Villarreal vs Ajax Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 20th January 2026
Villarreal have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly eight in their previous ten matches in this tournament. That is an average of 0.8 per game, in which they conceded 19 goals, or 1.9 per game. They fought their way to a clean sheet one times.
Ajax scored 11 goals, conceded 32 and managed a clean sheet zero times in their previous ten matches in this tournament.
Villarreal vs Ajax Prediction
Villarreal Form
Villarreal hope to get back to winning ways after first beating Elche by 1-3, before winning 3-1 against Deportivo Alaves. The streak ended in a recent 2-0 defeat against Real Betis. Villarreal just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Champions League matches at the Estadio de la Ceramica. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored eight and conceded 11 goals.
Ajax Form
In has been a bit of everything for Ajax in their previous three matches, as they first beat Telstar by 2-3. This was followed by a disappointing 6-0 defeat against AZ Alkmaar, before an encounter with Go Ahead Eagles produced a 2-2 draw. Ajax won twice, while also recording zero draws, and four defeats in their last six away matches in the Champions League. The scoreline from these matches says 18 goals conceded and 11 scored.
Villarreal recorded zero points following zero wins from their last zero games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored zero goals, but also conceded zero.
Bookmakers have Villarreal down as rather big favourites for the win, when Ajax arrive at Estadio de la Ceramica. While it might prove problematic, we still believe they will come through and deliver.
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Villarreal vs Ajax Stats
- In 10 of the last 12 Villarreal home matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Villarreal have won 5 of the last 7 home matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 7 of the last 9 Villarreal matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Villarreal home matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Villarreal home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 11 of the last 12 Ajax matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Ajax away matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 5 Ajax away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Ajax matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Ajax have lost 4 of the last 5 matches in the Champions League and the sum of goals was over 2.5
Villarreal vs Ajax Team News
Villarreal might be looking at five missing players for their upcoming assignment against Ajax. Alfonso Pedraza, Pape Gueye, Daniel Parejo, Georges Mikautadze and Pape Gueye can't be called up by the Villarreal-manager, with both serving a ban.
Villarreal vs Ajax H2H
Having never shared a season in the Champions League in recent history, this is the first time Villarreal comes up against Ajax in this context.
Villarreal vs Ajax Results
Villarreal vs Ajax Betting Tips
Having scored just once lately in the Champions League, Santi Comesana will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Ajax hope Oscar Gloukh can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Champions League goals in his last six Champions League games.
Villarreal claimed a win five times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in three of the games in this run. Ajax won five of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing three in this series of matches. Villarreal managed threewins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches at Estadio de la Ceramica.
Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Villarreal, who scored an average of 1.5 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for Ajax, who managed to hit the net 2.9 times on average in these games.