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- 34′Valencia, yellow card:
- 36′Valencia, VAR review:Penalty confirmed
- 37′Villarreal, yellow card:
- 38′Valencia, penalty goal:1–0Penalty
- 43′Villarreal, yellow card:
- Half-time1 – 0
- 59′Villarreal, yellow card:
- 60′Valencia, yellow card:
- 62′Valencia, yellow card:
- 65′Villarreal, substitution:off
- 65′Villarreal, substitution:off
- 66′Villarreal, substitution:off
- 69′Villarreal, goal:1–1assist
- 70′Valencia, substitution:off
- 70′Valencia, substitution:off
- 77′Valencia, substitution:off
- 77′Valencia, substitution:off
- 78′Villarreal, VAR review:Card upgrade
- 79′Villarreal, red card:
- 82′Villarreal, substitution:off
- 87′Villarreal, substitution:off
- 89′Valencia, yellow card:
- 89′Valencia, second yellow card:
- 90+6′Villarreal, goal:1–2assist
- Full-time1 – 2
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Villarreal snatch late win at Valencia after both sides see red
Villarreal won 2-1 at Valencia in La Liga on Matchday 10 at the Estadio de Mestalla, Georges Mikautadze scoring in the 90+6 minute to settle a game that had turned increasingly disorderly in its closing stages. The result lifted the visitors from 14th to eighth, while Valencia stayed 19th on six points.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Valencia led at half-time through a penalty from Pepelu in the 38th minute, the only goal of a first half in which the hosts had the lesser share of the ball. Villarreal levelled in the 69th minute when Alex Freeman finished from a Sergi Cardona assist, and the match then lost its shape.
Pape Gueye was sent off for Villarreal in the 79th minute, but it was Valencia who could not make the extra man count. Harvey Elliott was dismissed in the 89th minute, leaving both sides with ten players. Mikautadze then struck in the 90+6 minute, set up by Alberto Moleiro, to complete the turnaround for Villarreal.
Both sides turn to the Copa del Rey next: Villarreal visit Manacor on Tuesday and Valencia travel to Tavernes on Wednesday.
Sergi Cardona created the equaliser with an assist for Freeman and earned a rating of 7.52, the highest of any player. Freeman followed closely on 7.51 for his goal.
Villarreal had 61% of possession, and finished with 19 shots to Valencia's 9.
Villarreal won 2–1 away against Valencia (half-time 1–0).
Valencia met Villarreal in the La Liga (Regular Season - 10). Kick-off was Saturday, 24 October 2026, 16:30 UTC at Estadio de Mestalla. Referee: Alejandro Quintero Gonzalez. Attendance: 46,580.
Team pages: Valencia · Villarreal · La Liga
Key moments
- 38' Goal (penalty): Pepelu — 1–0
- 69' Goal: Alex Freeman (assist: Sergi Cardona) — 1–1 · Watch Alex Freeman's goal video (69')
- 79' Red card: Pape Gueye
- 90+6' Goal: Georges Mikautadze (assist: Alberto Moleiro) — 1–2 · Watch Georges Mikautadze's goal video (90+6')
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Valencia (4-4-2)
Villarreal (4-4-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Valencia 32%, the draw 27%, Villarreal 41%. It finished Valencia 1–2 Villarreal.
Villarreal's stronger rating gives them a slight lean — Villarreal sit 84 points higher on our strength rating, and their habit of controlling the ball adds a little more, so we give them 41% against Valencia's 32%. The draw sits at 27%, close to the usual rate for a gap this size, with their own recent games averaging 3.0 goals nudging it slightly lower.
Why Villarreal at 41%?
Villarreal sit 84 points higher on our strength rating — 1739 to 1656. Sides with a 80–160-point rating edge on the road won 39.8% of 14,788 such games. Villarreal hold 14 more possession points (58 to 44 in recent games) across a 84-point rating gap. Control now carries a receipt beyond near-equals too: sides with this control edge at a 60–120-point rating gap won 42.6% of 9,292 such games where the class table expected 40.5%. The 300 most similar past games finished 31–27–42.
Why only 41%?
La Liga home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (28.3% vs 30.0%). La Liga homes won 46.6% of 6,170 games vs 44.6% across all 107,859 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why the draw at 27%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.7%. These teams' recent games average 3.0 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.8% of 27,159.
What did we measure but not count?
Valencia come into this after a busy window — 7 arrivals and 13 departures over the summer. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336). Valencia are 2 games into a new manager (J. Aguirre), appointed 12 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
Sirius probabilities, frozen at kick-off. Analysis, not betting advice. How Sirius is doing this season · Full breakdown, evidence cards and squad news in the Match Insights tab
About this match
On this page: the Valencia vs Villarreal final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this La Liga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Alex Freeman's goal against Valencia (69').
- Watch Georges Mikautadze's goal against Valencia (90+6').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Valencia 1–2 Villarreal. Explore more on the Valencia and Villarreal team pages or the La Liga page.