Villarreal 4–1 Espanyol
- Mikautadze 35'
- Salinas 41' (o.g.)
- Pépé 50'
- Moleiro 55'
- Taillandier 88'
9 February 2026
The match in data
A 4–1 win for Villarreal against Espanyol on 9 February 2026, on matchday 23 of the 2025-26 La Liga.
Player of the match: Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal), rated 74, thanks above all to 1 goal and 1 big chance created. Moleiro produced 1.4 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It is their 5th time as player of the match this season.
For Espanyol, the highest-rated player was Ludovic Taillandier, with 70.
Alberto Moleiro
Villarreal · 80'
Produced 1.39× and cost 0.27× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 1 shot on target 1.3×
- 1 shot off target 0.8×
- 1 time dribbled past 1.6×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto Moleiro ★ | Forward | 80 | 74 |
| Georges Mikautadze | Forward | 73 | 73 |
| Nicolas Pépé | Forward | 90 | 69 |
| Renato Veiga | Defender | 90 | 69 |
| Dani Parejo | Midfielder | 65 | 65 |
| Sergi Cardona | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Santiago Mouriño | Defender | 73 | 49 |
| Pau Navarro | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Tajon Buchanan | Forward | 64 | 45 |
| Ayoze Pérez | Forward | 26 | 45 |
| Pape Gueye | Midfielder | 90 | 35 |
| Santi Comesaña | Midfielder | 25 | 34 |
| Luiz Júnior | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Alex Freeman | Defender | 17 | no rating |
| Tani Oluwaseyi | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| Hugo Lopez | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ludovic Taillandier | Defender | 90 | 70 |
| Pere Milla | Forward | 72 | 68 |
| Pol Lozano | Midfielder | 90 | 63 |
| Urko González de Zárate | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Tyrhys Dolan | Forward | 59 | 57 |
| Fernando Calero | Defender | 46 | 49 |
| José Salinas | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Omar El Hilali | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Roberto Fernández | Forward | 59 | 42 |
| Cyril Ngonge | Forward | 31 | 38 |
| Clemens Riedel | Defender | 44 | 36 |
| Edu Expósito | Midfielder | 59 | 33 |
| Kike García | Forward | 31 | 27 |
| Charles Pickel | Midfielder | 31 | 23 |
| Marko Dmitrovic | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Antoniu Roca | Forward | 18 | 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.