Villarreal 2-1 Zenit: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 21 February 2008

Result

Villarreal 2-1 Zenit

Europa League · Thursday 21 February 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Villarreal · Zenit · Europa League predictions

Villarreal 2-1 Zenit: match report

Villarreal defeated Zenit 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 21 February 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Pavel Pogrebnyak opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Guillermo Franco Farquarson (75') and Jon Dahl Tomasson (90'). Zenit scored through Pavel Pogrebnyak (30').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Villarreal were 11th on 16 points from 7 and Zenit 8th on 18 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Pavel PogrebnyakZenit · 0-1
  • 75'Goal · Guillermo Franco FarquarsonVillarreal · 1-1
  • 90'Goal · Jon Dahl TomassonVillarreal · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Villarreal 0, draws 0, Zenit 1.

Team news

Villarreal expected line-up (4-4-2)

Diego López, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Ángel López, Javi Venta, Robert Pirès, Santi Cazorla, Bruno, Giuseppe Rossi