Sparta Praha 2-1 Villarreal: result and report

Sparta Praha 2-1 Villarreal

Europa League · Thursday 14 April 2016, 19:05 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Sparta Praha defeated Villarreal 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 14 April 2016. The half-time score was 0-3.

Cédric Bakambu opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Sparta Praha's goals came from Bořek Dočkal (65') and Ladislav Krejci (71'). Villarreal scored through Cédric Bakambu (5'), Samu Castillejo (43'), an own goal by David Lafata (45+1') and Cédric Bakambu (49').

Discipline: Sparta Praha received 6 yellow cards; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sparta Praha were 5th on 24 points from 13 and Villarreal 3rd on 26 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Sparta Praha lined up in a 3-3-1-3 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Bořek Dočkal of Sparta Praha (8.9), ahead of Cédric Bakambu (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sparta Praha wins, 0 draws and 1 for Villarreal.