Spartak Moskva 3-3 Villarreal: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 4 October 2018

Result

Spartak Moskva 3-3 Villarreal

Europa League · Thursday 4 October 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Spartak Moskva 3-3 Villarreal: match report

Spartak Moskva drew with Villarreal 3-3 in the Europa League on Thursday 4 October 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Karl Toko Ekambi opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Spartak Moskva's goals came from Zé Luís (34', penalty), Zé Luís (82') and L. Melgarejo (85'). Villarreal scored through Karl Toko Ekambi (13'), Pablo Fornals (49') and Santi Cazorla (90+6', penalty).

Discipline: Spartak Moskva received 3 yellow cards; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Spartak Moskva lined up in a 4-3-3 and Villarreal in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to José Luís Mendes Andrade of Spartak Moskva (8.7), ahead of Ramiro Funes Mori (8.4).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Karl Toko EkambiVillarreal · 0-1
  • 34'Penalty goal · Zé LuísSpartak Moskva · 1-1
  • 49'Goal · Pablo FornalsVillarreal · 1-2
  • 51'Yellow card · Nicola SansoneVillarreal
  • 81'Yellow card · Georgiy DzhikiyaSpartak Moskva
  • 81'Yellow card · Gerard MorenoVillarreal
  • 82'Goal · Zé LuísSpartak Moskva · 2-2
  • 83'Yellow card · FernandoSpartak Moskva
  • 85'Goal · L. MelgarejoSpartak Moskva · 3-2
  • 86'Yellow card · Nikolay RasskazovSpartak Moskva
  • 90+6'Penalty goal · Santi CazorlaVillarreal · 3-3

Team news

Spartak Moskva line-up (4-3-3)

Aleksandr Maksimenko, Nikolay Rasskazov, Salvatore Bocchetti, Georgiy Dzhikiya, Dmitry Kombarov, Mikhail Ignatov, Fernando, Roman Zobnin, Aleksandr Lomovitskiy, José Luís Mendes Andrade, Lorenzo Melgarejo

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

Andrés Fernández, Mario Gaspar, Daniele Bonera, Víctor Ruiz, Alfonso Pedraza, Samuel Chukwueze, Manu Trigueros, Ramiro Funes Mori, Nicola Sansone, Pablo Fornals, Karl Toko Ekambi