Villarreal 2-2 Rangers: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 20 September 2018

Result

Villarreal 2-2 Rangers

Europa League · Thursday 20 September 2018, 16:55 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Villarreal 2-2 Rangers: match report

Villarreal drew with Rangers 2-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 20 September 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Carlos Bacca opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Villarreal's goals came from Carlos Bacca (1') and Gerard Moreno (69'). Rangers scored through Scott Arfield (67') and Kyle Lafferty (76').

Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Rangers received 1 yellow card.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rangers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Santi Cazorla of Villarreal (8.1), ahead of Gerard Moreno (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 0 for Rangers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Carlos BaccaVillarreal · 1-0
  • 17'Yellow card · Connor GoldsonRangers
  • 67'Goal · Scott ArfieldRangers · 1-1
  • 69'Goal · Gerard MorenoVillarreal · 2-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Miguel LlambrichVillarreal
  • 76'Goal · Kyle LaffertyRangers · 2-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Villarreal 0, draws 2, Rangers 0.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Andrés Fernández, Miguel Llambrich, Daniele Bonera, Víctor Ruiz, Alfonso Pedraza, Santi Cazorla, Pablo Fornals, Ramiro Funes Mori, Nicola Sansone, Karl Toko Ekambi, Carlos Bacca

Rangers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Allan McGregor, James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, Joe Worrall, Giancarlo Riolfo, Lassana Coulibaly, Andy Halliday, Daniel Candeias, Scott Arfield, Ryan Kent, Kyle Lafferty