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

Villarreal secured a valuable win over hosts Valencia by 2-1, in a match that saw players from both sides sent off, as part of matchday 10 of the Spanish league.

[Youssef Darwish](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/youssef-darwish-4) Editor Published 24 October 2026، 21:49 Saudi time

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

[Villarreal](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/villarreal-221) snatched a valuable win from [Valencia](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/valencia-223)'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](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/jos%C3%A9-luis-garc%C3%ADa-vay%C3%A1-6443) 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](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/alexander-michael-freeman-6374) in the 69th minute, and [Georges Mikautadze](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/georges-mikautadze-6391) in stoppage time in the 90+6th minute.

The match saw two red cards, the first affecting [Pape Alassane Gueye](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/pape-alassane-gueye-6383) of Villarreal in the 79th minute, and the second affecting [Harvey Daniel James Elliott](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/harvey-daniel-james-elliott-6458) 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.

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