Villarreal vs Valencia
Ref: J. ManzanoEstadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal · 24,500 cap
Match recap
Villarreal beat Valencia 2–1 in their La Liga fixture. Santi Comesaña and Gueye scored for Villarreal; Ramazani replied for Valencia. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 2.06 for Villarreal versus 1.55 for Valencia. Villarreal sit 3rd in the La Liga table while Valencia are 9th.
First Half
Mikautadze
Yellow Card
25'
VAR
Penalty confirmed
27'
⚽
Ramazani
Penalty
⚽
Santi Comesaña
38'
Ramazani
Yellow Card
VAR
Penalty confirmed
45+3'
Javi Guerra
Yellow Card
Mouriño
Yellow Card
⚽
Gueye
Penalty
Second Half
⇄
Gueye
65'
Núñez
Yellow Card
70'
⇄
Ugrinic
⇄
Pérez
⇄
Moleiro
70'
⇄
Núñez
78'
⇄
Luis Rioja
78'
⇄
José Gayà
⇄
Pépé
⇄
Santi Comesaña
88'
⇄
Rodríguez
90'
Sadiq
Yellow Card
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Barcelona | 38 | 31 | 1 | 6 | +59 | 94 |
| 2 |  Real Madrid | 38 | 27 | 5 | 6 | +42 | 86 |
| 3 |  Villarreal | 38 | 22 | 6 | 10 | +26 | 72 |
| 4 |  Atletico Madrid | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | +18 | 69 |
| 8 |  Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | -3 | 50 |
| 9 |  Valencia | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 49 |
| 10 |  Real Sociedad | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | -2 | 46 |
As of 20 Apr 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
VillarrealValencia
9Won
Statistical edge
9–6
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
2.06VS1.55
Attack6 · 0 won
12
Shots
8
5
Shots on target
3
9
Shots in the box
8
3
Shots outside box
0
6
Shots off goal
2
5
Corners
4
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
43%
Possession
57%
362
Total passes
493
286
Accurate passes
421
79%
Pass accuracy
85%
Discipline3 · 0 won
7
Fouls
16
2
Yellow cards
4
1
Offsides
2
Goalkeeping & Defence0 · 2 won
2
Goalkeeper saves
3
1
Blocked shots
3
0
Goals prevented
0
Villarreal
4-4-2
Valencia
3-4-2-1
Villarreal
4-4-2Starting XI
- 1Luíz JúniorG
- 6Pau NavarroD
- 9G. MikautadzeF
- 12Renato VeigaD
- 14Santi ComesañaM
- 15S. MouriñoD
- 18P. GueyeM
- 19N. PépéM
- 20Alberto MoleiroM
- 22Ayoze PérezF
- 23Sergi CardonaD
Substitutes
- 3A. FreemanD
- 10Dani ParejoM
- 11Alfon GonzálezF
- 16T. ParteyM
- 17T. BuchananF
- 21T. OluwaseyiF
- 24PedrazaD
- 25Arnau TenasG
- 27J. ValouD
- 32Hugo LópezF
Valencia
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 1S. DimitrievskiG
- 2G. RodríguezM
- 3CopeteD
- 4Unai NúñezD
- 6U. SadiqF
- 8Javi GuerraM
- 11Luis RiojaM
- 14José GayàM
- 17L. RamazaniF
- 23F. UgrinicF
- 24E. CömertD
Substitutes
- 5César TárregaD
- 7A. DanjumaF
- 9Hugo DuroF
- 10André AlmeidaM
- 12Thierry CorreiaD
- 13Cristian RiveroG
- 18PepeluM
- 19Dani RabaF
- 21Jesús VázquezD
- 22B. SantamaríaM
- 27David OtorbiF
- 28Vicent AbrilG
Villarreal
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pape Gueye | M | 58 | 8.2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2/2 |
| Santi Comesaña(C) | M | 83 | 7.7 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 |
| Santiago Mouriño | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Luiz Júnior | G | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sergi Cardona | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pau Navarro | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Alberto Moleiro | M | 70 | 6.7 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 3/4 |
| Ayoze Pérez | F | 70 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/2 |
| Nicolas Pépé | M | 83 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4/7 |
| Renato Veiga | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Georges Mikautadze | F | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Arnau Tenas | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hugo Lopez | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jean Ives Valou | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alexander Freeman | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tani Oluwaseyi | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alfonso Pedraza | D | 20 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Thomas Partey | M | 32 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dani Parejo | M | 11 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Tajon Buchanan | F | 20 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alfon González | F | 11 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Valencia
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stole Dimitrievski | G | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Guido Rodríguez | M | 88 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Largie Ramazani | F | 90 | 6.9 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 |
| Javier Guerra | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| José Luis Gayà(C) | M | 78 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/3 |
| Umar Sadiq | F | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 |
| José Copete | D | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Filip Ugrinić | F | 70 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/2 |
| Eray Cömert | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Luis Rioja | M | 78 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Unai Núñez | D | 70 | 5.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Dani Raba | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Baptiste Santamaria | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| André Almeida | M | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Pepelu | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cristian Rivero | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| César Tárrega | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vicent Abril | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| David Otorbi | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thierry Correia | D | 20 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jesús Vázquez | D | 12 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Arnaut Danjuma | F | 20 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/2 |
| Hugo Duro | F | 12 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |