Match highlights
Valencia CF vs Villarreal CF highlights
How the goals came
38' Pepelu opens the scoring for Valencia CF → 69' Alex Freeman equalises for Villarreal CF → 90+6' Georges Mikautadze puts Villarreal CF ahead (the winner). Full time: 1-2, Villarreal CF win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 3 goals came after half-time. Villarreal CF came from 1 down to win. 1 goal in second-half stoppage time.
38' Pepelu (Valencia CF) 1-0
With the match still level at 0-0, Pepelu broke the deadlock in the 38th minute to put Valencia CF in front. It was the first goal of this LaLiga fixture at Mestalla, and the home side carried the 1-0 lead into the interval. In a game that finished 1-2, this would remain Valencia CF's only goal of the afternoon.
69' Alex Freeman (Villarreal CF) 1-1
Twenty-four minutes into the second half, Alex Freeman levelled the match at 1-1 for Villarreal CF in the 69th minute. Valencia CF's advantage, held since Pepelu's opener in the 38th minute, had lasted 31 minutes before it was wiped out. For the visitors, the equaliser reset the closing stretch of the game at Mestalla.
90'+6 Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal CF) 1-2
Six minutes into stoppage time, Georges Mikautadze made it 1-2 for Villarreal CF. A match that had been level at 1-1 heading into the final minutes was settled in the visitors' favour with almost no time left to respond. Valencia CF, ahead since the 38th minute and pegged back on 69, were overturned at the very end. The goal stood as the winner and the final score.
