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 70, thanks above all to 1 goal and 1 big chance created. Moleiro produced 1.4 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It is their 7th 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 0.21× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 1 shot on target 1.3×
- 1 shot off target, worth 0.08 0.6×
- 1 time dribbled past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto Moleiro ★ | Forward | 80 | 70 |
| Nicolas Pépé | Forward | 90 | 65 |
| Renato Veiga | Defender | 90 | 63 |
| Georges Mikautadze | Forward | 73 | 63 |
| Dani Parejo | Midfielder | 65 | 56 |
| Luiz Júnior | Goalkeeper | 90 | 47 |
| Sergi Cardona | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Santiago Mouriño | Defender | 73 | 47 |
| Pau Navarro | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Tajon Buchanan | Forward | 64 | 42 |
| Ayoze Pérez | Forward | 26 | 37 |
| Pape Gueye | Midfielder | 90 | 32 |
| Santi Comesaña | Midfielder | 25 | 31 |
| 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 | 61 |
| Pol Lozano | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Tyrhys Dolan | Forward | 59 | 56 |
| Urko González de Zárate | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Fernando Calero | Defender | 46 | 44 |
| Cyril Ngonge | Forward | 31 | 43 |
| José Salinas | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Omar El Hilali | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Kike García | Forward | 31 | 33 |
| Clemens Riedel | Defender | 44 | 32 |
| Edu Expósito | Midfielder | 59 | 29 |
| Roberto Fernández | Forward | 59 | 28 |
| Marko Dmitrovic | Goalkeeper | 90 | 21 |
| Charles Pickel | Midfielder | 31 | 21 |
| Antoniu Roca | Forward | 18 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Villarreal player won the most duels?
Nicolas Pépé, with 8 duels won. Next: Pau Navarro 7, Santiago Mouriño 7.
In Villarreal's 4–1 win over Espanyol, Nicolas Pépé made an impact in individual battles with 8 duels won. Pépé edged past teammates Pau Navarro and Santiago Mouriño, who each won 7.
Which Espanyol player completed the most dribbles?
Tyrhys Dolan, with 3 completed dribbles. Next: Urko González de Zárate 1, Edu Expósito 1.
In a tough 4–1 defeat at Villarreal, Tyrhys Dolan led Espanyol's take-ons with 3 successful dribbles. Urko González de Zárate and Edu Expósito managed just 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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