Valencia vs Villarreal – Result & match summary
Events
Goals, cards, substitutions and key match events.
Momentum
Who applied more pressure, minute by minute.
Valencia
Match statistics
Top performers
About the match
Villarreal defeated Valencia 2–1 on 24 October 2026 at Estadio de Mestalla in La Liga.
Lineups
Valencia: (4-4-2) Stole Dimitrievski, Guido Rodríguez, César Tárrega, Arnaut Danjuma, Javi Guerra, Luis Rioja, Justin de Haas, José Gayà, Pepelu, Pablo Maffeo, David Otorbi.
Villarreal: (4-4-2) Alex Freeman, Gerard Moreno, Juan Foyth, Ilias Akhomach, Renato Veiga, Santiago Mouriño, Carlos Macià, Tajon Buchanan, Pape Gueye, Ayoze Pérez, Péter Gulácsi.
Substitutions
Valencia: Dani Raba for David Otorbi, Harvey Elliott for Javi Guerra, Arnau Martínez for Dani Raba, Hugo Duro for Justin de Haas, Filip Ugrinic for Pablo Maffeo.
Villarreal: Sergi Cardona for Juan Foyth, Georges Mikautadze for Ayoze Pérez, Alberto Moleiro for Ilias Akhomach, Santi Comesaña for Gerard Moreno, Pau Navarro for Tajon Buchanan.
Sidelined players
Valencia: José Copete, Sergi Canós, Diego López, Umar Sadiq.
Villarreal: Nicolas Pépé.
Match statistics
Valencia had 39% of the possession, compared with 61% for Villarreal.
Valencia registered 9 shots, with 5 on target. Villarreal had 19 shots, with 3 on target.
Valencia won 6 corners, while Villarreal won 9.
Top players
Valencia: Pepelu scored 1 goal and Luis Rioja was the highest-rated player (6.9).
Villarreal: Alex Freeman scored 1 goal, Sergi Cardona provided 1 assist, and Péter Gulácsi was the highest-rated player (7.2).