Europa Conference League: Get ready for the second leg of the Villarreal - Anderlecht clash

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 16.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica (23500 seats)

Get ready for the return leg of the Europa Conference League Round of 16 between Villarreal and Anderlecht. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Anderlecht, who are travelling more than 1600 kilometers to play this game.

It's no vacation for neither Villarreal nor Anderlecht as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Villarreal form and stats

The overall La Liga statistics at home this season for Villarreal are 7-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Europa Conference League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in this competition.

Villarreal haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 218 minutes ago. Morales scored that one.

Villarreal drew their last game, also a home match. Real Betis (after extra-time) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Midfield player Terrats got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Terrats served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 5 of 8 times and had 33 successful passes (of 38 total).

In the fixture before, 1-1 away to Anderlecht (after extra-time) (Europa Conference League).

Villarreal are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga match at Osasuna awaits in three days.

The Villarreal fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 12 matches. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Villarreal have conceded only 10 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Anderlecht form and stats

They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the play-offs, when Vitesse drew the shortest straw.

The visitors are W5-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses both home and away.

202 minutes! That's how long the Anderlecht goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Anderlecht had fun at their own home (Estadio de la Cerámica) last time out, beating Cercle Brugge (after extra-time) 2-0. Slimani (2) scored. The attacker Slimani got a match rating of 8.41 in that game. Slimani scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

One game before, 1-1 at home hosting Villarreal (after extra-time) in the Europa Conference League.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Anderlecht manager Riemer as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against OH Leuven.

Anderlecht are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 14 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Anderlecht have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Anderlecht - Villarreal 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

VillarrealG. Moreno Balaguero
G. Moreno Balaguero
6 goals
AnderlechtI. Slimani
I. Slimani
5 goals
VillarrealA. Rodríguez
A. Rodríguez
4 goals

Villarreal missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Villarreal Anderlecht
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   13 25
12 4   Won W   5 9
4 2   Drew D   5 10
9 4   Lost L   3 6
45 12   Scored S   14 34
35 13   Conceded C   10 28
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
76% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   54% 72%
56% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   23% 40%
32% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 32%
24% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
60% 60%   BTTS BTTS   38% 56%
20% 10%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 28%
20% 30%   Failed to Score F T   31% 24%
 
4.9 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 5.1
4 2.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 3.9
2 2.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
1 0   Red cards R C   1 4
 
13 14.3   Shots (avg) S (   12.2 13.4
5.2 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.8
33% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 28%
 
