Villarreal 0–2 FC Barcelona
- Veiga 39'
- Raphinha 12' (pen.)
- Yamal 63'
21 December 2025
The match in data
A 2–0 win for FC Barcelona against Villarreal on 21 December 2025, on matchday 17 of the 2025-26 La Liga.
Player of the match: Frenkie de Jong (FC Barcelona), rated 79, thanks above all to 15 final-third passes and 2 big chances created. de Jong produced 2.0 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.
For Villarreal, the highest-rated player was Georges Mikautadze, with 49.
Renato Veiga was sent off at 39'.
Frenkie de Jong
FC Barcelona · 90'
Produced 2.01× and cost 0.44× their position's average
- 15 final-third passes 2.4×
- 2 big chances created 4.0×
- 4 key passes 3.6×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.5×
- 1 time dribbled past 1.0×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georges Mikautadze | Forward | 26 | 49 |
| Alberto Moleiro | Forward | 90 | 47 |
| Renato Veiga | Defender | 39 | 47 |
| Ayoze Pérez | Forward | 64 | 46 |
| Dani Parejo | Midfielder | 75 | 43 |
| Tajon Buchanan | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Nicolas Pépé | Forward | 75 | 36 |
| Rafa Marín | Defender | 90 | 31 |
| Santi Comesaña | Midfielder | 90 | 31 |
| Pau Navarro | Defender | 90 | 27 |
| Sergi Cardona | Defender | 90 | 27 |
| Luiz Júnior | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Carlos Macià | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Tani Oluwaseyi | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenkie de Jong ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 79 |
| Lamine Yamal | Forward | 90 | 63 |
| Marc Bernal | Midfielder | 24 | 61 |
| Pau Cubarsí | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Raphinha | Forward | 90 | 49 |
| Jules Koundé | Defender | 79 | 48 |
| Robert Lewandowski | Forward | 28 | 48 |
| Ferran Torres | Forward | 62 | 47 |
| Gerard Martín | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Eric García | Defender | 66 | 46 |
| Fermín López | Midfielder | 63 | 44 |
| Marcus Rashford | Forward | 27 | 44 |
| Alejandro Balde | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Joan García | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Marc Casadó | Midfielder | 11 | 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.