Zenit 1-3 Villarreal: result and report

Zenit 1-3 Villarreal

Europa League · Thursday 7 March 2019, 17:55 UTC · half-time 1-1

Zenit · Villarreal · Europa League predictions

Zenit were beaten by Villarreal 1-3 in the Europa League on Thursday 7 March 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Vicente Iborra opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Zenit's goal came from Sardar Azmoun (35'). Villarreal scored through Vicente Iborra (33'), Gerard Moreno (64') and Manu Morlanes (71').

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

Going into the game Zenit were 13th on 20 points from 12 and Villarreal 27th on 14 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Zenit lined up in a 4-4-2 and Villarreal in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gerard Moreno of Villarreal (8.0), ahead of Pablo Fornals (7.8).

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

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