Villarreal 0-1 Anderlecht: result and report
Europa Conference League · Thursday 16 March 2023
Result
Villarreal 0-1 Anderlecht
Europa Conference League · Thursday 16 March 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Villarreal · Anderlecht · Europa Conference League predictions
Villarreal 0-1 Anderlecht: match report
Villarreal were beaten by Anderlecht 0-1 in the Europa Conference League on Thursday 16 March 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Islam Slimani of Anderlecht in the 73rd minute.
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Anderlecht received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 12th on 20 points from 9 and Anderlecht 11th on 21 points from 13. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa Conference League season and is kept for reference.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Anderlecht in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Bart Verbruggen of Anderlecht (9.4), ahead of Dani Parejo (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 0 for Anderlecht.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read D-L-D-W-W and Anderlecht's D-W-L-W-D.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · A. Murillo
- 66'Yellow card · Y. Verschaeren
- 69'Yellow card · Yéremy Pino
- 70'Yellow card · Islam Slimani
- 73'Goal · Islam Slimani
- 78'Yellow card · Jorge Cuenca
- 82'Yellow card · Majeed Ashimeru
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Juan Foyth, Aïssa Mandi, Jorge Cuenca, Alberto Moreno, Ramón Terrats, Dani Parejo, Álex Baena, Samuel Chukwueze, Gerard Moreno, José Luis Morales
Anderlecht line-up (4-3-3)
Bart Verbruggen, Amir Murillo, Zeno Debast, Jan Vertonghen, Moussa Ndiaye, Yari Verschaeren, Amadou Diawara, Lior Refaelov, Anders Dreyer, Benito Raman, Francis Amuzu