Match Centre: Valencia vs Villarreal
Pepelu 38′ (p)Elliott 89′
Freeman 69′Mikautadze 90+6′Gueye 79′
Player of the match Sergi Cardona 7.5
GolVolt rating 9.6GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 69' Freeman, 1:1-
1:0 → 1:2
Villarreal came from behind to win.
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90+6'
The winner came late: Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal).
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14 → 8
Villarreal climb 6 places in the table. Valencia stay in place 19.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:1, from 14% to 41% (Villarreal).
How the match went
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90+8' · 1:2Valencia 0%draw 5%Villarreal 95%
90+8' · 1:2xG Valencia 1.27xG Villarreal 1.46
90+8' · 1:2Last 10 minutes: level (6:7 dangerous attacks)
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Winner at 90+6′, Derbi de la Comunitat.
- Dramaweight 50% Winner at 90+6′, comeback from 0:1.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 9.8 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Mikautadze scored the winner.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 6.7 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Derbi de la Comunitat. Stakes: 9.3 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 5.1 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 9.6more watchable than 96% of La Liga matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
Highlights
🔴 VALENCIA CF vs VILLARREAL CF - PREVIA DEL PARTIDO
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How the match went
3 goals9 cards1 VAR
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Timeline
- 14' SubstitutionRaba for Otorbi
- 34' Dani Rabayellow card · foul
- 36' Penalty awarded
- 37' Renato Veigayellow card · foul
- 38' Goal: Pepelupenalty1:0
- 43' Ayoze Pérezyellow card · foul
- Half-time · 1:0
- 59' Tajon Buchananyellow card · dissent
- 60' Pablo Maffeoyellow card · dissent
- 62' Guido Rodríguezyellow card · foul
- 65' 2 substitutionsCardona for FoythMikautadze for Pérez
- 66' SubstitutionMoleiro for Akhomach
- 69' Goal: Alex Freemanheader · assist: Cardona1:1
- 70' 2 substitutionsElliott for GuerraMartínez for Raba
- 77' 2 substitutionsDuro for de HaasUgrinic for Maffeo
- 79' Pape Gueyered card · violent conduct
- 82' SubstitutionComesaña for Moreno
- 87' SubstitutionNavarro for Buchanan
- 89' Harvey Elliottsecond yellow, sent off · dissent
- 89' Harvey Elliottyellow card · dissent
- 90+6' Goal: Georges Mikautadzeleft foot · assist: Moleiro1:2
- Full-time · 1:2
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Valencia
Villarreal
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Valencia
- 25 Kayne van Oevelen GK —
- 4 Mouctar Diakhaby DEF —
- 21 Jesús Vázquez DEF —
- 22 Arnau Martínez DEF on
- 10 Harvey Elliott MID on
- 15 Aliou Dieng MID —
- 23 Filip Ugrinic MID on
- 33 Aaron Ndive Mayol de la Cueva MID —
- 39 Ryunosuke Sato MID —
- 9 Hugo Duro ATT on
- 19 Dani Raba ATT on
- 37 Aimar Blázquez ATT —
Villarreal
- 1 Luiz Júnior GK —
- 13 Rubén Gómez GK —
- 2 Logan Costa DEF —
- 6 Pau Navarro DEF on
- 23 Sergi Cardona DEF on
- 5 Alassane Diatta MID —
- 10 Alberto Moleiro MID on
- 14 Santi Comesaña MID on
- 9 Georges Mikautadze ATT on
- 21 Tani Oluwaseyi ATT —
- 27 Nizar El Jmili ATT —
- 28 Joselillo Gaitán ATT —
Match sheet
- Coaches
- Javier Aguirre Onaindía Valencia Iñigo Pérez Villarreal
- Stadium
- Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia
- Attendance
- 46,580
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Villarreal Sergi Cardona
- 2. place · Villarreal Alex Freeman
- 3. place · Villarreal Péter Gulácsi
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Valencia
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Unlock from €3.25 a month See the full sample on the match of the dayAbsences
Valencia · 3 out
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Umar Sadiq Injured
since 1 Sep · until 2 Nov · 6 matches missed · Hamstring Injury
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Sergi Canós Injured
since 4 Apr · until 1 Jan 2027 · 24 matches missed · Cruciate Ligament Injury
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Diego López Injured
since 23 May · until 1 Mar 2027 · 16 matches missed · Cruciate Ligament Injury
Villarreal · 1 out
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Nicolas Pépé Injured
since 9 Oct · until 26 Oct · 4 matches missed · Eye Injury
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.