Villarreal turn the tables on Valencia and win 2-1 in LaLiga matchday 10

Villarreal snatched a valuable win from Valencia's ground by 2-1, in a clash as part of matchday 10 of the Spanish league, held on 24 October 2026 at 19:30 Saudi time.

Valencia opened the scoring through Pepelu from a penalty kick in the 38th minute, before Villarreal turned the result around in the second half with two goals scored by Alexander Michael Freeman in the 69th minute, and Georges Mikautadze in stoppage time in the 90+6th minute.

The match saw two red cards, the first affecting Pape Alassane Gueye of Villarreal in the 79th minute, and the second affecting Harvey Daniel James Elliott of Valencia in the 89th minute.

Georges Mikautadze was chosen as the best player in the match after coming on as a substitute and scoring a decisive goal during just 24 minutes spent on the pitch, with a rating of 7.78.

In terms of statistics, Villarreal dominated possession with 62 percent compared to 38 for Valencia, and took 19 shots compared to 9 for their hosts, of which 3 were on target compared to 5 for Valencia, while the expected goals rate reached 1.52 for Villarreal compared to 1.17 for Valencia.

With this result Villarreal raised their tally to 9 points in 14th place with 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, while Valencia's tally remained frozen at 6 points in 19th place after one win, 3 draws and 5 losses.