Valencia 1-2 Villarreal · La Liga
Valencia lost to Villarreal 1-2 in the La Liga. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Valencia and Villarreal met in the La Liga at Mestalla in Valencia on Saturday, 24 October 2026.
Goalscorers
Valencia: Pepelu 38'. Villarreal: A. Freeman 69'; G. Mikautadze 90'.
How the match went
Villarreal saw more of the ball, 61% of it. Valencia had 9 shots with 5 on target, Villarreal 19 with 3 on target. There were 15 corners in total, 6 to Valencia and 9 to Villarreal. Valencia conceded 18 fouls, Villarreal 9. The referee showed 8 yellow cards (5 for Valencia, 3 for Villarreal) and 1 red card.
Line-ups
Valencia started in a 4-4-2: Stole Dimitrievski, Pablo Maffeo, César Tárrega, Justin De Haas, José Luis Gayà, David Otorbi, Guido Rodríguez, Pepelu, Luis Rioja, Javier Guerra, Arnaut Danjuma.
Villarreal started in a 4-4-2: Péter Gulácsi, Santiago Mouriño, Juan Foyth, Renato Veiga, Alexander Freeman, Ilias Akhomach, Carlos Maciá, Pape Gueye, Tajon Buchanan, Gerard Moreno, Ayoze Pérez.
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Minute by minute
- 36'VAR: no penalty for Valencia.
- 38'Goal! Valencia 1-0 Villarreal. Pepelu (Valencia) converts the penalty.
- 45'Half-time. Valencia 1-0 Villarreal.
- 69'Goal! Valencia 1-1 Villarreal. A. Freeman (Villarreal) scores, assisted by S. Cardona.
- 78'VAR: card upgraded for P. Gueye (Villarreal).
- 79'Red card! P. Gueye (Villarreal) is sent off for violent conduct.
- 89'Second yellow card for H. Elliott (Valencia), who is sent off.
- 90+6'Goal! Valencia 1-2 Villarreal. G. Mikautadze (Villarreal) scores, assisted by A. Moleiro.
- 90'Full-time. Valencia 1-2 Villarreal.
Full commentary (73 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Valencia vs Villarreal.
- 9'Attempt missed. P. Gueye (Villarreal), left-footed shot. xG 0.01.
- 11'Corner, Villarreal.
- 14'Substitution, Valencia: D. Raba comes on for D. Otorbi.
- 18'Corner, Villarreal.
- 18'Attempt saved. T. Buchanan (Villarreal), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.09.
- 19'Corner, Villarreal.
- 25'Attempt missed. C. Macia (Villarreal), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
- 25'Attempt missed. P. Gueye (Villarreal), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
- 25'Attempt missed. P. Gueye (Villarreal), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 28'Attempt missed. P. Gueye (Villarreal), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 29'Attempt blocked. I. Akhomach (Villarreal), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 30'Corner, Villarreal.
- 30'Attempt missed. P. Gueye (Villarreal), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
- 32'Offside, Villarreal.
- 34'Yellow card for D. Raba (Valencia) for foul.
- 36'VAR: no penalty for Valencia.
- 37'Yellow card for R. Veiga (Villarreal) for foul.
- 38'Goal! Valencia 1-0 Villarreal. Pepelu (Valencia) converts the penalty.
- 43'Yellow card for A. Pérez (Villarreal) for foul.
- 45'Attempt missed. A. Pérez (Villarreal), header from a corner. xG 0.09.
- 45'Corner, Villarreal.
- 45'5 minutes of added time.
- 45+1'Corner, Villarreal.
- 45+5'Corner, Valencia.
- 45'Half-time. Valencia 1-0 Villarreal.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 49'Corner, Villarreal.
- 50'Corner, Villarreal.
- 50'Attempt missed. G. Moreno (Villarreal), header from a corner. xG 0.09.
- 50'Attempt blocked. P. Gueye (Villarreal), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 53'Corner, Valencia.
- 53'Attempt saved. J. L. Gayà (Valencia), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 54'Offside, Valencia.
- 54'Attempt missed. C. Tárrega (Valencia), header from a corner. xG 0.04.
- 54'Corner, Valencia.
- 55'Attempt saved. C. Tárrega (Valencia), header from a corner. xG 0.04.
- 56'Offside, Valencia.
- 56'Attempt missed. T. Buchanan (Villarreal), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 57'Attempt missed. I. Akhomach (Villarreal), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
- 58'Corner, Valencia.
- 58'Attempt saved. A. Danjuma (Valencia), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 59'Yellow card for T. Buchanan (Villarreal) for argument.
- 59'Attempt blocked. A. Danjuma (Valencia), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
- 60'Yellow card for P. Maffeo (Valencia) for argument.
- 61'Attempt missed. T. Buchanan (Villarreal), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 62'Yellow card for G. Rodríguez (Valencia) for foul.
- 64'Attempt blocked. T. Buchanan (Villarreal), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 65'Substitution, Villarreal: A. Moleiro comes on for I. Akhomach.
- 65'Substitution, Villarreal: S. Cardona comes on for J. Foyth.
- 66'Substitution, Villarreal: G. Mikautadze comes on for A. Pérez.
- 66'Attempt blocked. A. Moleiro (Villarreal), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 69'Goal! Valencia 1-1 Villarreal. A. Freeman (Villarreal) scores, assisted by S. Cardona.
- 70'Substitution, Valencia: H. Elliott comes on for J. Guerra.
- 70'Substitution, Valencia: A. Martínez comes on for D. Raba.
- 74'Attempt missed. A. Moleiro (Villarreal), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.14.
- 77'Substitution, Valencia: H. Duro comes on for J. De Haas.
- 77'Substitution, Valencia: F. Ugrinić comes on for P. Maffeo.
- 78'VAR: card upgraded for P. Gueye (Villarreal).
- 79'Red card! P. Gueye (Villarreal) is sent off for violent conduct.
- 82'Substitution, Villarreal: S. Comesaña comes on for G. Moreno.
- 82'Offside, Villarreal.
- 83'Corner, Valencia.
- 85'Corner, Valencia.
- 85'Attempt missed. C. Tárrega (Valencia), header from a corner. xG 0.05.
- 87'Substitution, Villarreal: P. Navarro comes on for T. Buchanan.
- 88'Attempt missed. H. Duro (Valencia), header. xG 0.05.
- 89'Second yellow card for H. Elliott (Valencia), who is sent off.
- 89'Yellow card for H. Elliott (Valencia) for argument.
- 90'7 minutes of added time.
- 90+2'Attempt saved. F. Ugrinić (Valencia), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 90+6'Goal! Valencia 1-2 Villarreal. G. Mikautadze (Villarreal) scores, assisted by A. Moleiro.
- 90'Full-time. Valencia 1-2 Villarreal.
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