Astana 2-3 Villarreal: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 23 November 2017

Result

Astana 2-3 Villarreal

Europa League · Thursday 23 November 2017, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Astana · Villarreal · Europa League predictions

Astana 2-3 Villarreal: match report

Astana lost to Villarreal 2-3 in the Europa League on Thursday 23 November 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Junior Kabananga opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Astana's goals came from Junior Kabananga (22') and P. Twumasi (88'). Villarreal scored through Dani Raba (39'), Cédric Bakambu (65') and Cédric Bakambu (83').

Discipline: Astana received 4 yellow cards; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Astana were 57th on 7 points from 4 and Villarreal 50th on 8 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Astana lined up in a 3-4-3 and Villarreal in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dani Raba of Villarreal (9.8), ahead of Cédric Bakambu (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Astana wins, 0 draws and 3 for Villarreal.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Junior KabanangaAstana · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · Dani RabaVillarreal · 1-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Dmitri ShomkoAstana
  • 63'Yellow card · Adrián MarínVillarreal
  • 65'Goal · Cédric BakambuVillarreal · 1-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Ivan MaevskiyAstana
  • 76'Yellow card · Nicola SansoneVillarreal
  • 83'Goal · Cédric BakambuVillarreal · 1-3
  • 88'Goal · P. TwumasiAstana · 2-3
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Srdjan GrahovacAstana
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Junior KabanangaAstana

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Astana 0, draws 0, Villarreal 3.

Team news

Astana line-up (3-4-3)

Nenad Erić, Evgeny Postnikov, Yurïý Logvïnenko, Marin Aničić, Igor Shitov, Ivan Mayeuski, Abzal Beysebekov, Dmitriy Shomko, Patrick Twumasi, Junior Kabananga, Serikzhan Muzhikov

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

Mariano Barbosa, Antonio Rukavina, Daniele Bonera, Víctor Ruiz, Adrián Marín, Dani Raba, Rodri, Manu Trigueros, Pablo Fornals, Carlos Bacca, Nicola Sansone