Villarreal 3-1 Olympique Marseille: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 14 March 2024

Result

Villarreal 3-1 Olympique Marseille

Europa League · Thursday 14 March 2024, 17:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Villarreal · Olympique Marseille · Europa League predictions

Villarreal 3-1 Olympique Marseille: match report

Villarreal defeated Olympique Marseille 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 14 March 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.

Étienne Capoue opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Villarreal's goals came from Étienne Capoue (32'), Alexander Sørloth (54') and Yerson Mosquera (85'). Olympique Marseille scored through Jonathan Clauss (90+4').

Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Olympique Marseille received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 16th on 13 points from 7 and Olympique Marseille 5th on 18 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Olympique Marseille in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Étienne Capoue of Villarreal (8.5), ahead of Álex Baena (8.1).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

18'Yellow card · Ismaïla SarrOlympique Marseille
19'Yellow card · MarcelinoVillarreal
19'Yellow card · Francis CoquelinVillarreal
32'Goal · Étienne CapoueVillarreal · 1-0
48'Yellow card · Azzedine OunahiOlympique Marseille
54'Goal · Alexander SørlothVillarreal · 2-0
69'Yellow card · Quentin MerlinOlympique Marseille
84'Yellow card · Geoffrey KondogbiaOlympique Marseille
85'Goal · Yerson MosqueraVillarreal · 3-0
90+2'Yellow card · Álex BaenaVillarreal
90+2'Yellow card · Yerson MosqueraVillarreal
90+3'Yellow card · Pau LópezOlympique Marseille
90+4'Goal · Jonathan ClaussOlympique Marseille · 3-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Villarreal 0, draws 0, Olympique Marseille 1.

Olympique Marseille 4-0 VillarrealEuropa League · 7 Mar 2024

Team news

Unavailable

Valentin RongierOlympique Marseille · injury (Broken Kneecap)
Yéremy PinoVillarreal · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
Alfonso PedrazaVillarreal · injury (Ankle Sprain)
Bilal NadirOlympique Marseille · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Juan FoythVillarreal · injury (Shoulder Injury)
Denis SuárezVillarreal · injury (Tendon Rupture)
Pape GueyeOlympique Marseille · suspension (No Eligibility)
Samuel GigotOlympique Marseille · injury (Shoulder Injury)

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Filip Jørgensen, Kiko Femenía, Eric Bailly, Aïssa Mandi, Jorge Cuenca, Étienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Francis Coquelin, Gerard Moreno, Alexander Sørloth, Gonçalo Guedes

Olympique Marseille line-up (3-5-2)

Pau López, Bamo Meïté, Chancel Mbemba, Leonardo Balerdi, Jonathan Clauss, Azzedine Ounahi, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Jordan Veretout, Quentin Merlin, Ismaïla Sarr, Iliman Ndiaye