§ La Liga · 2025-26 · Matchday 21

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: Dean Huijsen (Real Madrid), rated 64, thanks above all to 6 final-third passes and 64 passes. Huijsen produced 1.2 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.

It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.

For Villarreal, the highest-rated player was Rafa Marín, with 75.

Kylian Mbappé scored twice.

64
Player of the match

Dean Huijsen

Real Madrid · 90'

Produced 1.17× and cost 0.49× their position's average

Added
  • 6 final-third passes 1.1×
  • 64 passes 1.4×
  • 2 interceptions 1.9×
Took away
  • 9 misplaced passes 1.4×
  • 2 duels lost 0.5×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

Villarreal
PlayerPositionMinRating
Rafa Marín Defender 66 75
Dani Parejo Midfielder 77 62
Tani Oluwaseyi Forward 20 60
Pape Gueye Midfielder 90 51
Juan Foyth Defender 24 50
Tajon Buchanan Forward 70 47
Renato Veiga Defender 90 40
Gerard Moreno Forward 70 37
Pau Navarro Defender 90 36
Alberto Moleiro Forward 90 32
Alfonso Pedraza Defender 90 30
Nicolas Pépé Forward 20 28
Georges Mikautadze Forward 77 22
Luiz Júnior Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Ayoze Pérez Forward 13 no rating
Thomas Partey Midfielder 13 no rating
Real Madrid
PlayerPositionMinRating
Raúl Asencio Defender 90 66
Dean Huijsen ★ Defender 90 64
Arda Güler Midfielder 80 60
Eduardo Camavinga Midfielder 90 57
Kylian Mbappé Forward 90 55
Franco Mastantuono Forward 74 52
Federico Valverde Midfielder 90 45
Jude Bellingham Midfielder 90 39
Álvaro Carreras Defender 90 34
Vinicius Junior Forward 90 32
Thibaut Courtois Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Gonzalo García Forward 16 no rating
Brahim Díaz Forward 10 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.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.