Málaga vs Villarreal
Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

La Liga

2026/2027

Málaga

Dotor12'

-FT

Sep 17, 2026

Estadio La Rosaleda

Villarreal

Moleiro40'

Gueye45+2'

Gueye86'(P)

Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Pape Gueye

Villarreal

Goals

8.6

Goal!

1-3

Pape Gueye

86'·Villarreal

⚽

85'Yellow Card

Alfonso Herrero

Málaga

80'Substitution

Carlos Macià· In

Nathan Saliba· Out

Villarreal

80'Substitution

Santiago Mouriño· In

Alberto Moleiro· Out

Villarreal

79'Yellow Card

Ramón Enríquez

Málaga

75'Substitution

Ramón Enríquez· In

Carlos Puga· Out

Málaga

70'Yellow Card

Einar Galilea

Málaga

68'Yellow Card

David Larrubia

Málaga

63'Substitution

Georges Mikautadze· In

Ayoze Pérez· Out

Villarreal

63'Substitution

Carlos Romero· In

Ilias Akhomach· Out

Villarreal

61'Substitution

Joaquín Muñoz· In

Izan Merino· Out

Málaga

61'Substitution

Adrián Niño· In

Carlos Dotor· Out

Málaga

46'Substitution

Dani Lorenzo· In

José Salinas· Out

Málaga

46'Substitution

Rafita Garrido· In

Juan Cruz· Out

Málaga

Goal!

1-2

Pape Gueye

45'+2·Villarreal

⚽

42'Yellow Card

Ilias Akhomach

Villarreal

Goal!

1-1

Alberto Moleiro

40'·Villarreal

⚽

37'Substitution

Pape Gueye· In

Santi Comesaña· Out

Villarreal

34'Yellow Card

José Salinas

Málaga

Goal!

1-0

Carlos Dotor

12'·Málaga

⚽

Statistics of the Game

Málaga

Villarreal

37%Ball Possession63%

5Shots Total16

1Shots On Target7

4Corners8

17Fouls10

5Yellow Cards1

1Offsides3

3Saves0

350Passes600

4Shots Off Target5

73Attacks124

23Dangerous Attacks81

4Shots Inside Box12

1Shots Outside Box4

1Goals3

10Free Kicks16

0Shots Blocked4

5Substitutions5

0Hit Woodwork1

26Tackles11

1Assists2

283Accurate Passes539

12Total Crosses18

1Accurate Crosses5

8Interceptions7

47Duels Won48

0Big Chances Created7

0Big Chances Missed4

Málaga

Manager: Juan Funes Arjona

Starting XI

Alfonso Herrero

6.0

Carlos Puga

7.1

Ángel Recio

7.0

6.4

6.3

6.2

6.9

6.3

7.0

6.5

6.7

Substitutes

6.4

6.3

6.4

6.7

7.0

Juan Francisco Fernández Martin

Villarreal

Manager: Iñigo Pérez

Starting XI

6.3

7.2

6.5

6.8

6.9

7.0

6.8

7.0

7.0

8.3

6.5

Substitutes

6.4

6.5

Carlos Macià

7.0

8.6

6.4

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Carlos Puga DF	7.1	75'	0	0	-	23(70%)	6	10/16
Ángel Recio DF	7.0	90'	0	0	-	33(97%)	3	3/4
Carlos Dotor MF	7.0	61'	1	0	1/1	31(87%)	1	1/5
Rafita Garrido DF	7.0	44'	0	0	-	19(89%)	2	5/7
Juan Cruz MF	6.9	46'	0	1	-	9(60%)	2	3/3
Dani Lorenzo MF	6.7	44'	0	0	-	28(89%)	1	1/1
Chupe FW	6.7	90'	0	0	0/1	14(64%)	1	5/11
Pablo Martínez MF	6.5	90'	0	0	0/1	23(78%)	1	2/4
Ramón Enríquez MF	6.4	15'	0	0	-	16(80%)	-	0/1
Einar Galilea DF	6.4	90'	0	0	-	51(88%)	3	4/7
Adrián Niño FW	6.4	29'	0	0	0/1	4(100%)	-	0/4
Joaquín Muñoz FW	6.3	29'	0	0	0/1	8(63%)	-	1/4
José Salinas DF	6.3	46'	0	0	-	8(88%)	4	5/11
David Larrubia MF	6.3	90'	0	0	-	24(74%)	3	7/14
Izan Merino MF	6.2	61'	0	0	-	21(90%)	-	0/2
Alfonso Herrero GK	6.0	90'	0	0	-	38(63%)	-	0/1

Málaga vs Villarreal H2H, Form & Key Stats

Villarreal moved from 19th to 14th in the La Liga table with this result.(Out of the relegation places (bottom 3). Before kickoff: 19th, 2 points from 5 matches. After: 14th, 5 points from 6 matches; 20 teams.)
Villarreal won 3-1 after trailing 0-1.(Score by goal: 12' 1-0, 40' 1-1, 45+2' 1-2, 86' 1-3.)

