Villarreal 1:2 Ajax: UEFA Champions League Match Result

UEFA Champions League

Villarreal WWLWDL

1:2

Finished

Kick-off was 20 Jan, 20:00 UTC

Ajax WWLWWD

Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica City: Villarreal

In the UEFA Champions League game on 20 January 2026, Ajax beat Villarreal 1:2. Match numbers: shots on target 8:5, corners 7:5.

Key numbers

Possession, % 38 – 62

Shots on target 8 – 5

Shots off target 8 – 5

Expected goals 1.36 – 0.91

🟨 12' O. Wijndal — Yellow card ⇄ 46' A. Moleiro — Substitution ⚽ 49' T. Oluwaseyi — Goal ⇄ 54' Y. Regeer — Substitution 🟨 60' S. Mourino — Yellow card ⚽ 61' O. Gloukh — Goal 🟨 71' T. Partey — Yellow card ⇄ 71' K. Dolberg — Substitution ⇄ 71' J. Mokio — Substitution ⇄ 72' N. Pepe — Substitution ⇄ 72' A. Perez — Substitution ⇄ 74' T. Partey — Substitution 🟨 80' R. Marin — Yellow card ⇄ 84' O. Gloukh — Substitution ⇄ 84' O. Wijndal — Substitution 🟨 88' A. Bouwman — Yellow card ⚽ 90' O. Edvardsen — Goal

Match events

12' 0:0 Ajax Yellow card O. Wijndal
46' 0:0 Villarreal Substitution A. Moleiro off: T. Buchanan
49' 1:0 Villarreal Goal T. Oluwaseyi assist: R. Marin
54' 1:0 Ajax Substitution Y. Regeer off: K. Itakura
60' 1:0 Villarreal Yellow card S. Mourino
61' 1:1 Ajax Goal O. Gloukh
71' 1:1 Villarreal Yellow card T. Partey
71' 1:1 Ajax Substitution K. Dolberg off: R. Bounida
71' 1:1 Ajax Substitution J. Mokio off: S. Steur
72' 1:1 Villarreal Substitution N. Pepe off: G. Mikautadze
72' 1:1 Villarreal Substitution A. Perez off: G. Moreno
74' 1:1 Villarreal Substitution T. Partey off: D. Parejo
80' 1:1 Villarreal Yellow card R. Marin
84' 1:1 Ajax Substitution O. Gloukh off: O. Edvardsen
84' 1:1 Ajax Substitution O. Wijndal off: K. Fitz-Jim
88' 1:1 Ajax Yellow card A. Bouwman
90' 1:2 Ajax Goal O. Edvardsen assist: A. Gaaei

Statistics

38 Possession, % 62

8 Shots on target 5

8 Shots off target 5

1.36 Expected goals 0.91

2 Big chances 2

7 Corners 5

11 Fouls 10

10 Free kicks 11

2 Offsides 0

3 Yellow cards 2

9 Goal kicks 11

12 Throw-ins 6

All statistics

6/1155% Aerial duels 5/1145%

65 Backward passes 107

3 Blocked shots 5

22 Clearances 19

5/1436% Crosses 2/1414%

9/1464% Dribbles 12/2450%

0.67 Expected assists 0.86

55 Failed passes 48

3 Goalkeeper saves 6

6 Interceptions 5

16 Key passes 12

26/4459% Long passes 35/5761%

59 Passes into the final third 91

181 Passes in the opposition half 282

228 Passes in own half 370

0.42 Shot accuracy 0.33

5 Shots from outside the box 10

14 Shots inside the box 5

12/1867% Tackles 7/1070%

395 Total passes 638

Line-ups

Villarreal

Starting XI
#	Player	number
25	Arnau Tenas Ureña	25
4	Rafael Marín Zamora	4
12	Renato da Palma Veiga	12
15	Álvaro Santiago Mouriño González	15
23	Sergi Cardona Bermúdez	23
14	Santiago Comesaña Veiga	14
16	Thomas Partey	16
19	Nicolas Pépé	19
20	Alberto Moleiro González	20
21	Tanitoluwa Oluwatimikhin Oluwaseyi	21
22	Ayoze Pérez Gutiérrez	22

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Luíz Lúcio Reis Júnior	1
13	Diego Conde	13
24	Alfonso Pedraza	24
26	P. Navarro	26
10	Dani Parejo	10
7	Gerard Moreno Balagueró	7
9	Georges Mikautadze	9
17	Tajon Trevor Buchanan	17
32	H. Lopez	32

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Ajax

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Vítězslav Jaroš	1
3	Anton Gaaei	3
5	Owen Wijndal	5
15	Youri Baas	15
30	Aaron Bauman	30
6	Youri Pieter Regeer	6
18	Davy Klaassen	18
24	J. Mokio	24
9	Kasper Dolberg Rasmussen	9
10	Oscar Gloukh	10
11	Mika Marcel Godts	11

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Joeri Herckens	12
22	Remko Pasveer	22
2	Lucas Oliveira Rosa	2
4	Ko Itakura	4
37	Josip Šutalo	37
41	G. Alders	41
28	Kian Fitz-Jim	28
48	Sean Steur	48
68	A. Ouazane	68
7	Raúl Moro	7
17	Oliver Valaker Edvardsen	17
43	Ryan Bunniida	43