Liverpool 2-0 Villarreal: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 5 May 2016

Result

Liverpool 2-0 Villarreal

Europa League · Thursday 5 May 2016, 19:05 UTC · half-time 1-0

Liverpool · Villarreal · Europa League predictions

Liverpool 2-0 Villarreal: match report

Liverpool beat Villarreal 2-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 5 May 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Liverpool's goals came from an own goal by Bruno (7'), Daniel Sturridge (63') and Adam Lallana (81'). Villarreal did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 16th on 17 points from 13 and Villarreal 3rd on 29 points from 13. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alphonse Areola of Villarreal (8.4), ahead of Daniel Sturridge (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Liverpool wins, 0 draws and 1 for Villarreal.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Own goal · BrunoLiverpool · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Víctor RuizVillarreal
  • 35'Yellow card · N. ClyneLiverpool
  • 40'Yellow card · Roberto SoldadoVillarreal
  • 63'Goal · Daniel SturridgeLiverpool · 2-0
  • 71'Second yellow · Víctor RuizVillarreal
  • 81'Goal · Adam LallanaLiverpool · 3-0
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Denis SuárezVillarreal

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Liverpool 0, draws 0, Villarreal 1.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-4-1-1)

Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Kolo Touré, Dejan Lovren, Alberto Moreno, James Milner, Philippe Coutinho, Adam Lallana, Emre Can, Roberto Firmino, Daniel Sturridge

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Alphonse Areola, Mario Gaspar, Mateo Musacchio, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Tomás Pina, Jonathan dos Santos, Denis Suárez, Bruno, Roberto Soldado Rillo, Cédric Bakambu