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 71, 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 David Affengruber, with 68.
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: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tajon Buchanan ★ | Forward | 65 | 71 |
| Luiz Júnior | Goalkeeper | 90 | 60 |
| Pau Navarro | Defender | 75 | 59 |
| Rafa Marín | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Pape Gueye | Midfielder | 75 | 53 |
| Santi Comesaña | Midfielder | 75 | 43 |
| Georges Mikautadze | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Nicolas Pépé | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Alberto Moleiro | Forward | 65 | 40 |
| Santiago Mouriño | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Alfon González | Forward | 25 | 32 |
| Sergi Cardona | Defender | 90 | 31 |
| Gerard Moreno | Forward | 25 | 24 |
| Dani Parejo | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Renato Veiga | Defender | 15 | no rating |
| Thomas Partey | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Affengruber | Defender | 90 | 68 |
| Germán Valera | Forward | 90 | 67 |
| Federico Redondo | Midfielder | 22 | 66 |
| Rafa Mir | Forward | 77 | 64 |
| Matías Dituro | Goalkeeper | 90 | 62 |
| Marc Aguado | Midfielder | 68 | 59 |
| Martim Neto | Midfielder | 31 | 58 |
| Josan | Forward | 22 | 57 |
| Gonzalo Villar | Midfielder | 22 | 56 |
| Léo Pétrot | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Víctor Chust | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Álvaro Rodríguez | Forward | 90 | 36 |
| Aleix Febas | Midfielder | 68 | 36 |
| Grady Diangana | Forward | 59 | 31 |
| Buba Sangaré | Defender | 68 | 28 |
| André Silva | Forward | 13 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Elche player won the most duels?
Álvaro Rodríguez, with 9 duels won. Next: Germán Valera 6, Léo Pétrot 6.
Álvaro Rodríguez led Elche's fight with 9 duels won in the 2–1 loss to Villarreal. That performance outpaced both Germán Valera and Léo Pétrot, who won 6 each.
Which Villarreal player completed the most dribbles?
Georges Mikautadze, with 3 completed dribbles. Next: Tajon Buchanan 1, Pape Gueye 1.
Georges Mikautadze provided Villarreal's main spark with 3 successful dribbles in the 2–1 win against Elche. That tripled the tallies of Tajon Buchanan and Pape Gueye, who registered 1 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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