# Villarreal 4–1 Espanyol · Ratings and player of the match · 2025-26 La Liga | Sir Balone > Ratings for every player in Villarreal v Espanyol (4–1), matchday 23, 2025-26 La Liga. Player of the match: Alberto Moleiro (70). URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/villarreal-espanyol-2026-02-09/ Datos al: 2026-10-15 Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/). § La Liga · 2025-26 · Matchday 23 ## [Villarreal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/villarreal-3477/2025-26/) 4 – 1 [Espanyol](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/espanyol-528/2025-26/) - 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. 70 Player of the match ### [Alberto Moleiro](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/alberto-moleiro-37380649/) Villarreal · 80' Produced **1.39×** and cost **0.21×** their position's average Added - 1 goal 4.0× - 1 big chance created 4.0× - 1 shot on target 1.3× Took away - 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. **Villarreal** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Alberto Moleiro](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/alberto-moleiro-37380649/) ★ | Forward | 80 | 70 | | [Nicolas Pépé](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nicolas-pepe-96656/) | Forward | 90 | 65 | | [Renato Veiga](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/renato-veiga-37593154/) | Defender | 90 | 63 | | [Georges Mikautadze](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/georges-mikautadze-13963088/) | Forward | 73 | 63 | | [Dani Parejo](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/dani-parejo-1988/) | Midfielder | 65 | 56 | | [Luiz Júnior](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/luiz-junior-37537789/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 47 | | [Sergi Cardona](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/sergi-cardona-26328601/) | Defender | 90 | 47 | | [Santiago Mouriño](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/santiago-mourino-37567261/) | Defender | 73 | 47 | | [Pau Navarro](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/pau-navarro-37714190/) | Defender | 90 | 44 | | [Tajon Buchanan](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tajon-buchanan-31238822/) | Forward | 64 | 42 | | [Ayoze Pérez](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ayoze-perez-1396/) | Forward | 26 | 37 | | [Pape Gueye](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/pape-gueye-433169/) | Midfielder | 90 | 32 | | [Santi Comesaña](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/santi-comesana-189585/) | Midfielder | 25 | 31 | | [Alex Freeman](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/alex-freeman-37623379/) | Defender | 17 | no rating | | [Tani Oluwaseyi](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tani-oluwaseyi-37614807/) | Forward | 17 | no rating | | Hugo Lopez | Forward | 10 | no rating | **Espanyol** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Ludovic Taillandier](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/leandro-cabrera-185573/) | Defender | 90 | 70 | | [Pere Milla](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/pere-milla-186694/) | Forward | 72 | 61 | | [Pol Lozano](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/pol-lozano-532364/) | Midfielder | 90 | 59 | | [Tyrhys Dolan](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tyrhys-dolan-37391524/) | Forward | 59 | 56 | | [Urko González de Zárate](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/urko-gonzalez-de-zarate-30446852/) | Midfielder | 90 | 54 | | [Fernando Calero](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/fernando-calero-445831/) | Defender | 46 | 44 | | [Cyril Ngonge](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/cyril-ngonge-23269662/) | Forward | 31 | 43 | | [José Salinas](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jose-salinas-37325831/) | Defender | 90 | 42 | | [Omar El Hilali](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/omar-el-hilali-37543901/) | Defender | 90 | 40 | | [Kike García](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/kike-garcia-2775/) | Forward | 31 | 33 | | [Clemens Riedel](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/clemens-riedel-37539733/) | Defender | 44 | 32 | | [Edu Expósito](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/edu-exposito-188057/) | Midfielder | 59 | 29 | | [Roberto Fernández](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/roberto-fernandez-37568657/) | Forward | 59 | 28 | | [Marko Dmitrovic](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/marko-dmitrovic-6403/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 21 | | [Charles Pickel](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/charles-pickel-198739/) | Midfielder | 31 | 21 | | [Antoniu Roca](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/antoniu-roca-37554185/) | 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. ### Share this match [See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.](https://app.sirbalone.com/#partidos/19439479)