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Málaga	15	D2	2	7	1	1	3/15	2-8
Villarreal	15	L4	0	6	3	7	1/15	7-11

Málaga — last 5 games

L0-2 @ Atlético de Madrid2026-08-19
D1-1 vs Deportivo A Coruña2026-08-24
L0-4 @ Real Madrid2026-08-30
D0-0 vs Levante2026-09-06
D1-1 @ Celta de Vigo2026-09-13

Villarreal — last 5 games

D2-2 @ Atlético de Madrid2026-08-23
L0-1 @ Deportivo Alavés2026-08-28
L2-3 vs Deportivo A Coruña2026-09-05
L2-3 @ Borussia Dortmund2026-09-08
L1-2 vs Real Betis2026-09-14

Goal markets & scoring rates

Team	Games	Avg goals	Over 1.5	Over 2.5	Over 3.5	BTTS	Clean sheets	Failed to score
Málaga	15	2.73	80%	47%	33%	60%	27%	27%
Villarreal	15	3.4	87%	67%	53%	73%	7%	20%

Venue split (Home vs Away)

Team	Where	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	PPG	Over 2.5	Clean sheets
Málaga	Home	8	1	7	0	13-11	1.25	50%	25%
Villarreal	Away	10	2	3	5	13-18	0.9	60%	0%

1st half vs 2nd half scoring

Team	Games	1H goals	2H goals	2H share	1H Over 0.5	HT W-D-L
Málaga	15	5-13	15-8	75%	67%	1-8-6
Villarreal	15	14-13	10-14	42%	67%	2-10-3

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 16
Period covered: 2009-10-25 – 2018-04-01
Málaga wins: 4
Draws: 4
Villarreal wins: 8
Avg goals per meeting: 2.25
Over 2.5 goals: 31%
Both teams scored: 56%
Home side won: 56%share of all meetings won by whichever team hosted
Last 5 meetings: 1W 1D 3L (Málaga view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 1.6 vs 2.25

Most recent meetings (5 of 16)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2018-04-01	Málaga	1-0	Villarreal
2017-11-05	Villarreal	2-0	Málaga
2017-02-12	Villarreal	1-1	Málaga
2016-09-10	Málaga	0-2	Villarreal
2016-02-13	Villarreal	1-0	Málaga

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 58 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Málaga	18	5	3	-6	LDLDD	16	+2
Villarreal	19	5	2	-3	DDLLL	19	0

Table context

Points gap: 1 ptsMálaga 3 · Villarreal 2
Positions: #18 vs #19
Goals per game: 0.4/1.6 vs 1.4/2scored/conceded per game · league average 1.52

How we calculate this

La Liga Standings

La Liga · 2026/2027

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	FC Barcelona	11	10	0	1	+34	30	WWWWW
···
6	Sevilla	10	5	2	3	0	17	WDLWW
7	Athletic Club	9	3	3	3	+3	12	DWWLL
8	VillarrealA	11	3	3	5	0	12	LLLDD
9	Celta de Vigo	11	2	6	3	0	12	DDLDL
10	Deportivo Alavés	11	3	3	5	-2	12	LWWDW
···
18	Getafe	10	2	3	5	-10	9	DDLWL
19	Valencia	10	1	3	6	-10	6	LLLDL
20	MálagaH	11	0	5	6	-13	5	DDLDL

9 / 20Full standings →

Statistical Comparison

La Liga

Málaga11 matches

Villarreal

11 matches

#20Position#8

5Points12

0Wins3

5Draws3

6Losses5

8Goals15

0.73Goals per game1.36

21Goals conceded15

1.91Goals per game conceded1.36

Málaga vs Villarreal — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (11 vs 11 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityMálaga 27% · X · Draw 26% · Villarreal 47%

1 · Home Win

27%

X · Draw

26%

2 · Away Win

47%

Projected Goals (xG Model)

1.07 vs 1.52

Projected Total: 2.59

Over 1.5 Goals

73%

Over 2.5 Goals

48%

Over 3.5 Goals

26%

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

51%

Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)

22% / 34%

Málaga / Villarreal

Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):

1 - 1(12.2%)0 - 1(11.4%)1 - 2(9.3%)

Recent matches

vs Deportivo A Coruña

All Málaga fixtures & results

Previous Meetings

Last 16 matches

Won 25%

(4/16)

Draw 25%

(4/16)

Won 50%

(8/16)

Goals

16-20

Total matches

Recent matches (5/16)

Málaga vs Villarreal — Head to Head

Last 16 matches

Málaga wins

Draws

Villarreal wins

Goals Scored

16 - 20

Apr 1, 2018 • La Liga

Málaga

1-0

Villarreal

Nov 5, 2017 • La Liga

Villarreal

2-0

Málaga

Feb 12, 2017 • La Liga

Villarreal

1-1

Málaga

Matchday 6 — La Liga

Match summary

Villarreal beat Málaga 3-1 in the La Liga, Regular Season.

Before kickoff, Málaga sat 18th on 3 points, while Villarreal were 19th on 2 points. Across 16 previous meetings on record, Málaga won 4 and Villarreal won 8, with 4 draws (2.25 goals per game).

Goals came from Carlos Dotor (12') for Málaga and Alberto Moleiro (40') and Pape Gueye (45', 86') for Villarreal.

More details:

Málaga — live results and schedule Villarreal — live results and schedule

Match Timeline

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Team Lineups

Starting XI

Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Player Stats

Málaga vs Villarreal H2H, Form & Key Stats

La Liga Standings

Statistical Comparison

Statistical Comparison

Málaga vs Villarreal — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Recent matches

Previous Meetings

Recent matches (5/16)

Málaga vs Villarreal — Head to Head

Last 16 matches

Matchday 6 — La Liga

Match summary