Villarreal 0-2 Manchester United: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 23 November 2021

Result

Villarreal 0-2 Manchester United

Champions League · Tuesday 23 November 2021, 17:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Villarreal 0-2 Manchester United: match report

Villarreal lost to Manchester United 0-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 23 November 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 78th minute. Villarreal did not score. Manchester United scored through Cristiano Ronaldo (78') and Jadon Sancho (90').

Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Villarreal were 24th on 7 points from 4 and Manchester United 27th on 7 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to David de Gea of Manchester United (7.8), level with Victor Lindelöf (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Villarreal wins, 5 draws and 1 for Manchester United.

Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-W-L-D and Manchester United's D-W-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · Yéremy PinoVillarreal
  • 41'Yellow card · Donny van de BeekManchester United
  • 78'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 0-1
  • 90'Goal · Jadon SanchoManchester United · 0-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Villarreal 0, draws 5, Manchester United 1.

Team news

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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Gerónimo Rulli, Juan Foyth, Raúl Albiol, Pau Torres, Pervis Estupiñán, Yéremy Pino, Étienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Moi Gómez, Manu Trigueros, Arnaut Danjuma

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelöf, Harry Maguire, Alex Telles, Fred, Scott McTominay, Jadon Sancho, Donny van de Beek, Anthony Martial, Cristiano Ronaldo