La Liga Gameweek 9 Sat, Oct 18 2025 · 17:30 Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal
Villarreal
2–2 Full time · HT 1–0 xG 0.49 – 1.19
Real Betis
  • T. Buchanan 44’
  • Alberto Moleiro 64’
  • 67’, 90+4’ Antony
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Real Betis fight back from two goals down

Villarreal entered as narrow favourites and led 2–0 after 64 minutes through goals from Buchanan and Moleiro. But Antony struck twice to rescue a draw for Real Betis. Real Betis finished with the higher xG (1.19 vs 0.49). On the chances created, Real Betis deserved more: 1.9 expected points against the 1 point they took.

Villarreal45%
Draw ✓28%
Real Betis27%

Model vs reality

Villarreal goals
2
Model 1.44 · xG 0.49
Real Betis goals
2
Model 1.07 · xG 1.19
Total goals
4
Model 2.50 · xG 1.68
Score 2–2
5%
Most likely 1–1 (13%)
Over 2.5
Yes
Model 46%
Both scored
Yes
Model 51%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchAntonyReal Betis · 2 goals
9.5
  • RefereeAlejandro Hernandez
  • VenueEstadio de la Cerámica
  • Table before kick-offVillarreal 3rd · Real Betis 4th

Timeline

  1. T. Buchanan 1–0Assist Alberto Moleiro
    44’
  2. Half time · 1–0
  3. ⇄ G. Lo CelsoFor Marc Roca
    58’
  4. ⇄ N. PépéFor Gerard Moreno
    63’
  5. ⇄ Ayoze PérezFor T. Oluwaseyi
    63’
  6. Alberto Moleiro 2–0Assist Santi Comesaña
    64’
  7. Antony 2–1Assist Pablo Fornals
    67’
  8. ⇄ Aitor RuibalFor A. Ezzalzouli
    69’
  9. ⇄ Sergi CardonaFor Alberto Moleiro
    73’
  10. ⇄ P. GueyeFor Dani Parejo
    73’
  11. ⇄ M. SolomonFor A. Pedraza Sag
    81’
  12. ⇄ Pablo GarcíaFor Héctor Bellerín
    90’
  13. T. BuchananYellow card · Delay of game
    90+1’
  14. Pablo FornalsYellow card · Unsportsmanlike conduct
    90+1’
  15. Antony 2–2Assist Pablo Fornals
    90+4’
  16. Full time · 2–2

Team stats

Villarreal6 shots · 4 in box, 2 outside
Real Betis16 shots · 11 in box, 5 outside
VillarrealReal Betis
40% Possession 60%
0.49 Expected goals (xG) 1.19
0.77 Expected points (xPts) 1.92
6 Shots 16
3 Shots on target 3
3 Shots off target 7
0 Blocked shots 6
4 Shots inside the box 11
2 Shots outside the box 5
366 Passes 547
78% Pass accuracy 89%
4 Corners 6
1 Goalkeeper saves 2
6 Fouls 16
3 Offsides 1
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
6.81 Team rating 6.73

Line-ups

Villarreal 4-4-2

256.5 Arnau Tenas(G)
247.0 A. Pedraza Sag ↓81’ 126.3 Renato Veiga 46.3 Rafa Marín 266.5 Pau Navarro
208.2 Alberto Moleiro A↓73’ 146.9 Santi Comesaña A 107.3 Dani Parejo ↓73’ 177.7 T. Buchanan
216.3 T. Oluwaseyi ↓63’ 76.2 Gerard Moreno ↓63’
  • 25Arnau Tenas (G)6.5
  • 24A. Pedraza Sag↓81’7.0
  • 12Renato Veiga6.3
  • 4Rafa Marín6.3
  • 26Pau Navarro6.5
  • 20Alberto MoleiroA↓73’8.2
  • 14Santi ComesañaA6.9
  • 10Dani Parejo↓73’7.3
  • 17T. Buchanan7.7
  • 21T. Oluwaseyi↓63’6.3
  • 7Gerard Moreno↓63’6.2

Substitutes used

  • 23Sergi Cardona↑73’6.6
  • 6M. Solomon↑81’6.7
  • 18P. Gueye↑73’6.3
  • 22Ayoze Pérez↑63’6.9
  • 19N. Pépé↑63’6.2

Unused: Diego Conde, Luíz Júnior, Adrià Alti, T. Partey, I. Akhomach, G. Mikautadze

