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.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Malik Tillman
- 35'Goal · Malik Tillman
- 45'Yellow card · Pau Navarro
- 52'Yellow card · Rafa Marín
- 55'Yellow card · Nicolas Pépé
- 57'Goal · Alejandro Grimaldo
Head-to-head
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