Match Centre: Villarreal vs Ajax
Player of the match Vitezslav Jaros 7.8
GolVolt rating 9.8GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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1:0 → 1:2
Ajax came from behind to win.
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89'
The winner came late: Oliver Edvardsen (Ajax).
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Winner at 89′, plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Winner at 89′, comeback from 0:1.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 9.7 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Edvardsen scored the winner, keeper Jaros: 6 saves.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 7.9 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% A clash of big clubs. Stakes: 8.5 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances. Quality of play: 8.3 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 9.8more watchable than 98% of Champions League matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
3 goals6 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 12' Owen Wijndalyellow card
- Half-time · 0:0
- 46' SubstitutionBuchanan for Moleiro
- 49' Goal: Tani Oluwaseyiassist: Marín1:0
- 54' SubstitutionItakura for Regeer
- 60' Santiago Mouriñoyellow card
- 61' Goal: Oscar GloukhAjax1:1
- 71' 2 substitutionsBounida for DolbergSteur for Mokio
- 71' Thomas Parteyyellow card
- 72' 2 substitutionsMikautadze for PépéMoreno for Pérez
- 74' SubstitutionParejo for Partey
- 80' Rafa Marínyellow card
- 84' 2 substitutionsEdvardsen for GloukhFitz-Jim for Wijndal
- 88' Ajaxyellow card
- 88' Aaron Bouwmanyellow card
- 89' Goal: Oliver Edvardsenassist: Gaaei1:2
- Full-time · 1:2
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Villarreal
Ajax
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Villarreal
- 1 Luiz Júnior GK —
- 13 Diego Conde GK —
- 24 Alfonso Pedraza DEF —
- 26 Pau Navarro DEF —
- 10 Dani Parejo MID on
- 7 Gerard Moreno ATT on
- 9 Georges Mikautadze ATT on
- 17 Tajon Buchanan ATT on
- 32 Hugo Lopez ATT —
Ajax
- 12 Joeri Heerkens GK —
- 22 Remko Pasveer GK —
- 2 Lucas Rosa DEF —
- 4 Ko Itakura DEF on
- 37 Josip Sutalo DEF —
- 41 Gerald Alders DEF —
- 28 Kian Fitz-Jim MID on
- 48 Sean Steur MID on
- 68 Abdellah Ouazane MID —
- 7 Raúl Moro ATT —
- 17 Oliver Edvardsen ATT on
- 43 Rayane Bounida ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Ajax Vitezslav Jaros
- 2. place · Villarreal Nicolas Pépé
- 3. place · Ajax Mika Godts
Villarreal
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