Villarreal 2-1 Zenit: result and report

Villarreal 2-1 Zenit

Europa League · Thursday 14 March 2019, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Villarreal defeated Zenit 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 14 March 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.

Gerard Moreno opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Gerard Moreno (29') and Carlos Bacca (47'). Zenit scored through Branislav Ivanović (90+1').

Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Zenit received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Villarreal were 18th on 17 points from 9 and Zenit 14th on 20 points from 13. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Villarreal lined up in a 5-3-2 and Zenit in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Carlos Bacca of Villarreal (8.2), level with Gerard Moreno (8.2).

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

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