La Liga
Villarreal 2-1 Valencia
Villarreal vs Valencia finished 2-1 in La Liga. Key event: 0 Gerard Moreno (assist Álex Baena · xG 0.61 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 93.6%, 49.5%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 3-1-4. Home form: W W W L L; Away form: W D L L D. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.
Match context 4 facts
Home form
W W W L L
9 pts, goals 12-4, 2.40 scored/match, 0.80 conceded/match
Away form
W D L L D
5 pts, goals 6-5, 1.20 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match
Villarreal · season record
6 W · 3 D · 5 L
2022/2023: 14 recorded matches, goals 15–10; before 31 Dec 2022 UTC. Not official standings.
Valencia · season record
5 W · 4 D · 5 L
2022/2023: 14 recorded matches, goals 22–15; before 31 Dec 2022 UTC. Not official standings.
Shot map 27 shots · 3 goals
Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.
Attempt
Goal
Marker size = xG
Timeline 42 events
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shot
Gerard Moreno
VIL assist Álex Baena · xG 0.61 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 93.6%, 49.5%
5'
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shot
Álex Baena
VIL assist Gerard Moreno · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 70.7%, 44.3%
7'
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shot
Etienne Capoue
VIL assist Gerard Moreno · xG 0.12 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.2%, 55.5%
11'
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shot
Samuel Lino
VAL assist Nico González · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.8%, 66.3%
17'
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shot
Edinson Cavani
VAL xG 0.46 · Open Play · location 93.6%, 51.2%
17'
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shot
Mouctar Diakhaby
VAL assist André Almeida · xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 88.6%, 60.5%
18'
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shot
Samuel Lino
VAL assist Yunus Musah · xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.4%, 52.4%
20'
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shot
Samuel Lino
VAL assist André Almeida · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.6%, 64.1%
20'
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shot
Edinson Cavani
VAL xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.1%, 47.2%
21'
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Goal
Edinson Cavani
VAL Goal
24'
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shot
Yeremi Pino
VIL assist Etienne Capoue · xG 0.31 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.3%, 63.3%
24'
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shot
Samuel Chukwueze
VIL assist Gerard Moreno · xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.1%, 33.5%
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33'
Sub
Juan Foyth
VIL on for Kiko Femenía · Injury substitution
35'
Yellow
Yunus Musah
VAL Yellow card
41'
shot
Samuel Lino
VAL assist Nico González · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.6%, 55.9%
43'
shot
Yunus Musah
VAL assist Samuel Lino · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.8%, 35.7%
43'
shot
Samuel Lino
VAL assist José Gayá · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.9%, 63.9%
44'
shot
Samuel Chukwueze
VIL assist Gerard Moreno · xG 0.39 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.3%, 41.1%
45'
Goal
Samuel Chukwueze
VIL assist Gerard Moreno
50'
shot
Alberto Moreno
VIL assist Daniel Parejo · xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 72.6%, 77.6%
56'
Yellow
Eray Cömert
VAL Yellow card
57'
Sub
Ilaix Moriba
VAL on for Yunus Musah
59'
shot
Gerard Moreno
VIL assist Yeremi Pino · xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 84.5%, 46.6%
64'
shot
Edinson Cavani
VAL assist André Almeida · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 87.3%, 39.8%
72'
Sub
Nicolas Jackson
VIL on for Yéremy Pino
72'
Sub
José Luis Morales
VIL on for Samuel Chukwueze
73'
Yellow
Ilaix Moriba
VAL Yellow card
74'
shot
Álex Baena
VIL assist Raúl Albiol · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.7%, 54.6%
74'
Sub
Justin Kluivert
VAL on for Samuel Lino
78'
Sub
Alfonso Pedraza
VIL on for Alberto Moreno
79'
Sub
Hugo Duro
VAL on for Edinson Cavani
79'
Sub
Hugo Guillamón
VAL on for Nico González · Injury substitution
79'
Sub
Manu Trigueros
VIL on for Alex Baena
80'
Yellow
Juan Foyth
VIL Yellow card
95'
shot
Etienne Capoue
VIL assist Daniel Parejo · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.8%, 64.4%
Head-to-head H2H last 10: 4-3-3
Villarreal leads the last 10 head-to-head meetings: 4 wins, 3 losses, 3 draws. Latest meeting: 22 Feb 2026 · Villarreal vs Valencia · 2 - 1.
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Recent form
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Team statistics 17 metrics
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Lineups
Valencia
4-3-3 · Manager Gennaro Gattuso 25
G
Giorgi Mamardashvili
GK
2
T
Thierry Correia
DEF
24
E
Eray Cömert
DEF
12
M
Mouctar Diakhaby
DEF
14
J
José Luis Gayà · Captain
DEF
4
Y
Yunus Musah
MID
17
N
Nico González
MID
18
A
André Almeida
MID
11
S
Samu Castillejo
FWD
7
E
Edinson Cavani
FWD
16
S
Samuel Lino
FWD
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8
I
Ilaix Moriba
MID
9
J
Justin Kluivert
FWD
6
H
Hugo Guillamón
DEF
19
H
Hugo Duro
FWD
1
I
Iago Herrerín
GK
13
C
Cristian Rivero
GK
21
J
Jesús Vázquez
DEF
15
C
Cenk Özkaçar
DEF
3
T
Toni Lato
DEF
20
D
Dimitri Foulquier
DEF
5
G
Gabriel Paulista
DEF
22
M
Marcos André
FWD
Villarreal
4-3-3 · Manager Quique Setién 1
P
Pepe Reina
GK
2
K
Kiko Femenía
DEF
3
R
Raúl Albiol · Captain
DEF
4
P
Pau Torres
DEF
18
A
Alberto Moreno
DEF
16
A
Alex Baena
MID
10
D
Dani Parejo
MID
6
É
Étienne Capoue
MID
11
S
Samuel Chukwueze
FWD
7
G
Gerard Moreno
FWD
21
Y
Yéremy Pino
FWD
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8
J
Juan Foyth
DEF
22
J
José Luis Morales
FWD
15
N
Nicolas Jackson
FWD
24
A
Alfonso Pedraza
MID
14
M
Manu Trigueros
MID
35
F
Filip Jørgensen
GK
13
G
Gerónimo Rulli
GK
5
J
Jorge Cuenca
DEF
23
A
Aïssa Mandi
DEF
12
J
Johan Mojica
DEF
26
A
Alberto del Moral
MID
9
A
Arnaut Danjuma
FWD