Real Madrid vs Villarreal - La Liga, Regular Season - 8 (Sat, 10 October 2026)
La Liga Regular Season - 8 
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Match reportVinícius red card turns Real Madrid win over Villarreal into a scrambleReal Madrid beat Villarreal 1-0, but Vinícius Júnior's disallowed goal and red card after VAR turned the finish into a scramble. Events
First half
- 10' Yellow card: Renato Veiga
- Yellow card: Jude Bellingham 19'
- Substitution: Álvaro Fernández CarrerasMarc Cucurella 45'
Second half
- Substitution: Trent Alexander-ArnoldVinícius 52'
- 56' Substitution: Santi ComesañaNathan-Dylan Saliba
- 56' Substitution: Juan FoythCarlos Romero
- Goal: Yan Diomande assist: Federico Valverde 1-0 62'
- VAR: Yan Diomande VAR: Goal confirmed 63'
- 67' Substitution: Ilias Akhomach ChakkourGerard Moreno
- 67' Substitution: Sergi Cardona BermúdezGeorges Mikautadze
- Yellow card: José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix 68'
- VAR: Vinícius VAR: Goal cancelled 72'
- Red card: Vinícius 72'
- Substitution: Arda GülerEduardo Camavinga 77'
- Yellow card: Ibrahima Konaté 81'
- Yellow card: Antonio Rüdiger 83'
- 84' Yellow card: Pau Navarro
- Substitution: Yan DiomandeDenzel Dumfries 86'
- 86' Substitution: Alberto MoleiroNizar El Jmili
- Yellow card: Aurelien Tchouameni 87'
- Yellow card: Kylian Mbappé 90+4'
Stats
Real MadridVillarreal
- 46% Possession 54%
- 11 Shots 15
- 4 On target 4
- 0.99 xG 0.64
- 9 Corners 3
- 8 Fouls 13
All stats
- 406 Passes 475
- 4 Saves 3
- 3 Offsides 1
- 5 Yellow cards 2
- 1 Red cards 0
Player of the match
YDY. Diomande
Real Madrid· 1 goalStories
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Lineups & ratings
Real Madrid
4-2-3-1 Coach José Mourinho
10
12 ↓52'
1
8
16
14
22
18 ↓45'
15 ↓77'
25 ↓86'
10
12 ↓52'
1
8
16
14
22
18 ↓45'
15 ↓77'
25 ↓86'
- 17 Marc Cucurella for Álvaro Fernández Carreras
- 7 Vinícius Júnior for Trent Alexander-Arnold
- 6 E. Camavinga for Arda Güler
- 24 D. Dumfries for Yan Diomande
- 9
- 13
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 26 Sergio Mestre
- 27
Villarreal
4-2-3-1 Coach Iñigo Pérez
8 ↓56'
25
22
18
14 ↓56'
23 ↓67'
10 ↓86'
11 ↓67'
12
3
6
Navarro
- 20 Carlos Romero for Juan Foyth
- 24 N. Saliba for Santi Comesaña
- 7 Gerard Moreno for Ilias Akhomach Chakkour
- 9 G. Mikautadze for Sergi Cardona Bermúdez
- 27 N. El Jmili for Alberto Moleiro
- 1
- 2
- 5 A. Diatta
- 15
- 16 C. Macia
- 21
Bench · Real Madrid
- 17 Marc Cucurella for Álvaro Fernández Carreras
- 7 Vinícius Júnior for Trent Alexander-Arnold
- 6 E. Camavinga for Arda Güler
- 24 D. Dumfries for Yan Diomande
- 9
- 13
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 26 Sergio Mestre
- 27
Bench · Villarreal
- 20 Carlos Romero for Juan Foyth
- 24 N. Saliba for Santi Comesaña
- 7 Gerard Moreno for Ilias Akhomach Chakkour
- 9 G. Mikautadze for Sergi Cardona Bermúdez
- 27 N. El Jmili for Alberto Moleiro
- 1
- 2
- 5 A. Diatta
- 15
- 16 C. Macia
- 21