Villarreal 0–2 Real Madrid
- Mbappé 47'
- Mbappé 90+4' (pen.)
24 January 2026
The match in data
Real Madrid got the better of Villarreal, 2–0, on 24 January 2026, on matchday 21 of the 2025-26 La Liga.
Player of the match: Dani Parejo (Villarreal), rated 58, thanks above all to 2 big chances created and 3 key passes. Parejo produced 1.3 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.8 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Real Madrid, the highest-rated player was Raúl Asencio, with 59.
Kylian Mbappé scored twice.
Dani Parejo
Villarreal · 77'
Produced 1.32× and cost 0.81× their position's average
- 2 big chances created 4.0×
- 3 key passes 3.2×
- 46 passes 1.2×
- 2 balls lost 2.4×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.7×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafa Marín | Defender | 66 | 68 |
| Dani Parejo ★ | Midfielder | 77 | 58 |
| Pape Gueye | Midfielder | 90 | 47 |
| Tani Oluwaseyi | Forward | 20 | 45 |
| Juan Foyth | Defender | 24 | 42 |
| Tajon Buchanan | Forward | 70 | 39 |
| Renato Veiga | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Luiz Júnior | Goalkeeper | 90 | 36 |
| Pau Navarro | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Gerard Moreno | Forward | 70 | 35 |
| Alberto Moleiro | Forward | 90 | 32 |
| Alfonso Pedraza | Defender | 90 | 28 |
| Nicolas Pépé | Forward | 20 | 27 |
| Georges Mikautadze | Forward | 77 | 24 |
| Ayoze Pérez | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Thomas Partey | Midfielder | 13 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raúl Asencio | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Arda Güler | Midfielder | 80 | 56 |
| Dean Huijsen | Defender | 90 | 54 |
| Eduardo Camavinga | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Kylian Mbappé | Forward | 90 | 49 |
| Thibaut Courtois | Goalkeeper | 90 | 45 |
| Franco Mastantuono | Forward | 74 | 44 |
| Federico Valverde | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Jude Bellingham | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Vinicius Junior | Forward | 90 | 36 |
| Álvaro Carreras | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Gonzalo García | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Brahim Díaz | Forward | 10 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Real Madrid player recovered the most balls?
Federico Valverde, with 9 recoveries. Next: Álvaro Carreras 7, Jude Bellingham 6.
Federico Valverde led Real Madrid's defensive work with 9 ball recoveries in the 0–2 victory, outpacing Álvaro Carreras and Jude Bellingham.
Which Villarreal player recovered the most balls?
Alfonso Pedraza, with 6 recoveries. Next: Renato Veiga 5, Pau Navarro 5.
Alfonso Pedraza led Villarreal with 6 ball recoveries in the 0–2 defeat against Real Madrid, finishing just ahead of Renato Veiga and Pau Navarro.
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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