Villarreal 1-2 Ajax: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 20 January 2026

Result

Villarreal 1-2 Ajax

Champions League · Tuesday 20 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Villarreal 1-2 Ajax: match report

Villarreal lost to Ajax 1-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 20 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.

Tani Oluwaseyi opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Villarreal's goal came from Tani Oluwaseyi (49'). Ajax scored through Oscar Gloukh (61') and Oliver Edvardsen (89').

Discipline: Villarreal received 3 yellow cards; Ajax received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 76th on 1 point from 6 and Ajax 64th on 3 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Ajax in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Vitezslav Jaros of Ajax (7.8), ahead of Nicolas Pépé (7.7).

Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-L-L-L-D and Ajax's W-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Owen WijndalAjax
  • 49'Goal · Tani OluwaseyiVillarreal · 1-0
  • 60'Yellow card · Santiago MouriñoVillarreal
  • 61'Goal · Oscar GloukhAjax · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Thomas ParteyVillarreal
  • 80'Yellow card · Rafa MarínVillarreal
  • 88'Yellow cardAjax
  • 88'Yellow card · Aaron BouwmanAjax
  • 89'Goal · Oliver EdvardsenAjax · 1-2

Team news

Unavailable

  • Logan CostaVillarreal · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
  • Pau CabanesVillarreal · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
  • Juan FoythVillarreal · suspension (Red Card Suspension)

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Arnau Tenas, Santiago Mouriño, Rafa Marín, Renato Veiga, Sergi Cardona, Nicolas Pépé, Santi Comesaña, Thomas Partey, Alberto Moleiro, Ayoze Pérez, Tani Oluwaseyi

Ajax line-up (4-3-3)

Vitezslav Jaros, Anton Gaaei, Aaron Bouwman, Youri Baas, Owen Wijndal, Davy Klaassen, Youri Regeer, Jorthy Mokio, Oscar Gloukh, Kasper Dolberg, Mika Godts