Villarreal 2-1 Zürich: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 15 September 2016

Result

Villarreal 2-1 Zürich

Europa League · Thursday 15 September 2016, 19:05 UTC · half-time 2-1

Villarreal · Zürich · Europa League predictions

Villarreal 2-1 Zürich: match report

Villarreal won against Zürich 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 15 September 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.

Armando Sadiku opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Villarreal's goals came from Alexandre Pato (28') and Jonathan dos Santos (45+1'). Zürich scored through Armando Sadiku (2').

Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Zürich received 5 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Zürich in a 5-4-1.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Armando SadikuZürich · 0-1
  • 21'Yellow card · Jonathan dos SantosVillarreal
  • 22'Yellow card · Kay VoserZürich
  • 28'Goal · Alexandre PatoVillarreal · 1-1
  • 45+1'Goal · Jonathan dos SantosVillarreal · 2-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Adrian WinterZürich
  • 64'Yellow card · Burim KukeliZürich
  • 86'Yellow card · I. KecojevićZürich
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Alain NefZürich

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Villarreal 1, draws 1, Zürich 0.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Andrés Fernández, Cote, Víctor Ruiz, Álvaro González, Alfred N'Diaye, Jonathan dos Santos, Bruno, Denis Cheryshev, Alexandre Pato, Rafael Santos Borré, Antonio Rukavina

Zürich line-up (5-4-1)

Andris Vaņins, Alain Nef, Umaru Bangura, Ivan Kecojević, Cédric Brunner, Kay Voser, Adrian Winter, Burim Kukeli, Sangone Sarr, Armando Sadiku, Roberto Rodriguez