Villarreal 2-1 Zenit: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 14 March 2019
Result
Villarreal 2-1 Zenit
Europa League · Thursday 14 March 2019, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 2-1 Zenit: match report
Villarreal defeated Zenit 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 14 March 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.
Gerard Moreno opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Gerard Moreno (29') and Carlos Bacca (47'). Zenit scored through Branislav Ivanović (90+1').
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Zenit received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 18th on 17 points from 9 and Zenit 14th on 20 points from 13. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Villarreal lined up in a 5-3-2 and Zenit in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Carlos Bacca of Villarreal (8.2), level with Gerard Moreno (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Villarreal wins, 0 draws and 1 for Zenit.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-D-W-W-D and Zenit's L-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Gerard Moreno
- 47'Goal · Carlos Bacca
- 52'Yellow card · Víctor Ruiz
- 56'Yellow card · Oleg Shatov
- 82'Yellow card · Jaume Costa
- 90+1'Goal · Branislav Ivanović
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (5-3-2)
Andrés Fernández, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Ramiro Funes Mori, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Santiago Cáseres, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Pablo Fornals, Carlos Bacca, Gerard Moreno
Zenit line-up (3-4-2-1)
Andrey Lunev, Emanuel Mammana, Branislav Ivanović, Yaroslav Rakitskyi, Igor Smolnikov, Wilmar Barrios, Magomed Ozdoev, Hernani, Oleg Shatov, Sebastián Driussi, Sardar Azmoun