UEFA Champions League UEFA Champions League
League Stage - 2• 13 Oct 2026

Villarreal 3–1 Napoli

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Match Recap

Villarreal needed a response after Amir Rrahmani put Napoli ahead inside eight minutes, and they found it fast. Georges Mikautadze leveled things in the 23rd minute, then Álvaro Mouriño put the hosts in front just three minutes later, completing a comeback that swung the Champions League tie in a flurry of first-half goals. Tani Oluwaseyi added a third in the 86th to put the result beyond doubt, sealing a 3-1 win that was Villarreal's first points of the European campaign while Napoli stayed empty-handed. Both sides arrived off a defeat in this competition, making the early setback feel heavier for Villarreal before their response flipped the script entirely. It's the kind of match that rewards patience: Napoli dominate the opening exchanges, then watch the game turn in the space of eighteen minutes. Catch Mikautadze's equalizer and Mouriño's go-ahead strike, back to back, in the video highlights below.

Match Statistics

Villarreal
VS
Napoli
52% Ball Possession 48%
1.42 Expected goals (xG) 1.94
16 Total Shots 9
4 Shots on target 2
7 Shots off target 6
5 Blocked Shots 1
8 Shots inside box 10
9 Shots outside box 1
4 Corner Kicks 4
3 Offsides 3
7 Fouls 14
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1 Goalkeeper Saves 1
450 Total passes 387
385 Accurate passes 324
10 Free Kicks 6

Lineups

Villarreal
Iñigo Pérez 4-4-2
VS
Napoli
M. Allegri 3-4-2-1

Substitutes — Villarreal

13Rubén Gómez 3A. Freeman 8J. Foyth 27N. El Jmili 5A. Diatta 2Logan Costa 23Sergi Cardona 11Ilias Akhomach 16C. Macia 21T. Oluwaseyi 22Ayoze Pérez 28Joselillo Gaitán

Substitutes — Napoli

37L. Spinazzola 20L. Lucca 1A. Meret 31S. Beukema 14N. Contini 7David Neres 70N. Lang 68S. Lobotka