La Liga · Round 6
Estadio La Rosaleda

Málaga 1–3 Villarreal starting lineups

Málaga Villarreal
1 - 3
Full time
Dotor 12'
Moleiro 40' Gueye 45+2', 86'

Málaga and Villarreal lineup images

Málaga starting lineup vs Villarreal, 4-1-4-1: Herrero, Puga, Recio, Galilea, Salinas, Merino, Cruz, Larrubia, Dotor, Martínez, Chupe. La Liga Round 6, Thursday, September 17, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Villarreal starting lineup vs Málaga, 4-4-2: Gulácsi, Freeman, Navarro, Veiga, Cardona, Akhomach, Saliba, Comesaña, Buchanan, Moleiro, Ayoze Pérez. La Liga Round 6, Thursday, September 17, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Match events

1 - 0Dotorgoal
12'
Salinas Yellow cardYellow card
34'
37'
substitutionGueye for Comesaña
40'
goalMoleiro1 - 1
42'
Yellow cardAkhomach Yellow card
45+2'
goalGueye1 - 2
Half time · 1 - 2
Lorenzo for Cruzsubstitution
46'
Rafita for Salinassubstitution
46'
Muñoz for Dotorsubstitution
61'
Nino for Merinosubstitution
62'
63'
substitutionMikautadze for Pérez
63'
substitutionRomero for Akhomach
Larrubia Yellow cardYellow card
68'
Galilea Yellow cardYellow card
70'
Enríquez for Pugasubstitution
75'
Enríquez Yellow cardYellow card
79'
80'
substitutionMouriño for Moleiro
80'
substitutionMaciá for Saliba
Herrero Yellow cardYellow card
85'
86'
goalGueye1 - 3

Málaga and Villarreal team sheets and player ratings

Málaga shirt

Málaga

4-1-4-1
Starting XI
1 Spain Herrero yellow card rating 5.7
3 Spain Puga off 75' rating 6.8
15 Spain Recio rating 7.1
4 Spain Galilea yellow card rating 7.0
12 Spain Salinas yellow card off 46' rating 6.1
23 Spain Merino off 62' rating 5.8
19 Spain Cruz off 46' rating 7.1
10 Spain Larrubia yellow card rating 6.8
8 Spain Dotor 1 goal off 61' rating 7.1
18 Spain Martínez rating 6.2
9 Spain Chupe rating 6.6
Substitutes
31 Spain Rafita on 46' rating 7.0
22 Spain Lorenzo on 46' rating 6.5
11 Spain Muñoz on 61' rating 6.0
21 Spain Nino on 62' rating 5.7
6 Spain Enríquez yellow card on 75' rating 6.2
13 Spain López
5 Spain Pastor
25 Spain Berrocal
14 Spain Rodríguez
17 Spain Jauregi
32 Spain Fernandez
Villarreal shirt

Villarreal

4-4-2
Starting XI
25 Hungary Gulácsi rating 6.3
3 United States Freeman rating 8.0
6 Spain Navarro rating 6.9
12 Portugal Veiga rating 7.1
23 Spain Cardona rating 7.5
11 Morocco Akhomach yellow card off 63' rating 7.5
24 Canada Saliba off 80' rating 7.3
14 Spain Comesaña off 37' rating 7.0
17 Canada Buchanan rating 7.8
10 Spain Moleiro 1 goal off 80' rating 8.4
22 Spain Pérez off 63' rating 7.6
Substitutes
18 Senegal Gueye 2 goals on 37' rating 8.9
20 Spain Romero on 63' rating 6.4
9 Georgia Mikautadze on 63' rating 6.1
15 Uruguay Mouriño on 80' rating 6.2
16 Spain Maciá on 80' rating 6.6
1 Brazil Júnior
13 Spain Gómez
2 Cabo Verde Costa
5 Senegal Diatta
19 Côte d'Ivoire Pépé
7 Spain Moreno
21 Canada Oluwaseyi

Managers

Funes4-1-4-1Málaga
Pérez4-4-2Villarreal
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Málaga 1–3 Villarreal: match summary

Villarreal beat Málaga 3–1 at Estadio La Rosaleda in Málaga on Thursday, September 17, 2026, in Round 6 of the La Liga. Carlos Dotor (12') scored for Málaga, Alberto Moleiro (40') and Pape Gueye (45+2', 86') for Villarreal. The match ratings read 6.5 for Málaga and 7.2 for Villarreal. Pape Gueye of Villarreal was the highest rated player on the pitch at 9.0, with Alberto Moleiro at 8.5 and Alex Freeman at 8.0 next, and Alfonso Herrero of Málaga the lowest rated starter at 5.5. Málaga lined up in a 4-1-4-1 under Funes, Villarreal in a 4-4-2 under Inigo Pérez. Pape Gueye had come on for Santi Comesaña on 37 minutes and Pape Gueye had come on for Santi Comesaña on 37 minutes. José Salinas was booked on 34 minutes, Ilias Akhomach on 42, David Larrubia on 68, Einar Galilea on 70, Ramón Enríquez on 79 and Alfonso Herrero on 85, and nobody was sent off. The La Liga table taken on September 24, 2026 had Villarreal 9th on 8 points and Málaga 20th on 3.

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