Villarreal 2-1 Salzburg: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 25 February 2021

Result

Villarreal 2-1 Salzburg

Europa League · Thursday 25 February 2021, 17:55 UTC · half-time 1-1

Villarreal · Salzburg · Europa League predictions

Villarreal 2-1 Salzburg: match report

Villarreal won against Salzburg 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 25 February 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Mergim Berisha opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Gerard Moreno (40') and Gerard Moreno (89', penalty). Salzburg scored through Mergim Berisha (17').

Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Salzburg received 5 yellow cards.

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

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Salzburg in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gerard Moreno of Villarreal (8.5), ahead of Étienne Capoue (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 1 for Salzburg.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Mergim BerishaSalzburg · 0-1
  • 20'Yellow card · Albert VallciSalzburg
  • 21'Yellow card · Jesse MarschSalzburg
  • 40'Goal · Gerard MorenoVillarreal · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Enock MwepuSalzburg
  • 55'Yellow card · P. DakaSalzburg
  • 69'Yellow card · Jaume CostaVillarreal
  • 80'Yellow card · Karim AdeyemiSalzburg
  • 89'Penalty goal · Gerard MorenoVillarreal · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Villarreal 2, draws 2, Salzburg 1.

Team news

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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Gerónimo Rulli, Jaume Costa, Raúl Albiol, Pau Torres, Pervis Estupiñán, Manu Trigueros, Étienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Alfonso Pedraza, Gerard Moreno, Paco Alcácer

Salzburg line-up (4-4-2)

C. Stanković, Rasmus Nissen Kristensen, André Ramalho, Albert Vallci, Andreas Ulmer, E. Mwepu, Antoine Bernede, Zlatko Junuzović, Brenden Aaronson, Patson Daka, Mergim Berisha