Real Madrid Vs Villarreal Highlights, La Liga 2025-26: Vinicius Junior Brace Lifts Los Blancos Back To Top

Welcome to the live coverage of La Liga 2025-26 where on matchday eight Real Madrid host Villarreal at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid.

Real Madrid come into the clash on the back of a crushing defeat to Atletico Madrid in the city derby. Los Blancos lost 5-2 to Atletico to face their first defeat of the league. They did get a Champions League win in between but Villarreal will surely be a bigger test.

Villarreal ended their last campaign with six league wins in a row and are constructing yet another formidable winning streak as they seek to register a fourth consecutive victory in the league this season

KICK OFF!

We are underway in Madrid. Villarreal start the game.

10' Mbappe fires the ball over the goalpost but Real Madrid have started on a positive note at home tonight. Still no goals in this game.

20' Villarreal come up with their first shot towards the goal but it is a wasted effort! Tanitoluwa Oluwaseyi finds himself some space, looks up but sends a dreadful shot high over the bar from long range.

30' We are past the half-hour mark and it has been totally one-way traffic in this game so far. Real Madrid are really threatening to score but Villarreal have somehow managed to keep the game scoreless.

Half-time

There comes the whistle and it remains goalless in the first 45 minutes. Real have kept the ball and attacked more but the goal is yet to come.

Second half is now underway. Real Madrid start with the ball and they will be desperate for a goal. The Los Blancos have thoroughly dominated this contest on every metric except the one that really matters. They will try to change that now.

47' GOAL for Real Madrid!

There comes the breakthrough. There comes the goal. Vinicius Jr hands Real Madrid the much deserved lead and the opener comes right after the break. A little bit of deflection but Real Madrid would not mind that at all.

62' The attendance for today's match is 75216 and the crowd is getting a good game. Real Madrid are leading but the distance between the two sides is just one goal as of now.

69' Goal for Real Madrid!

Another one for Madrid and they have doubled their lead. Vinicius Jr took the penalty and he made sure to penalise Villarreal for the foul. Goalkeeper Arnau Tenas gets a hand on the shot from Vinicius Junior but that is not enough.

73' Goal for Villarreal!

Villarreal finally find a goal. Pape Gueye passes it to Georges Mikautadze on the edge of the box and he finds the bottom left corner with a great effort. They cut the deficit to one goal now.

81' Goal for Real Madrid

Kylian Mbappe strikes and it is 3-1 now in favour of Real Madrid who are running away with this match and three points.

That’s a wrap on this one. We’ll catch you in another live blog soon, until then, goodbye and take care.