Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-0 Villarreal: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 28 January 2026

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-0 Villarreal

Champions League · Wednesday 28 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Villarreal · Champions League predictions

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-0 Villarreal: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen defeated Villarreal 3-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 28 January 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.

Malik Tillman opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Malik Tillman (12'), Malik Tillman (35') and Alejandro Grimaldo (57'). Villarreal did not score.

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received no yellow cards; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 29th on 9 points from 7 and Villarreal 76th on 1 point from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Malik Tillman of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8.8), ahead of Alejandro Grimaldo (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 1 draw and 3 for Villarreal.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Malik TillmanBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · Malik TillmanBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Pau NavarroVillarreal
  • 52'Yellow card · Rafa MarínVillarreal
  • 55'Yellow card · Nicolas PépéVillarreal
  • 57'Goal · Alejandro GrimaldoBayer 04 Leverkusen · 3-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, draws 1, Villarreal 3.

Team news

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (3-4-2-1)

Janis Blaswich, Jarell Quansah, Robert Andrich, Loïc Badé, Lucas Vázquez, Equi Fernández, Aleix García, Alejandro Grimaldo, Malik Tillman, Ibrahim Maza, Patrik Schick

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Arnau Tenas, Pau Navarro, Rafa Marín, Renato Veiga, Sergi Cardona, Tajon Buchanan, Santi Comesaña, Thomas Partey, Alassane Diatta, Tani Oluwaseyi, Nicolas Pépé