N. Pepe’s 90' equaliser earns Villarreal 1-1 draw with Alaves

Match report

Honours were even between Alaves and Villarreal at Estadio Mendizorrotza on Friday, 13 March 2026, the La Liga matchday 28 game finishing 1-1. R. Marin (40' og) scored for Alaves, while N. Pepe (90') found the net for Villarreal. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Alaves had 48% of the ball and 8 shots (0 on target) against Villarreal’s 10 (4 on target). Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) was the top-rated player with 7.9. The result leaves Alaves 6th in the La Liga table on 11 points and Villarreal 9th on 8.

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Form, table and head-to-head

Alaves

6th · 11 points · P 7 W 3 D 2 L 2

Form

Villarreal

9th · 8 points · P 7 W 2 D 2 L 3

Form

La Liga table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
5	Sevilla	7	+1	13
6	Alaves	7	+5	11
7	Deportivo La Coruna	7	+2	10
8	Real Sociedad	7	-4	10
9	Villarreal	7	+1	8
10	Athletic Club	6	+1	8

Full La Liga table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Fri, 28 Aug 2026, Alaves 1-0 Villarreal

Full Alaves vs Villarreal head-to-head

Match events

36'yellow cardLucas BoyéYellow Card
40'own goalR. Marin(own goal)Own Goal
50'yellow cardYoussef Enriquez LekhedimYellow Card
58'yellow cardSergi CardonaYellow Card
59'substitutionT. BuchananOff: G. Moreno
59'substitutionS. CardonaOff: A. Moleiro
67'substitutionP. GueyeOff: T. Partey
75'substitutionC. AlenaOff: J. Guridi
80'substitutionYusiOff: V. Koski
83'substitutionS. MourinoOff: A. Freeman
83'substitutionG. MikautadzeOff: T. Oluwaseyi
90'yellow cardAntonio SiveraYellow Card
90'goalN. PepeAssist: S. Comesana
90+1'substitutionN. TenagliaOff: C. Ballestero
90+1'substitutionT. MartinezOff: A. Rebbach
90+5'yellow cardAntonio BlancoYellow Card

Lineups

Alaves

Formation 3-5-2 · Coach Quique Sanchez Flores

Starting XI

Substitutes

Villarreal

Formation 4-4-2 · Coach Marcelino

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

48%Possession52%
0.22Expected goals (xG)0.59
8Total shots10
0Shots on target4
2Shots off target5
6Blocked shots1
2Shots inside the box8
6Shots outside the box2
5Corners2
0Offsides2
19Fouls11
4Yellow cards1
–Red cards–
3Goalkeeper saves0
345Passes387
266Accurate passes322
77%Pass accuracy83%
-1.00Goals prevented-1.00

Player statistics

Alaves

Alaves player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Antonio SiveraG	90	7.3		28 · 43%
14Nahuel TenagliaD	89	6.9		28 · 82%	1	1	4/7
17Jonny OttoD	90	6.9		47 · 87%			2/3
24Victor ParadaD	90	6.9		33 · 82%		3	6/10
3Youssef Enriquez LekhedimM	80	6.6		24 · 88%		1	3/7
7Ángel PérezM	90	6.9		39 · 74%			3/5
8Antonio BlancoM	90	7.0		40 · 82%	1	3	5/9
10Carles AleñáM	75	6.5		31 · 81%	1	1	2/8
19Pablo IbáñezM	90	6.6	1 (0)	34 · 88%			5/10
11Toni MartínezF	89	7.2	1 (0)	23 · 61%	2	3	13/21
15Lucas BoyéF	90	5.9		14 · 57%		3	6/21
13Raúl FernándezG	–	–
31Grégoire SwiderskiG	–	–
16Ville KoskiD	10	6.5		1 · 0%		1	2/2
30Carlos BallesteroD	9	6.3					0/1
35Xanet OlaizD	–	–
36Paco SanzD	–	–
4Denis SuárezM	–	–
18Jon GuridiM	15	6.3		2 · 100%			0/1
20Calebe GonçalvesM	–	–
9Mariano DíazF	–	–
21Abderrahman RebbachF	9	6.5		1 · 100%		1	1/5
22Ibrahim DiabatéF	–	–

Villarreal

Villarreal player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Luiz JúniorG	90	6.7				19 · 84%
4Rafa MarínD	90	6.3				52 · 87%		2	5/10
6Pau NavarroD	90	7.2				49 · 94%		3	4/6
15Santiago MouriñoD	83	6.9				43 · 88%		3	6/9
23Sergi CardonaD	59	6.5			2 (0)	16 · 81%	1		3/5
14Santi ComesañaM	90	7.2		1	2 (2)	43 · 91%	2	2	6/12
17Tajon BuchananM	59	6.3				9 · 78%			2/5
18Pape GueyeM	67	6.6				27 · 67%	1	3	8/16
24Alfonso PedrazaM	90	6.7				22 · 55%		1	6/9
9Georges MikautadzeF	83	6.9			2 (1)	10 · 100%	1	1	4/7
19Nicolas PépéFTop rated	90	7.9	1		3 (1)	29 · 72%	2		8/15
25Arnau TenasG	–	–
3Alexander FreemanD	17	6.9				12 · 75%		1	1/1
5Willy KambwalaD	–	–
10Dani ParejoM	–	–
12Renato VeigaM	–	–
16Thomas ParteyM	23	6.6				25 · 84%			2/3
20Alberto MoleiroM	31	6.7				21 · 90%		1	2/5
7Gerard MorenoF	31	6.3				10 · 80%			0/3
11Alfon GonzálezF	–	–
21Tani OluwaseyiF	17	6.5							1/4