Villarreal vs Paris Saint Germain UEFA Champions League prediction & result
Final score: Villarreal 0-6 Paris Saint Germain.
Before kick-off the model made it 22% Villarreal, 21% draw, 57% Paris Saint Germain — fair odds of 4.55, 4.76 and 1.75.
Most likely scoreline: 1-2.
The model called the result correctly.
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Has the model earned this number?
Paris Saint Germain at 57%: of 1,648 settled 50–65% forecasts, 58.6% came in (average 55.4%). It can be read literally. The full record.
How the model saw it, minute by minute
Rebuilt after the match from the model's pre-match expected goals, frozen in the log before kick-off, plus the score and cards as they stood at each minute — never anything later. A ball marks each of the 6 goals. The same replay scores the in-play model on the track record.
Match analysis
Match timeline
Match stats — Villarreal vs Paris Saint Germain
Goals against chances
Expected goals totals what the openings were worth, so the gap between it and the score is the finishing — and the luck. Under half a goal either way is called level: xG is an estimate and a smaller gap than that is inside its own error.
Line-ups
- 25P. GulácsiG
- 3A. FreemanD
- 15S. MouriñoD
- 12Renato VeigaD
- 20Carlos RomeroD
- 14Santi ComesañaM
- 16C. MaciaM
- 18P. GueyeM
- 17T. BuchananM
- 19N. PépéF
- 22Ayoze PérezF
- 28Joselillo GaitánF
- 27N. El JmiliF
- 2Logan CostaD
- 23Sergi CardonaD
- 13Rubén GómezG
- 9G. MikautadzeF
- 10Alberto MoleiroM
- 6Pau NavarroD
- 21T. OluwaseyiF
- 39M. SafonovG
- 2A. HakimiD
- 6I. ZabarnyiD
- 51W. PachoD
- 21L. HernándezD
- 87João NevesM
- 17VitinhaM
- 8Fabián RuizM
- 11M. AklioucheF
- 24Senny MayuluF
- 14D. DouéF
- 42D. BolyD
- 30L. ChevalierG
- 12L. DigneD
- 27Pedro FernándezM
- 22M. GodtsF
- 47Quentin Ndjantou MbitchaF
- 9Ferran TorresF
- 33W. Zaïre-EmeryM
- 4BeraldoD
Form going into Villarreal vs Paris Saint Germain
Villarreal
UEFA Champions League
- L3-4away to Liverpool20 October 2026
- W3-1Napoli13 October 2026
- L2-3away to Borussia Dortmund8 September 2026
Paris Saint Germain
UEFA Champions League
- W4-2Barcelona20 October 2026
- W4-2away to Manchester City14 October 2026
- W6-1Slovan Bratislava9 September 2026
Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first; context, not the model's input. How to read this.
UEFA Champions League table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Villarreal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 3 |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 12 |
Where the two sides stand today, not on the day of this match. Full table
Leading scorers: Villarreal and Paris Saint Germain
Villarreal
No player in UEFA Champions League's leading scorers — 8 league goals as a side.
Paris Saint Germain
GoalsAssists
- Fabián Ruiz41
- O. Dembélé33
- D. Doué32
Top 3 by league goals this season; player availability is not in the model. How to read this.
The result against the call
Paris Saint Germain won 6–0 at Villarreal. The model had made a win for Paris Saint Germain its most likely outcome, at 57%, so the call held; the score it named was 2–1. The goals: João Neves 9' for Paris Saint Germain, Désiré Doue 12' for Paris Saint Germain, Senny Mayulu 13' for Paris Saint Germain, Fabián Ruiz 17' for Paris Saint Germain, Fabián Ruiz 50' for Paris Saint Germain, David Boly 78' for Paris Saint Germain. On expected goals it finished 0.74–2.75.
How the call on Villarreal v Paris Saint Germain has moved
First published on 20 Oct at 36% / 25% / 39% (home / draw / away). By kick-off, after 6 updates, it read 22% / 21% / 57%: the biggest move is Paris Saint Germain's chance of winning, up 18 points.
- Villarreal win22%▼ −14
- Draw21%▼ −4
- Paris Saint Germain win57%▲ +18
Each update is a full rebuild of both sides' ratings from the latest results, and now and then a change to the model itself. The thin mark is the first published figure.
Goal trends
Over 1.5 goals
Over 2.5 goals
Over 3.5 goals
Both teams score
Outer rings: how often each side's most recent matches in our records (any competition, kept since July 2026) before kick-off (up to 10 games; the count is under each ring) went over the line; middle ring: the model's probability for this match. Not betting advice. How to read this.