Villarreal 1-0 Napoli: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 18 February 2016
Result
Villarreal 1-0 Napoli
Europa League · Thursday 18 February 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Villarreal 1-0 Napoli: match report
Villarreal defeated Napoli 1-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 18 February 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Denis Suárez of Villarreal in the 82nd minute.
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Napoli received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 25th on 13 points from 6 and Napoli 10th on 16 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Napoli in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mateo Musacchio of Villarreal (7.8), level with Denis Suárez (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 2 for Napoli.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Napoli's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · M. Valdifiori
- 67'Yellow card · José Callejón
- 82'Goal · Denis Suárez
- 83'Yellow card · Lorenzo Insigne
- 86'Yellow card · Mateo Musacchio
- 90+1'Yellow card · Roberto Soldado
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Alphonse Areola, Mario Gaspar, Mateo Musacchio, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Jonathan dos Santos, Manu Trigueros, Denis Suárez, Bruno, Roberto Soldado Rillo, Léo Baptistão
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Ivan Strinić, Vlad Chiricheș, Kalidou Koulibaly, Nova Arianto, Marek Hamšík, David López, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Manolo Gabbiadini