Villarreal 2-1 FCSB: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 8 December 2016

Result

Villarreal 2-1 FCSB

Europa League · Thursday 8 December 2016, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Villarreal · FCSB · Europa League predictions

Villarreal 2-1 FCSB: match report

Villarreal defeated FCSB 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 8 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Nicola Sansone opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Nicola Sansone (15') and Manu Trigueros (88'). FCSB scored through Vlad Achim (55').

Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; FCSB received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Villarreal were 70th on 6 points from 5 and FCSB 74th on 6 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and FCSB in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 2 draws and 0 for FCSB.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Nicola SansoneVillarreal · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Gabriel EnacheFCSB
  • 26'Yellow card · Cédric BakambuVillarreal
  • 32'Yellow card · Gabriel TamaşFCSB
  • 55'Goal · Vlad AchimFCSB · 1-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Bojan GolubovićFCSB
  • 68'Yellow card · Jonathan dos SantosVillarreal
  • 79'Second yellow · Gabriel TamaşFCSB
  • 88'Goal · Manu TriguerosVillarreal · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Vlad AchimFCSB

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Villarreal 1, draws 2, FCSB 0.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Mateo Musacchio, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Jonathan dos Santos, Manu Trigueros, Roberto Soriano, Bruno, Cédric Bakambu, Nicola Sansone

FCSB line-up (4-4-2)

Florin Niță, Gabriel Tamaş, Alin Toșca, Marko Momcilovic, Gabriel Enache, Mihai Pintilii, Wilfried Moke, Alexandru Bourceanu, Fernando Boldrin, William Amorim, Adrian Dumitru Popa