O. Edvardsen’s 90' winner gives Ajax 2-1 victory over Villarreal

Match report

Villarreal were beaten 2-1 by Ajax at Estadio de la Ceramica on Tuesday, 20 January 2026 in UEFA Champions League, League Stage - 7. T. Oluwaseyi (49') scored for Villarreal, while O. Gloukh (61') and O. Edvardsen (90') found the net for Ajax. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Villarreal had 38% of the ball and 19 shots (8 on target) against Ajax’s 15 (5 on target). Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) was the top-rated player with 7.7.

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Form, table and head-to-head

Villarreal

21st · 0 points · P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1

Form

Ajax

Not in a league table we track.

UEFA Champions League table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
20	Fenerbahçe	1	0	1
21	Villarreal	1	-1	0
22	Lille	1	-1	0

Full UEFA Champions League table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Full Villarreal vs Ajax head-to-head

Match events

12'yellow cardOwen WijndalYellow Card
46'substitutionA. MoleiroOff: T. Buchanan
49'goalT. OluwaseyiAssist: R. Marin
54'substitutionY. RegeerOff: K. Itakura
60'yellow cardSantiago MouriñoYellow Card
61'goalO. GloukhNormal Goal
71'yellow cardThomas ParteyYellow Card
71'substitutionK. DolbergOff: R. Bounida
71'substitutionJ. MokioOff: S. Steur
72'substitutionA. PerezOff: G. Moreno
72'substitutionN. PepeOff: G. Mikautadze
74'substitutionT. ParteyOff: D. Parejo
80'yellow cardRafa MarínYellow Card
84'substitutionO. GloukhOff: O. Edvardsen
84'substitutionO. WijndalOff: K. Fitz-Jim
88'yellow cardAaron BouwmanYellow Card
90'goalO. EdvardsenAssist: A. Gaaei

Lineups

Villarreal

Formation 4-4-2 · Coach Marcelino

Starting XI

Substitutes

Ajax

Formation 4-3-3 · Coach Oscar Garcia Junyent

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

38%Possession62%
1.36Expected goals (xG)0.91
19Total shots15
8Shots on target5
8Shots off target5
3Blocked shots5
14Shots inside the box5
5Shots outside the box10
7Corners5
2Offsides0
11Fouls10
3Yellow cards2
–Red cards–
3Goalkeeper saves6
395Passes638
340Accurate passes590
86%Pass accuracy92%
0.67Goals prevented0.67

Player statistics

Villarreal

Villarreal player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
25Arnau TenasG	90	6.9				36 · 83%
4Rafa MarínD	90	6.6		1		52 · 92%	1	1	3/5
12Renato VeigaD	90	6.2			3 (1)	53 · 92%		1	3/7
15Santiago MouriñoD	90	6.5				41 · 76%	1	7	9/16
23Sergi CardonaD	90	6.5			2 (2)	37 · 95%		1	3/5
14Santi ComesañaM	90	6.7				44 · 84%	1	2	4/8
16Thomas ParteyM	74	6.3			1 (1)	29 · 86%		1	1/2
19Nicolas PépéM	72	7.5			4 (3)	19 · 68%	3	2	7/10
20Alberto MoleiroM	45	6.9			1 (0)	18 · 94%	2		2/4
21Tani OluwaseyiF	90	7.5	1		2 (1)	9 · 56%			1/7
22Ayoze PérezF	72	6.9			1 (0)	15 · 73%	4		3/7
1Luiz JúniorG	–	–
13Diego CondeG	–	–
24Alfonso PedrazaD	–	–
26Pau NavarroD	–	–
10Dani ParejoM	16	6.9				13 · 100%	2	2	2/2
7Gerard MorenoF	18	6.3			1 (0)	6 · 100%	1
9Georges MikautadzeF	18	6.6				7 · 71%			1/2
17Tajon BuchananF	45	7.0			1 (0)	16 · 94%	1	1	4/6
32Hugo LopezF	–	–

Ajax

Ajax player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Vítězslav JarošG	90	7.5				41 · 83%
3Anton GaaeiD	90	6.6		1		55 · 91%	2		1/6
5Owen WijndalD	84	6.2			1 (1)	54 · 94%	3		1/7
15Youri BaasD	90	7.2				85 · 94%		2	3/6
30Aaron BouwmanD	90	6.3				89 · 96%	1	1	2/4
6Youri RegeerM	54	7.3				66 · 95%		4	8/11
18Davy KlaassenM	90	6.2			2 (1)	37 · 95%	2		1/4
24Jorthy MokioM	71	6.2			1 (1)	58 · 86%		1	1/5
9Kasper DolbergF	71	6.7			2 (0)	11 · 100%			3/6
10Oscar GloukhFTop rated	84	7.7	1		1 (1)	28 · 86%	1		2/5
11Mika GodtsF	90	7.5			1 (0)	58 · 91%	1	1	10/17
12Joeri HeerkensG	–	–
22Remko PasveerG	–	–
2Lucas RosaD	–	–
4Ko ItakuraD	36	6.9				22 · 95%	1		1/2
37Josip ŠutaloD	–	–
41Gerald AldersD	–	–
28Kian Fitz-JimM	14	6.9				7 · 100%			2/2
48Sean SteurM	19	6.9				8 · 100%
68Abdellah OuazaneM	–	–
7Raúl MoroF	–	–
17Oliver EdvardsenF	14	7.6	1		1 (1)	4 · 75%		1	3/4
43Rayane BounidaF	19	6.6			1 (0)	15 · 100%	1		0/2