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- It's the Group Stage of the 2025-2026 UEFA Champions League as Villarreal and Ajax lock horns at Estadio de la Cerámica on 2026-01-20 at 20:00 GMT.
- With the data available to us, Marcelino and J. Heitinga have not met as managers before.
- Villarreal are 35th in the standings with 1 point, followed by Ajax in 34th on 3 points.
- Villarreal report 5 missing players: P. Cabanes (Knee Injury), L. Costa (Knee Injury), T. Fernandez (Knee Injury), P. Gueye (Yellow Cards), W. Kambwala (Hamstring Injury) but Ajax report 4 missing players: S. Berghuis (Groin Injury), T. Tomiyasu (Lacking Match Fitness), W. Weghorst (Ankle Injury), Y. Baas (Inactive).
- Our forecast has Villarreal in a 4-man backline (4-4-2), with Ajax set to counter in 4-3-3.
- The previous match saw P. Gueye lead Villarreal with a 8.5 TheyScored rating, and R. Bounida top-rating for Ajax at 7.
- Villarreal suffered a 0-2 defeat to Real Betis, while Ajax managed a 2-2 draw versus Go Ahead Eagles.
- Momentum favors Ajax (2-2-1) after Villarreal managed only 2-0-3 from 5 matches.
- With the data available to us, there is no record of a previous encounter between Villarreal and Ajax.
- Expect Ajax to edge a 1-2 win: their 1-0-2 record on the road and 0.00 goals per away match tip the balance.
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Match Info
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Events
| 12' | O. Wijndal | ||
HT 0 - 0 | |||
| 46' | |||
| 49' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 54' | |||
| 60' | S. Mourino | ||
| 61' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 71' | T. Partey | ||
| 71' | |||
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| 72' | |||
| 72' | |||
| 74' | |||
| 80' | R. Marin | ||
| 84' | |||
| 84' | |||
| 88' | A. Bouwman | ||
| 90' | 1 - 2 | ||
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Villarreal is going head to head with Ajax on 20/1/2026 20:00 GMT at Estadio de la Cerámica for the Eurocups UEFA Champions League. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Villarreal v Ajax H2H statistics!