Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, October 24, 2026
Villarreal WLWDL 2
–
Valencia LWLDD 1
1st2ndT
VIL022
VAL101
Mestalla Stadium

Team Stats

9
Fouls
18
3
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
2
9
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
1
61.5
Possession
38.5
19
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
465
Accurate Passes
250
539
Passes
332
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
5
16
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
49
27
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
1
9
Effective Tackles
7
15
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
5
22
Effective Clearances
29
22
Clearances
29

Highlights

01:14 Valencia vs. Villarreal - Game Highlights Watch on ESPN 00:54 Pepelu scores penalty goal vs. Villarreal Watch on ESPN 00:54 Alex Freeman scores goal for Villarreal Watch on ESPN 00:36 Georges Mikautadze scores goal for Villarreal Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

VIL leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

VAL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Stole DimitrievskiG
  2. 12Justin de HaasCD-L
  3. 5César TárregaCD-R
  4. 14José GayàLB
  5. 24Pablo MaffeoRB
  6. 18PepeluCM-L
  7. 2Guido RodríguezCM-R
  8. 11Luis RiojaLM
  9. 27David OtorbiRM
  10. 7Arnaut DanjumaCF-L
  11. 8Javi GuerraCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Jesús VázquezSUB
  2. 23Filip UgrinicSUB
  3. 39Ryunosuke SatoSUB
  4. 25Kayne Van OevelenSUB
  5. 33Aaron MayolSUB
  6. 37Aimar BlázquezSUB
  7. 4Mouctar DiakhabySUB
  8. 10Harvey ElliottSUB
  9. 15Aliou DiengSUB
  10. 9Hugo DuroSUB
  11. 22Arnau MartínezSUB
  12. 19Dani RabaSUB

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 25Péter GulácsiG
  2. 12Renato VeigaCD-L
  3. 8Juan FoythCD-R
  4. 3Alex FreemanLB
  5. 15Santiago MouriñoRB
  6. 18Pape GueyeCM-L
  7. 16Carlos MaciàCM-R
  8. 17Tajon BuchananLM
  9. 11Ilias AkhomachRM
  10. 22Ayoze PérezCF-L
  11. 7Gerard MorenoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 28JoselilloSUB
  2. 13Rubén GómezSUB
  3. 1Luiz JúniorSUB
  4. 5Alassane DiattaSUB
  5. 6Pau NavarroSUB
  6. 9Georges MikautadzeSUB
  7. 14Santi ComesañaSUB
  8. 2Logan CostaSUB
  9. 10Alberto MoleiroSUB
  10. 23Sergi CardonaSUB
  11. 21Tani OluwaseyiSUB
  12. 27Nizar El Jmili Ben HamouSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Delay in match because of an injury David Otorbi (Valencia).
  2. 12'
  3. 14' Substitution, Valencia. Dani Raba replaces David Otorbi because of an injury.
  4. 14' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  5. 14'
  6. 34' Dani Raba (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 36'
  8. 37'
  9. 37' Renato Veiga (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 38' Goal! Valencia 1, Villarreal 0. Pepelu (Valencia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  11. 43' Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 59' Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 60' Pablo Maffeo (Valencia) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 62' Guido Rodríguez (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 65' Substitution, Villarreal. Sergi Cardona replaces Juan Foyth.
  16. 65' Substitution, Villarreal. Alberto Moleiro replaces Ilias Akhomach.
  17. 66' Substitution, Villarreal. Georges Mikautadze replaces Ayoze Pérez.
  18. 69' Goal! Valencia 1, Villarreal 1. Alex Freeman (Villarreal) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergi Cardona.
  19. 70' Substitution, Valencia. Arnau Martínez replaces Dani Raba.
  20. 70' Substitution, Valencia. Harvey Elliott replaces Javi Guerra.
  21. 77' Delay in match because of an injury José Gayà (Valencia).
  22. 77'
  23. 77' Substitution, Valencia. Filip Ugrinic replaces Pablo Maffeo.
  24. 77' Substitution, Valencia. Hugo Duro replaces Justin de Haas.
  25. 78' Delay in match (Villarreal). VAR checking.
  26. 79' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  27. 79' Pape Gueye (Villarreal) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  28. 80'
  29. 80'
  30. 82' Substitution, Villarreal. Santi Comesaña replaces Gerard Moreno.
  31. 87' Substitution, Villarreal. Pau Navarro replaces Tajon Buchanan.
  32. 89' Harvey Elliott (Valencia) is shown the yellow card.
  33. 89' Second yellow card to Harvey Elliott (Valencia).
  34. 90'+6' Goal! Valencia 1, Villarreal 2. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alberto Moleiro following a fast break.

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