Málaga vs Villarreal – Result & match summary
Events
Goals, cards, substitutions and key match events.
Momentum
Who applied more pressure, minute by minute.
Málaga
Match statistics
Top performers
About the match
Villarreal defeated Málaga 3–1 on 17 September 2026 at Estadio La Rosaleda in La Liga.
Lineups
Málaga: (4-1-4-1) Alfonso Herrero, Carlos Puga, Einar Galilea, Carlos Dotor, Chupe, David Larrubia, José Salinas, Ángel Recio, Pablo Martínez, Juan Cruz, Izan Merino.
Villarreal: (4-4-2) Alex Freeman, Pau Navarro, Alberto Moleiro, Ilias Akhomach, Renato Veiga, Santi Comesaña, Tajon Buchanan, Ayoze Pérez, Sergi Cardona, Nathan Saliba, Péter Gulácsi.
Substitutions
Málaga: Dani Lorenzo for José Salinas, Rafita Garrido for Juan Cruz, Joaquín Muñoz for Izan Merino, Adrián Niño for Carlos Dotor, Ramón Enríquez for Carlos Puga.
Villarreal: Pape Gueye for Santi Comesaña, Georges Mikautadze for Ayoze Pérez, Carlos Romero for Ilias Akhomach, Carlos Macià for Nathan Saliba, Santiago Mouriño for Alberto Moleiro.
Sidelined players
Málaga: Julen Lobete, Aarón Ochoa, Jens Cajuste, Fernando Calero, Adam Aznou, Moussa Diarra, Diego Murillo.
Villarreal: Juan Foyth.
Match statistics
Málaga had 37% of the possession, compared with 63% for Villarreal.
Málaga registered 5 shots, with 1 on target. Villarreal had 16 shots, with 7 on target.
Málaga won 4 corners, while Villarreal won 8.
Top players
Málaga: Carlos Dotor scored 1 goal, Juan Cruz provided 1 assist, and Carlos Puga was the highest-rated player (7.1).
Villarreal: Pape Gueye scored 2 goals, Ayoze Pérez provided 1 assist, and Alberto Moleiro was the highest-rated player (8.3).