Villarreal 1-1 Manchester United: result and report

Europa League · Wednesday 26 May 2021

Result

Villarreal 1-1 Manchester United

Europa League · Wednesday 26 May 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Villarreal · Manchester United · Europa League predictions

Villarreal 1-1 Manchester United: match report

Villarreal drew with Manchester United 1-1 in the Europa League on Wednesday 26 May 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Gerard Moreno opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Villarreal's goal came from Gerard Moreno (29'). Manchester United scored through Edinson Cavani (55').

Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 1st on 35 points from 13 and Manchester United 14th on 17 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Scott McTominay of Manchester United (8.4), ahead of Luke Shaw (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Villarreal wins, 4 draws and 0 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Gerard MorenoVillarreal · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Étienne CapoueVillarreal
  • 55'Goal · Edinson CavaniManchester United · 1-1
  • 82'Yellow card · E. BaillyManchester United
  • 84'Yellow card · Juan FoythVillarreal
  • 113'Yellow card · Edinson CavaniManchester United

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Villarreal 0, draws 4, Manchester United 0.

Team news

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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Gerónimo Rulli, Juan Foyth, Raúl Albiol, Pau Torres, Alfonso Pedraza, Yéremy Pino, Étienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Manu Trigueros, Gerard Moreno, Carlos Bacca

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Eric Bailly, Victor Lindelöf, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay, Paul Pogba, Mason Greenwood, Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford, Edinson Cavani