Valencia 1–2 Villarreal
- Pepelu 38' (pen.)
- Elliott 89'
- Freeman 69'
- Gueye 79'
- Mikautadze 90+6'
24 October 2026
The match in data
Villarreal got the better of Valencia, 2–1, on 24 October 2026, on matchday 10 of the 2026-27 La Liga.
Villarreal came from behind: they were trailing 1–0 at 38'.
Player of the match: Pape Gueye (Villarreal), rated 62, thanks above all to 13 final-third passes and 59 passes. Gueye produced 1.1 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
For Valencia, the highest-rated player was Luis Rioja, with 58.
Pape Gueye was sent off at 79'.
Harvey Elliott was sent off at 89'.
Pape Gueye
Villarreal · 79'
Produced 1.12× and cost 0.51× their position's average
- 13 final-third passes 2.3×
- 59 passes 1.4×
- 2 key passes 1.7×
- 7 misplaced passes 1.3×
- 4 duels lost 1.0×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Rioja | Forward | 90 | 58 |
| José Gayà | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Pablo Maffeo | Defender | 77 | 44 |
| Javi Guerra | Midfielder | 70 | 37 |
| Pepelu | Midfielder | 90 | 35 |
| Dani Raba | Forward | 56 | 35 |
| Justin de Haas | Defender | 77 | 34 |
| Arnau Martínez | Defender | 20 | 34 |
| César Tárrega | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Arnaut Danjuma | Forward | 90 | 28 |
| Guido Rodríguez | Midfielder | 90 | 28 |
| Stole Dimitrievski | Goalkeeper | 90 | 27 |
| Harvey Elliott | Midfielder | 19 | no rating |
| David Otorbi | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Filip Ugrinic | Midfielder | 13 | no rating |
| Hugo Duro | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sergi Cardona | Defender | 25 | 72 |
| Alberto Moleiro | Forward | 24 | 69 |
| Juan Foyth | Defender | 65 | 64 |
| Pape Gueye ★ | Midfielder | 79 | 62 |
| Georges Mikautadze | Forward | 25 | 61 |
| Renato Veiga | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Ilias Akhomach | Forward | 66 | 54 |
| Ayoze Pérez | Forward | 65 | 50 |
| Carlos Macià | Midfielder | 90 | 47 |
| Gerard Moreno | Forward | 82 | 47 |
| Péter Gulácsi | Goalkeeper | 90 | 46 |
| Tajon Buchanan | Forward | 87 | 42 |
| Alex Freeman | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Santiago Mouriño | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Santi Comesaña | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
| Pau Navarro | Defender | 3 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Valencia player made the most tackles?
Javi Guerra, with 4 tackles. Next: Guido Rodríguez 2, Luis Rioja 2.
During a 1–2 defeat against Villarreal, Javi Guerra led Valencia in ball-winning with four tackles. That doubled the tally of Guido Rodríguez and Luis Rioja, who each completed two.
Which Villarreal player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Tajon Buchanan, with 4 key passes. Next: Alex Freeman 2, Gerard Moreno 2.
Tajon Buchanan paced Villarreal's attack in the 1–2 win against Valencia by supplying four key passes. Alex Freeman and Gerard Moreno followed behind with two apiece.
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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