# Villarreal 1–2 Ajax · Ratings and player of the match · 2025-26 Champions League | Sir Balone > Ratings for every player in Villarreal v Ajax (1–2), League Stage 7, 2025-26 Champions League. Player of the match: Nicolas Pépé (52). URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/villarreal-ajax-2026-01-20/ Datos al: 2026-10-15 Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/). § Champions League · 2025-26 · League Stage 7 ## [Villarreal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/villarreal-3477/2025-26/) 1 – 2 [Ajax](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/ajax-629/2025-26/) - Oluwaseyi 49' - Gloukh 61' - Edvardsen 89' 20 January 2026 ### The match in data Ajax got the better of Villarreal, 2–1, on 20 January 2026, in the 2025-26 Champions League (League Stage 7). Ajax came from behind: they were trailing 1–0 at 49'. Player of the match: Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal), rated 52, thanks above all to 0.81 xG and 3 shots on target. Pépé produced 2.5 times as much as a forward typically does, at 2.1 times the cost. For Ajax, the highest-rated player was Youri Regeer, with 71. 52 Player of the match ### [Nicolas Pépé](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nicolas-pepe-96656/) Villarreal · 72' Produced **2.46×** and cost **2.12×** their position's average Added - 0.81 xG 3.7× - 3 shots on target 4.0× - 1 big chance created 4.0× Took away - 0.81 xG not converted 4.0× - 3 shots off target, worth 0.40 3.2× ### Match ratings Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match. **Villarreal** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Rafa Marín](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/rafa-marin-32819198/) | Defender | 90 | 64 | | [Alberto Moleiro](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/alberto-moleiro-37380649/) | Forward | 46 | 53 | | [Tani Oluwaseyi](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tani-oluwaseyi-37614807/) | Forward | 90 | 52 | | [Nicolas Pépé](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nicolas-pepe-96656/) ★ | Forward | 72 | 52 | | [Ayoze Pérez](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ayoze-perez-1396/) | Forward | 72 | 50 | | [Thomas Partey](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/thomas-partey-186370/) | Midfielder | 74 | 49 | | [Tajon Buchanan](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tajon-buchanan-31238822/) | Forward | 44 | 49 | | [Santiago Mouriño](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/santiago-mourino-37567261/) | Defender | 90 | 40 | | [Sergi Cardona](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/sergi-cardona-26328601/) | Defender | 90 | 40 | | [Santi Comesaña](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/santi-comesana-189585/) | Midfielder | 90 | 38 | | [Renato Veiga](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/renato-veiga-37593154/) | Defender | 90 | 37 | | [Arnau Tenas](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/arnau-tenas-7698421/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 36 | | [Georges Mikautadze](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/georges-mikautadze-13963088/) | Forward | 18 | no rating | | [Gerard Moreno](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/gerard-moreno-186552/) | Forward | 18 | no rating | | [Dani Parejo](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/dani-parejo-1988/) | Midfielder | 16 | no rating | **Ajax** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Youri Regeer](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/youri-regeer-37317326/) | Midfielder | 54 | 71 | | [Ko Itakura](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ko-itakura-310132/) | Defender | 36 | 53 | | [Vitezslav Jaros](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/vitezslav-jaros-9606060/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 50 | | [Davy Klaassen](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/davy-klaassen-24594/) | Midfielder | 90 | 48 | | [Mika Godts](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/mika-godts-37599085/) | Forward | 90 | 45 | | [Oscar Gloukh](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/oscar-gloukh-37583864/) | Midfielder | 84 | 44 | | [Aaron Bouwman](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/aaron-bouwman-37721206/) | Defender | 90 | 42 | | [Anton Gaaei](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/anton-gaaei-37569676/) | Defender | 90 | 41 | | [Kasper Dolberg](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/kasper-dolberg-26033/) | Forward | 71 | 40 | | [Jorthy Mokio](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jorthy-mokio-37722914/) | Midfielder | 71 | 38 | | [Youri Baas](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/youri-baas-37363315/) | Defender | 90 | 36 | | [Owen Wijndal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/owen-wijndal-26620/) | Defender | 84 | 26 | | [Rayane Bounida](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/rayane-bounida-37656475/) | Midfielder | 19 | no rating | | [Sean Steur](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/sean-steur-37722794/) | Midfielder | 19 | no rating | | [Kian Fitz-Jim](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/kian-fitz-jim-28931568/) | Midfielder | 6 | no rating | | [Oliver Edvardsen](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/oliver-edvardsen-15169845/) | Forward | 6 | no rating | ### Did you know? La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer. **Which Villarreal player recovered the most balls?** Nicolas Pépé, with 7 recoveries. Next: Rafa Marín 5, Santiago Mouriño 5. In the 1–2 home defeat to Ajax, Nicolas Pépé led Villarreal with 7 ball recoveries. Rafa Marín and Santiago Mouriño followed with 5 each. **Which Ajax player won the most duels?** Mika Godts, with 10 duels won. Next: Youri Regeer 8, Kasper Dolberg 3. Mika Godts dominated individual battles in Ajax's 1–2 win over Villarreal, winning 10 duels. Youri Regeer followed with 8, while Kasper Dolberg won 3. ### 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. ### Share this match [See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.](https://app.sirbalone.com/#partidos/19568600)