Villarreal 1-0 Sparta Praha: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 7 April 2016
Result
Villarreal 1-0 Sparta Praha
Europa League · Thursday 7 April 2016, 19:05 UTC · half-time 1-1
Villarreal 1-0 Sparta Praha: match report
Villarreal beat Sparta Praha 1-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 7 April 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Cédric Bakambu opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Villarreal's goals came from Cédric Bakambu (3') and Cédric Bakambu (63'). Sparta Praha scored through Jakub Brabec (45+4').
Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Sparta Praha received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 5th on 23 points from 10 and Sparta Praha 4th on 24 points from 12. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sparta Praha in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Denis Suárez of Villarreal (8.5), level with Cédric Bakambu (8.5).
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read D-W-W-W-D and Sparta Praha's D-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Cédric Bakambu
- 31'Yellow card · Jakub Brabec
- 40'Yellow card · Jaume Costa
- 41'Yellow card · Marek Matejovsky
- 43'Yellow card · Costa Nhamoinesu
- 45+4'Goal · Jakub Brabec
- 63'Goal · Cédric Bakambu
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Eric Bailly, Manu Trigueros, Denis Suárez, Samu Castillejo, Bruno, Roberto Soldado Rillo, Cédric Bakambu
Sparta Praha line-up (3-1-4-2)
David Bicik, Jakub Brabec, Mario Holek, Costa Nhamoinesu, M. Matějovský, Bořek Dočkal, Lukas Marecek, Martin Frydek, Tiémoko Konaté, Ladislav Krejčí, Lukas Julis