Villarreal 2–1 Celta de Vigo
- Moreno 2' (pen.)
- Pépé 29'
- Iglesias 73' (pen.)
26 April 2026
The match in data
A 2–1 win for Villarreal against Celta de Vigo on 26 April 2026, on matchday 32 of the 2025-26 La Liga.
Player of the match: Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal), rated 58, thanks above all to 1 goal and 2 completed dribbles. Pépé produced 1.6 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.8 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Celta de Vigo, the highest-rated player was Hugo Sotelo, with 59.
Nicolas Pépé
Villarreal · 79'
Produced 1.57× and cost 0.85× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 2 completed dribbles 1.9×
- 9 recoveries 3.1×
- 2 failed dribbles 1.5×
- 2 balls lost 1.6×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Freeman | Defender | 90 | 71 |
| Alfonso Pedraza | Defender | 78 | 66 |
| Rafa Marín | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Nicolas Pépé ★ | Forward | 79 | 58 |
| Renato Veiga | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Pape Gueye | Midfielder | 79 | 51 |
| Arnau Tenas | Goalkeeper | 90 | 50 |
| Alberto Moleiro | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Santi Comesaña | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Georges Mikautadze | Forward | 85 | 39 |
| Gerard Moreno | Forward | 90 | 38 |
| Sergi Cardona | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Alfon González | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Dani Parejo | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Ayoze Pérez | Forward | 5 | no rating |
| Thomas Partey | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Sotelo | Midfielder | 76 | 59 |
| Yoel Lago | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Javi Rodríguez | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Óscar Mingueza | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Marcos Alonso | Defender | 76 | 42 |
| Pablo Durán | Forward | 46 | 42 |
| Hugo Álvarez | Forward | 76 | 41 |
| Ionuț Radu | Goalkeeper | 90 | 40 |
| Ilaix Moriba | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Borja Iglesias | Forward | 83 | 32 |
| Sergio Carreira | Defender | 90 | 31 |
| Ferran Jutglà | Forward | 44 | 31 |
| Fer López | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Iago Aspas | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Álvaro Núñez | Defender | 14 | no rating |
| Hugo González | Forward | 7 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Villarreal player recovered the most balls?
Nicolas Pépé, with 9 recoveries. Next: Alex Freeman 6, Alfonso Pedraza 6.
In the 2–1 win over Celta de Vigo, Nicolas Pépé led Villarreal's defensive work with 9 recoveries. Alex Freeman and Alfonso Pedraza followed behind with 6 each.
Which Celta de Vigo player made the most interceptions?
Javi Rodríguez, with 3 interceptions. Next: Óscar Mingueza 1, Ilaix Moriba 1.
Despite a 2–1 loss, Javi Rodríguez read the game best for Celta de Vigo with 3 interceptions. No other teammate had more than 1, with Óscar Mingueza and Ilaix Moriba on that mark.
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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