§ La Liga · 2025-26 · Matchday 2

Villarreal 5–0 Girona

  • Pépé 7'
  • Buchanan 16'
  • Marín 25'
  • Buchanan 28'
  • Buchanan 64'

24 August 2025

The match in data

A 5–0 win for Villarreal against Girona on 24 August 2025, on matchday 2 of the 2025-26 La Liga.

Player of the match: Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal), rated 69, thanks above all to 3 goals and 5 completed dribbles. Buchanan produced 2.2 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.

For Girona, the highest-rated player was David López, with 57.

Tajon Buchanan scored a hat-trick.

69
Player of the match

Tajon Buchanan

Villarreal · 90'

Produced 2.21× and cost 0.58× their position's average

Added
  • 3 goals 4.0×
  • 5 completed dribbles 4.0×
  • 0.71 xG 2.8×
Took away
  • 1 shot off target, worth 0.18 1.2×
  • 2 balls lost 1.4×

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
PlayerPositionMinRating
Dani Parejo Midfielder 24 70
Tajon Buchanan ★ Forward 90 69
Juan Foyth Defender 46 65
Rafa Marín Defender 90 63
Nicolas Pépé Forward 63 60
Yéremy Pino Forward 70 59
Sergi Cardona Defender 90 58
Renato Veiga Defender 44 58
Santiago Mouriño Defender 90 49
Pape Gueye Midfielder 66 47
Thomas Partey Midfielder 44 46
Luiz Júnior Goalkeeper 90 45
Karl Etta Eyong Forward 90 40
Alberto Moleiro Forward 20 39
Santi Comesaña Midfielder 46 35
Ilias Akhomach Forward 27 35
Girona
PlayerPositionMinRating
David López Defender 48 57
Vitor Reis Defender 90 55
Yangel Herrera Midfielder 42 51
Daley Blind Defender 90 48
Viktor Tsygankov Forward 78 45
Ladislav Krejci Defender 90 39
Jhon Solís Midfielder 71 37
Álex Moreno Defender 44 30
Hugo Rincón Defender 90 28
Dawda Camara Forward 46 28
Joel Roca Forward 90 27
Vladyslav Krapyvtsov Goalkeeper 90 25
Portu Forward 46 25
Thomas Lemar Midfielder 44 18
Iván Martín Midfielder 19 no rating
Yáser Asprilla Forward 12 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which Girona player won the most duels?

Joel Roca, with 7 duels won. Next: Vitor Reis 5, Viktor Tsygankov 5.

Despite the heavy 5–0 loss, Joel Roca led Girona with 7 duels won. Roca finished ahead of Vitor Reis and Viktor Tsygankov, who won 5 each.

Which Villarreal player played the most passes leading to a shot?

Sergi Cardona, with 3 key passes. Next: Nicolas Pépé 2, Yéremy Pino 2.

In the 5–0 win over Girona, Sergi Cardona led Villarreal with 3 key passes. Cardona finished ahead of attackers Nicolas Pépé and Yéremy Pino, who recorded 2 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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Villarreal 5–0 Girona, La Liga 2025-26. Player of the match: Tajon Buchanan, 69
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.