La Liga · Matchday 6

Malaga v Villarreal

Malaga 1 – 3 Villarreal Full time

Kick-off: Thu 17 Sep 2026, 20:30 UK time
Venue: Estadio La Rosaleda, Malaga
Referee: M. Ortiz

Goals

12' Carlos Dotor (Malaga), assist Juan Cruz
40' Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal), assist Ilias Akhomach Chakkour
45+2' Pape Gueye (Villarreal), assist Ayoze Pérez
86' Pape Gueye (Villarreal), penalty

Cards

34' José Salinas (Malaga), yellow card
42' Ilias Akhomach Chakkour (Villarreal), yellow card
68' David Larrubia (Malaga), yellow card
70' Einar Galilea (Malaga), yellow card
79' Ramón Enríquez (Malaga), yellow card
85' Alfonso Herrero (Malaga), yellow card

Line-ups

Malaga (4-1-4-1)

Coach: Funes

1 Alfonso Herrero
3 Puga
15 Ángel Recio
4 Einar Galilea
12 José Salinas
23 Izan Merino
19 Juan Cruz
10 David Larrubia
8 Carlos Dotor
18 Pablo Martínez
9 Chupe

Substitutes: Juan Berrocal, J. Fernandez, Rafita, Eneko Jauregi, Dani Lorenzo, Carlos López, Joaquín Muñoz, Adrián Niño Heredia, Álex Pastor, Rafa Rodríguez, Ramón Enríquez

Villarreal (4-4-2)

Coach: Iñigo Pérez

25 P. Gulácsi
3 A. Freeman
6 Pau Navarro
12 Renato Veiga
23 Sergi Cardona
11 Ilias Akhomach
24 N. Saliba
14 Santi Comesaña
17 T. Buchanan
10 Alberto Moleiro
22 Ayoze Pérez

Substitutes: Rubén Gómez, P. Gueye, G. Mikautadze, Gerard Moreno, S. Mouriño, T. Oluwaseyi, N. Pépé, Luíz Júnior, Carlos Romero, A. Diatta, Logan Costa, C. Macia

Key statistics

Statistic	Malaga	Villarreal
Possession	37%	63%
Total Shots	5	16
Shots on target	1	7
Shots off target	4	5
Blocked Shots	0	4
Corners	4	8
Offsides	1	3
Fouls	17	10
Saves	3	0
Yellow Cards	5	1
Red Cards	0	0
Passes	347	598
Accurate passes	281	538