§ Champions League · 2025-26 · League Stage 8

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3–0 Villarreal

  • Tillman 12'
  • Tillman 35'
  • Grimaldo 57'

28 January 2026

The match in data

Bayer 04 Leverkusen beat Villarreal 3–0 on 28 January 2026, in the 2025-26 Champions League (League Stage 8).

Player of the match: Jarell Quansah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), rated 75, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 83 passes. Quansah produced 1.3 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.

It was also their best match of the season.

For Villarreal, the highest-rated player was Alassane Diatta, with 74.

Malik Tillman scored twice.

75
Player of the match

Jarell Quansah

Bayer 04 Leverkusen · 90'

Produced 1.29× and cost 0.27× their position's average

Added
  • 12 final-third passes 2.1×
  • 83 passes 1.8×
  • 3 recoveries 0.8×
Took away
  • 7 misplaced passes 1.0×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
PlayerPositionMinRating
Exequiel Palacios Midfielder 20 88
Jarell Quansah ★ Defender 90 75
Aleix García Midfielder 70 68
Robert Andrich Midfielder 90 65
Ezequiel Fernández Midfielder 90 57
Loïc Badé Defender 90 52
Malik Tillman Midfielder 90 51
Ibrahim Maza Midfielder 70 49
Patrik Schick Forward 62 49
Ernest Poku Forward 20 47
Alejandro Grimaldo Defender 89 45
Lucas Vázquez Defender 62 35
Arthur Defender 28 28
Christian Kofane Forward 28 24
Janis Blaswich Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Edmond Tapsoba Defender 1 no rating
Villarreal
PlayerPositionMinRating
Alassane Diatta Midfielder 65 74
Dani Parejo Midfielder 25 73
Hugo Lopez Forward 45 68
Tani Oluwaseyi Forward 90 60
Rafa Marín Defender 90 58
Santi Comesaña Midfielder 83 45
Nicolas Pépé Forward 69 45
Renato Veiga Defender 90 44
Daniel Budesca Defender 21 35
Thomas Partey Midfielder 46 34
Pau Navarro Defender 90 33
Georges Mikautadze Forward 44 33
Tajon Buchanan Forward 46 31
Sergi Cardona Defender 90 30
Arnau Tenas Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Pape Gueye Midfielder 7 no rating

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.