Malaga 1–3 Villarreal
Malaga
1–3HT 1–2
Villarreal
Malaga played Villarreal in the La Liga on 17 September 2026 at Estadio La Rosaleda. The match finished 1–3.
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Goals and cards
- 12'Carlos Dotor (assist by Juan Cruz)
- 34'José Salinas — Yellow card
- 40'Alberto Moleiro (assist by Ilias Akhomach Chakkour)
- 42'Ilias Akhomach Chakkour — Yellow card
- 45+2'Pape Gueye (assist by Ayoze Pérez)
- 68'David Larrubia — Yellow card
- 70'Einar Galilea — Yellow card
- 79'Ramón Enríquez — Yellow card
- 85'Alfonso Herrero — Yellow card
- 86'Pape Gueye
Line-ups
Malaga 4-1-4-1
- Alfonso Herrero
- Puga
- Ángel Recio
- Einar Galilea
- José Salinas
- Izan Merino
- Juan Cruz
- David Larrubia
- Carlos Dotor
- Pablo Martínez
- Chupe
- SUBSTITUTES
- Juan Berrocal
- J. Fernandez
- Rafita
- Eneko Jauregi
- Dani Lorenzo
- Carlos López
- Joaquín Muñoz
- Adrián Niño Heredia
- Álex Pastor
- Rafa Rodríguez
- Ramón Enríquez
- COACHES: Funes
Villarreal 4-4-2
- P. Gulácsi
- A. Freeman
- Pau Navarro
- Renato Veiga
- Sergi Cardona
- Ilias Akhomach
- N. Saliba
- Santi Comesaña
- T. Buchanan
- Alberto Moleiro
- 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
- COACHES: Iñigo Pérez
Match statistics
| Malaga | Villarreal | |
|---|---|---|
| 281 | Accurate passes | 535 |
| 4 | Shots inside box | 12 |
| 1 | Shots outside box | 4 |
| 10 | Free kicks | 17 |
| 1 | Shots on goal | 7 |
| 3 | Saves | 0 |
| 4 | Shots off goal | 5 |
| 1 | Offsides | 3 |
| 346 | Total passes | 594 |
| 5 | Total shots | 16 |
| 5 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 4 | Corners | 8 |
| 0 | Blocked shots | 4 |
| 17 | Fouls | 10 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 37% | Possession | 63% |