 62'
- Junior 72'
10 October 2026
The match in data
Real Madrid got the better of Villarreal, 1–0, on 10 October 2026, on matchday 8 of the 2026-27 La Liga.
Player of the match: Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), rated 66, thanks above all to 2 big chances created and 8 final-third passes. Valverde produced 1.4 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Villarreal, the highest-rated player was Pape Gueye, with 50.
Vinicius Junior was sent off at 72'.
Federico Valverde
Real Madrid · 90'
Produced 1.41× and cost 0.48× their position's average
- 2 big chances created 4.0×
- 8 final-third passes 1.3×
- 3 key passes 2.4×
- 10 misplaced passes 1.6×
- 1 duel lost 0.2×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federico Valverde ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 66 |
| Marc Cucurella | Defender | 44 | 65 |
| Aurélien Tchouaméni | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Trent Alexander-Arnold | Defender | 52 | 58 |
| Antonio Rüdiger | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Thibaut Courtois | Goalkeeper | 90 | 57 |
| Vinicius Junior | Forward | 20 | 54 |
| Ibrahima Konaté | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Yan Diomande | Forward | 86 | 50 |
| Álvaro Carreras | Defender | 46 | 47 |
| Kylian Mbappé | Forward | 90 | 41 |
| Arda Güler | Midfielder | 77 | 34 |
| Jude Bellingham | Midfielder | 90 | 27 |
| Eduardo Camavinga | Midfielder | 13 | no rating |
| Denzel Dumfries | Defender | 4 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pape Gueye | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Alex Freeman | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Renato Veiga | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Péter Gulácsi | Goalkeeper | 90 | 46 |
| Alberto Moleiro | Forward | 86 | 44 |
| Georges Mikautadze | Forward | 23 | 44 |
| Gerard Moreno | Forward | 23 | 40 |
| Ilias Akhomach | Forward | 67 | 37 |
| Ayoze Pérez | Forward | 90 | 36 |
| Pau Navarro | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Sergi Cardona | Defender | 67 | 35 |
| Juan Foyth | Defender | 56 | 33 |
| Carlos Romero | Defender | 34 | 33 |
| Nathan Saliba | Midfielder | 34 | 32 |
| Santi Comesaña | Midfielder | 56 | 31 |
| Nizar El Jmili | Forward | 4 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Real Madrid player completed the most dribbles?
Kylian Mbappé, with 4 completed dribbles. Next: Yan Diomande 2, Jude Bellingham 1.
Kylian Mbappé was Real Madrid's main 1v1 threat with 4 successful dribbles, doubling Yan Diomande. That ability to beat defenders made a difference in the tight 1–0 win over Villarreal.
Which Villarreal player won the most duels?
Alex Freeman, with 11 duels won. Next: Ilias Akhomach 4, Pape Gueye 4.
Despite the 1–0 defeat against Real Madrid, Alex Freeman dominated individual battles by winning 11 duels. That tally almost tripled Villarreal's next best performers, Ilias Akhomach and Pape Gueye, who recorded 4 each.
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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