Real Betis 4-2-3-1

256.2 Pau López(G)
236.3 J. Firpo 165.9 Valentín Gómez 46.5 Natan 26.3 Héctor Bellerín ↓90’
216.6 Marc Roca ↓58’ 146.7 S. Amrabat
106.9 A. Ezzalzouli ↓69’ 87.2 Pablo Fornals AA 79.5★ Antony
196.0 C. Hernández
  • 25Pau López (G)6.2
  • 23J. Firpo6.3
  • 16Valentín Gómez5.9
  • 4Natan6.5
  • 2Héctor Bellerín↓90’6.3
  • 21Marc Roca↓58’6.6
  • 14S. Amrabat6.7
  • 10A. Ezzalzouli↓69’6.9
  • 8Pablo FornalsA×27.2
  • 7Antony ★9.5
  • 19C. Hernández6.0

Substitutes used

  • 24Aitor Ruibal↑69’6.7
  • 52Pablo García↑90’
  • 20G. Lo Celso↑58’6.5

Unused: Álvaro Vallés, Adrián, Diego Llorente, Marc Bartra, R. Rodríguez, Nelson Alexander Deossa Suarez, Sergi Altimira, Rodrigo Riquelme, L. Ávila

Player stats

Top rated
AntonyReal Betis9.5
2nd
Alberto MoleiroVillarreal8.2
3rd
T. BuchananVillarreal7.7

Villarreal

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Arnau Tenas G 90 0 0 1 sv 0 48% 25 1 0 0/0 0/0 6.5
A. Pedraza Sag M 81 0 0 1 (0) 1 60% 30 3 0 0/0 1/0 7.0
Renato Veiga M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 92% 52 0 1 0/0 0/0 6.3
Rafa Marín D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 92% 51 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
Pau Navarro D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 86% 28 4 2 0/1 4/0 6.5
Alberto Moleiro M 73 1 1 1 (1) 2 57% 28 0 1 1/1 0/1 8.2
Santi Comesaña M 90 0 1 1 (0) 1 75% 40 1 1 0/0 1/2 6.9
Dani Parejo M 73 0 0 0 (0) 0 96% 45 1 0 1/1 0/2 7.3
T. Buchanan M 90 1 0 1 (1) 1 58% 19 0 2 1/4 1/2 7.7
T. Oluwaseyi F 63 0 0 1 (1) 0 50% 2 1 0 0/0 2/1 6.3
Gerard Moreno F 63 0 0 0 (0) 0 84% 19 0 0 0/0 3/0 6.2
Sergi Cardona D 17 0 0 0 (0) 1 50% 4 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.6
M. Solomon F 9 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.7
P. Gueye M 17 0 0 0 (0) 0 40% 5 0 0 0/0 0/1 6.3
Ayoze Pérez F 27 0 0 0 (0) 0 89% 9 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
N. Pépé F 27 0 0 1 (0) 0 100% 6 0 0 1/2 0/0 6.2

Real Betis

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Pau López G 90 0 0 2 sv 0 87% 23 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.2
J. Firpo D 90 0 0 1 (0) 2 89% 38 4 1 0/0 0/1 6.3
Valentín Gómez D 90 0 0 1 (1) 0 94% 47 1 2 0/0 0/1 5.9
Natan D 90 0 0 2 (0) 0 93% 61 0 2 0/1 1/2 6.5
Héctor Bellerín D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 92% 66 1 0 0/0 2/0 6.3
Marc Roca M 58 0 0 0 (0) 0 93% 29 0 0 0/0 1/1 6.6
S. Amrabat M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 87% 63 0 2 0/0 2/1 6.7
A. Ezzalzouli F 69 0 0 1 (0) 0 77% 31 2 0 2/3 1/4 6.9
Pablo Fornals M 90 0 2 0 (0) 4 90% 61 1 2 1/2 0/0 7.2
Antony F 90 2 0 3 (2) 3 84% 77 0 1 0/0 0/2 9.5
C. Hernández F 90 0 0 1 (0) 1 69% 13 0 0 0/2 3/0 6.0
Aitor Ruibal D 21 0 0 0 (0) 1 92% 12 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.7
Pablo García F 1 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 1 0 0/0 0/1 —
G. Lo Celso M 32 0 0 1 (0) 0 88% 26 0 0 0/1 0/0 6.5

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.