10.7 9.3   Shots against (avg) S A   12 11.3
4.1 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barcelona 25 21 2 2 47 8 12 10 2 0 25 1 13 11 0 2 22 7 39 65
2 Real Madrid 25 17 5 3 50 19 12 8 4 0 26 9 13 9 1 3 24 10 31 56
3 Atletico Madrid 25 14 6 5 39 19 12 6 3 3 22 11 13 8 3 2 17 8 20 48
4 Real Sociedad 25 13 6 6 33 24 12 5 4 3 13 12 13 8 2 3 20 12 9 45
5 Real Betis 25 12 6 7 33 26 12 6 3 3 18 12 13 6 3 4 15 14 7 42
6 Villarreal 25 11 5 9 29 24 12 7 2 3 17 10 13 4 3 6 12 14 5 38
7 Rayo Vallecano 25 9 8 8 29 28 12 5 4 3 16 12 13 4 4 5 13 16 1 35
8 Osasuna 25 9 7 9 22 24 12 6 1 5 12 11 13 3 6 4 10 13 -2 34
9 Athletic Club 25 9 6 10 33 27 13 6 2 5 18 11 12 3 4 5 15 16 6 33
10 Mallorca 25 9 5 11 22 26 13 6 3 4 13 10 12 3 2 7 9 16 -4 32
11 Celta de Vigo 25 8 7 10 29 34 13 5 4 4 19 14 12 3 3 6 10 20 -5 31
12 Girona 25 8 6 11 38 39 13 6 3 4 23 18 12 2 3 7 15 21 -1 30
13 Sevilla 25 7 7 11 29 40 13 5 3 5 16 16 12 2 4 6 13 24 -11 28
14 Real Valladolid 25 8 4 13 19 35 12 6 2 4 11 10 13 2 2 9 8 25 -16 28
15 Espanyol 25 6 9 10 31 39 12 3 4 5 16 20 13 3 5 5 15 19 -8 27
16 Cadiz 25 6 9 10 20 37 13 4 6 3 14 17 12 2 3 7 6 20 -17 27
17 Valencia 25 7 5 13 28 28 13 6 2 5 20 12 12 1 3 8 8 16 0 26
18 Getafe 25 6 8 11 25 34 13 4 4 5 14 16 12 2 4 6 11 18 -9 26
19 Almeria 25 7 4 14 29 44 13 7 1 5 20 17 12 0 3 9 9 27 -15 25
20 Elche 25 2 7 16 19 49 13 1 4 8 11 21 12 1 3 8 8 28 -30 13
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 29 21 4 4 68 29 15 12 1 2 37 12 14 9 3 2 31 17 39 67
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 29 19 5 5 59 35 14 10 2 2 27 13 15 9 3 3 32 22 24 62
3 Antwerp 29 18 6 5 53 24 14 11 2 1 33 9 15 7 4 4 20 15 29 60
4 Club Brugge 29 13 10 6 49 35 15 8 6 1 31 15 14 5 4 5 18 20 14 49
5 Gent 29 14 6 9 53 34 14 8 3 3 23 13 15 6 3 6 30 21 19 48
6 Westerlo 29 13 6 10 56 48 15 8 3 4 38 23 14 5 3 6 18 25 8 45
7 Standard Liege 29 13 6 10 46 38 14 8 2 4 27 14 15 5 4 6 19 24 8 45
8 Cercle Brugge 29 10 10 9 40 40 14 6 6 2 25 16 15 4 4 7 15 24 0 40
9 Anderlecht 29 11 6 12 42 38 15 6 3 6 25 20 14 5 3 6 17 18 4 39
10 OH Leuven 29 10 9 10 44 41 14 5 5 4 22 19 15 5 4 6 22 22 3 39
11 Sporting Charleroi 28 11 5 12 35 38 14 6 1 7 18 18 14 5 4 5 17 20 -3 38
12 Sint-Truiden 29 9 9 11 28 33 14 4 4 6 13 17 15 5 5 5 15 16 -5 36
13 Mechelen 28 9 6 13 38 51 15 7 5 3 28 23 13 2 1 10 10 28 -13 33
14 AS Eupen 29 7 6 16 39 59 15 4 4 7 21 27 14 3 2 9 18 32 -20 27
15 Kortrijk 29 7 6 16 34 54 14 3 4 7 13 25 15 4 2 9 21 29 -20 27
16 KV Oostende 29 6 6 17 33 61 14 5 1 8 16 24 15 1 5 9 17 37 -28 24
17 Zulte-Waregem 29 5 8 16 39 67 15 3 4 8 25 41 14 2 4 8 14 26 -28 23
18 RFC Seraing 29 5 4 20 25 56 15 1 3 11 7 23 14 4 1 9 18 33 -31 19

Villarreal:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 29 21 4 4 68 29 15 12 1 2 37 12 14 9 3 2 31 17 39 67
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 29 19 5 5 59 35 14 10 2 2 27 13 15 9 3 3 32 22 24 62
3 Antwerp 29 18 6 5 53 24 14 11 2 1 33 9 15 7 4 4 20 15 29 60
4 Club Brugge 29 13 10 6 49 35 15 8 6 1 31 15 14 5 4 5 18 20 14 49
5 Gent 29 14 6 9 53 34 14 8 3 3 23 13 15 6 3 6 30 21 19 48
6 Westerlo 29 13 6 10 56 48 15 8 3 4 38 23 14 5 3 6 18 25 8 45
7 Standard Liege 29 13 6 10 46 38 14 8 2 4 27 14 15 5 4 6 19 24 8 45
8 Cercle Brugge 29 10 10 9 40 40 14 6 6 2 25 16 15 4 4 7 15 24 0 40
9 Anderlecht 29 11 6 12 42 38 15 6 3 6 25 20 14 5 3 6 17 18 4 39
10 OH Leuven 29 10 9 10 44 41 14 5 5 4 22 19 15 5 4 6 22 22 3 39
11 Sporting Charleroi 28 11 5 12 35 38 14 6 1 7 18 18 14 5 4 5 17 20 -3 38
12 Sint-Truiden 29 9 9 11 28 33 14 4 4 6 13 17 15 5 5 5 15 16 -5 36
13 Mechelen 28 9 6 13 38 51 15 7 5 3 28 23 13 2 1 10 10 28 -13 33
14 AS Eupen 29 7 6 16 39 59 15 4 4 7 21 27 14 3 2 9 18 32 -20 27
15 Kortrijk 29 7 6 16 34 54 14 3 4 7 13 25 15 4 2 9 21 29 -20 27
16 KV Oostende 29 6 6 17 33 61 14 5 1 8 16 24 15 1 5 9 17 37 -28 24
17 Zulte-Waregem 29 5 8 16 39 67 15 3 4 8 25 41 14 2 4 8 14 26 -28 23
18 RFC Seraing 29 5 4 20 25 56 15 1 3 11 7 23 14 4 1 9 18 33 -31 19

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