Valencia 1-2 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 24 October 2026

Result

Valencia 1-2 Villarreal

La Liga · Saturday 24 October 2026, 16:30 UTC · Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia · half-time 1-0

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Valencia 1-2 Villarreal: match report

Valencia were beaten by Villarreal 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 24 October 2026 at Estadio de Mestalla. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Pepelu opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Valencia's goal came from Pepelu (38', penalty). Villarreal scored through Alex Freeman (69') and Georges Mikautadze (90+6').

Discipline: Valencia received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Valencia were 19th on 6 points from 9 and Villarreal 14th on 9 points from 9. In the current table Valencia are 19th on 9 points and Villarreal are 9th on 12 points.

Valencia lined up in a 4-4-2 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sergi Cardona of Villarreal (7.5), level with Alex Freeman (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Valencia wins, 3 draws and 5 for Villarreal.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Yellow card · Dani RabaValencia
  • 37'Yellow card · Renato VeigaVillarreal
  • 38'Penalty goal · PepeluValencia · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Ayoze PérezVillarreal
  • 59'Yellow card · Tajon BuchananVillarreal
  • 60'Yellow card · Pablo MaffeoValencia
  • 62'Yellow card · Guido RodríguezValencia
  • 69'Goal · Alex FreemanVillarreal · 1-1
  • 79'Red card · Pape GueyeVillarreal
  • 89'Second yellow · Harvey ElliottValencia
  • 89'Yellow card · Harvey ElliottValencia
  • 90+6'Goal · Georges MikautadzeVillarreal · 1-2

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
9Villarreal113351515012WLDWL
19Valencia11236817-99LDDLW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Valencia 2, draws 3, Villarreal 5.

Team news

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Valencia line-up (4-4-2)

Stole Dimitrievski, Pablo Maffeo, César Tárrega, Justin de Haas, José Gayà, David Otorbi, Guido Rodríguez, Pepelu, Luis Rioja, Javi Guerra, Arnaut Danjuma

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Péter Gulácsi, Santiago Mouriño, Juan Foyth, Renato Veiga, Alex Freeman, Ilias Akhomach, Carlos Macià, Pape Gueye, Tajon Buchanan, Gerard Moreno, Ayoze Pérez

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