Valencia vs Villarreal, 2025-26 LALIGA
· Spanish LALIGAVillarreal beat Valencia to continue hot start
Villarreal eased to a 2-0 win at Valencia to reinforce their hold on third place in LaLiga on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Foul by Lucas Beltrán (Valencia).
- 4': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Santiago Mouriño.
- 9': Attempt missed. Luis Rioja (Valencia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 11': César Tárrega (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Foul by Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal).
- 13': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by José Gayà.
- 14': Attempt blocked. Renato Veiga (Villarreal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé with a cross.
- 15': Arnaut Danjuma (Valencia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Foul by Pape Gueye (Villarreal).
- 15': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 15': Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 16': Attempt blocked. Pepelu (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Javi Guerra (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 22': Foul by Sergi Cardona (Villarreal).
- 22': Thierry Correia (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Foul by José Gayà (Valencia).
- 23': Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Foul by Arnaut Danjuma (Valencia).
- 24': Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 25': Attempt blocked. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alberto Moleiro with a cross.
- 25': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Julen Agirrezabala.
- 26': Offside, Villarreal. Pape Gueye is caught offside.
- 27': Diego López (Valencia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 27': Foul by Renato Veiga (Villarreal).
- 28': Foul by Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal).
- 28': Thierry Correia (Valencia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 29': Attempt missed. Pepelu (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 35': Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by Javi Guerra (Valencia).
- 35': Foul by Lucas Beltrán (Valencia).
- 35': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Foul by Arnaut Danjuma (Valencia).
- 36': Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Attempt missed. Copete (Valencia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 37': Attempt saved. Luis Rioja (Valencia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal). Assisted by Diego López.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Javi Guerra (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Pepelu (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 40': Attempt missed. Javi Guerra (Valencia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Thierry Correia.
- 41': Foul by Pepelu (Valencia).
- 41': Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Penalty Villarreal. Gerard Moreno draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 42': Penalty conceded by Copete (Valencia) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 43': VAR Decision: Penalty Villarreal.
- 43': Copete (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Goal! Valencia 0, Villarreal 1. Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Juan Foyth.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Valencia 0, Villarreal 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Valencia 0, Villarreal 1.
- 45': Substitution, Valencia. Hugo Duro replaces Lucas Beltrán.
- 47': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Juan Foyth.
- 47': Offside, Valencia. Pepelu is caught offside.
- 49': Foul by José Gayà (Valencia).
- 49': Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Offside, Villarreal. Nicolas Pépé is caught offside.
- 50': Foul by Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal).
- 50': Thierry Correia (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Foul by Hugo Duro (Valencia).
- 51': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Alberto Moleiro.
- 53': Attempt missed. Copete (Valencia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Luis Rioja with a cross following a corner.
- 53': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by César Tárrega.
- 54': Attempt missed. Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Gerard Moreno following a corner.
- 55': Diego López (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Foul by Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal).
- 55': Attempt missed. Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé following a fast break.
- 57': Attempt saved. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner by Julen Agirrezabala (Valencia). Assisted by Pape Gueye.
- 57': Goal! Valencia 0, Villarreal 2. Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
- 60': Substitution, Valencia. Jesús Vázquez replaces José Gayà.
- 61': Substitution, Valencia. André Almeida replaces Javi Guerra.
- 62': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Copete.
- 63': André Almeida (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Foul by Juan Foyth (Villarreal).
- 64': Attempt saved. Arnaut Danjuma (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal). Assisted by Copete.
- 65': Attempt missed. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 66': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Juan Foyth.
- 67': Attempt saved. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Julen Agirrezabala (Valencia). Assisted by Nicolas Pépé.
- 67': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Julen Agirrezabala.
- 68': Substitution, Villarreal. Ayoze Pérez replaces Gerard Moreno.
- 68': Substitution, Villarreal. Thomas Partey replaces Pape Gueye.
- 69': Foul by Santi Comesaña (Villarreal).
- 69': Julen Agirrezabala (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 70': Attempt saved. Arnaut Danjuma (Valencia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal).
- 73': Foul by Jesús Vázquez (Valencia).
- 73': Thomas Partey (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 76': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Renato Veiga.
- 77': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Juan Foyth.
- 78': Attempt saved. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) with an attempt from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Julen Agirrezabala (Valencia). Assisted by Sergi Cardona with a cross.
- 79': André Almeida (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Foul by Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal).
- 79': Substitution, Villarreal. Ilias Akhomach replaces Georges Mikautadze.
- 79': Substitution, Villarreal. Dani Parejo replaces Santi Comesaña.
- 81': Offside, Valencia. Thierry Correia is caught offside.
- 82': André Almeida (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Foul by Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal).
- 83': Copete (Valencia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 83': Foul by Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal).
- 83': Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
- 83': Substitution, Valencia. Baptiste Santamaría replaces Pepelu.
- 83': Substitution, Valencia. Dani Raba replaces Thierry Correia.
- 85': André Almeida (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Foul by Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal).
- 88': Substitution, Villarreal. Tajon Buchanan replaces Alberto Moleiro.
- 88': Delay in match because of an injury Arnaut Danjuma (Valencia).
- 89': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 89': Offside, Villarreal. Ayoze Pérez is caught offside.
- 90': Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90': Foul by César Tárrega (Valencia).
- 90': César Tárrega (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Tajon Buchanan.
- 90'+2': Foul by Jesús Vázquez (Valencia).
- 90'+2': Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
- 90'+3': Foul by Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal).
- 90'+3': Luis Rioja (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Diego López (Valencia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Arnaut Danjuma with a cross.
- 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Dani Raba (Valencia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Baptiste Santamaría.
- 90'+6': Attempt blocked. André Almeida (Valencia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 90'+6': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Santiago Mouriño.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Valencia 0, Villarreal 2.
- 0': Match ends, Valencia 0, Villarreal 2.
Statistics
 VIL |
VAL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 13 |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 2 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 3 | Saves | 3 |
| 43.2 | Possession | 56.8 |
| 12 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 359 | Accurate Passes | 461 |
| 416 | Passes | 540 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 11 | Crosses | 24 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 32 | Long Balls | 35 |
| 17 | Accurate Long Balls | 18 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 15 |
| 12 | Tackles | 23 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 12 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 33 | Effective Clearances | 16 |
| 33 | Clearances | 16 |
Game Information
Competition: Spanish LALIGA
Venue: Mestalla
Location: Manises, Spain
Attendance: 45,560
Venue: Mestalla
Location: Manises, Spain
Attendance: 45,560
LALIGA Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 18 | +31 | 46 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 18 | +20 | 42 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 18 | +17 | 37 |
| 4 | Villarreal | 16 | +16 | 35 |
Line-Ups
Valencia (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 25 | Julen Agirrezabala (GK) |
| 3 | Copete  |
| 5 | César Tárrega |
| 14 | José Gayà |
| 12 | Thierry Correia |
| 8 | Javi Guerra |
| 18 | Pepelu |
| 7 | Arnaut Danjuma |
| 11 | Luis Rioja |
| 15 | Lucas Beltrán |
| 16 | Diego López |
Villarreal (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Luiz Júnior (GK) |
| 12 | Renato Veiga |
| 8 | Juan Foyth |
| 23 | Sergi Cardona |
| 15 | Santiago Mouriño |
| 18 | Pape Gueye |
| 14 | Santi Comesaña |
| 20 | Alberto Moleiro |
| 19 | Nicolas Pépé |
| 9 | Georges Mikautadze |
| 7 | Gerard Moreno |
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