Napoli 0-1 Villarreal: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 25 February 2016

Result

Napoli 0-1 Villarreal

Europa League · Thursday 25 February 2016, 20:05 UTC · half-time 1-0

Napoli · Villarreal · Europa League predictions

Napoli 0-1 Villarreal: match report

Napoli were beaten by Villarreal 0-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 25 February 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Marek Hamsik opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Napoli's goal came from Marek Hamsik (17'). Villarreal scored through Tomás Pina (59').

Discipline: Napoli received 3 yellow cards; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Napoli were 11th on 16 points from 7 and Villarreal 15th on 16 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marek Hamšík of Napoli (8.7), ahead of Nova Arianto (8.1).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Marek HamsikNapoli · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Marek HamsikNapoli
  • 25'Yellow card · Antonio RukavinaVillarreal
  • 33'Yellow card · David LópezNapoli
  • 36'Yellow card · BrunoVillarreal
  • 59'Goal · Tomás PinaVillarreal · 1-1
  • 83'Yellow card · JorginhoNapoli

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Ivan Strinić, Vlad Chiricheș, Raúl Albiol, Nova Arianto, Marek Hamšík, David López, Gonzalo Higuaín, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

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