Overview
- Serhou Guirassy scored just before the break and again in the 54th minute, with Karim Adeyemi adding a third and Daniel Svensson finishing the rout in stoppage time.
- The match pivoted on a VAR review that found Juan Foyth had handled on the goal line, earning the Villarreal captain a straight red card and gifting Dortmund the penalty for 2–0.
- Dortmund laboured through a listless first half but were clinical after the dismissal; Fabio Silva later struck the bar from the spot before Svensson made it 4–0 at 90+5.
- The win moves Dortmund to 10 points from five group matches and strengthens their prospects of direct qualification, while Villarreal remain winless and in deep trouble.
- The game was streamed exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in Germany with no free-to-air broadcast.