Villarreal 2–1 Elche
- Buchanan 31'
- Mouriño 41'
- Silva 82'
8 March 2026
The match in data
Villarreal got the better of Elche, 2–1, on 8 March 2026, on matchday 27 of the 2025-26 La Liga.
Player of the match: Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal), rated 76, thanks above all to 1 goal and 1 big chance created. Buchanan produced 1.8 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Elche, the highest-rated player was Germán Valera, with 75.
Tajon Buchanan
Villarreal · 65'
Produced 1.75× and cost 0.31× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 1 shot on target 1.6×
- 1 failed dribble 0.9×
- 4 misplaced passes 1.0×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tajon Buchanan ★ | Forward | 65 | 76 |
| Rafa Marín | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Pau Navarro | Defender | 75 | 64 |
| Pape Gueye | Midfielder | 75 | 60 |
| Alfon González | Forward | 25 | 53 |
| Santi Comesaña | Midfielder | 75 | 45 |
| Georges Mikautadze | Forward | 90 | 44 |
| Nicolas Pépé | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Alberto Moleiro | Forward | 65 | 38 |
| Santiago Mouriño | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Sergi Cardona | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Gerard Moreno | Forward | 25 | 20 |
| Luiz Júnior | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Dani Parejo | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Renato Veiga | Defender | 15 | no rating |
| Thomas Partey | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germán Valera | Forward | 90 | 75 |
| David Affengruber | Defender | 90 | 73 |
| Federico Redondo | Midfielder | 22 | 73 |
| Rafa Mir | Forward | 77 | 67 |
| Marc Aguado | Midfielder | 68 | 66 |
| Gonzalo Villar | Midfielder | 22 | 66 |
| Josan | Forward | 22 | 65 |
| Martim Neto | Midfielder | 31 | 61 |
| Léo Pétrot | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Grady Diangana | Forward | 59 | 40 |
| Víctor Chust | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Aleix Febas | Midfielder | 68 | 38 |
| Álvaro Rodríguez | Forward | 90 | 37 |
| Buba Sangaré | Defender | 68 | 36 |
| Matías Dituro | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| André Silva | Forward | 13 | 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.