The magic of the cup as Manchester United greet Villarreal visitors in Champions League tie

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 29.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (75635 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Manchester United at Old Trafford when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Villarreal with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Villarreal have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Manchester United form and stats

Last season, United's Champions League journey ended in the group stage.

Manchester United must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Premier League games here at Old Trafford.

The United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Aston Villa here at Old Trafford in a Premier League match. The penalty miss from Bruno Fernandes in the defeat against Aston Villa was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen. Midfielder Bruno Fernandes was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.15 (out of ten) in that game. Fernandes hit ten key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Ahead of that match, Manchester United lost 0-1 at home to West Ham United.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Everton are coming to town in three days.

United are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (9 goals in 3 games). On the other hand, United have conceded 3 goals.

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Villarreal form and stats

Nothing but glory last season for Villarreal, as they won the Champions League.

The visitors are W0-D4-L0 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga. Villarreal has built quite a streak of draws from their away games now, as four in a row has ended all square. Will this streak be broken in today's game?

Villarreal are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Real Madrid. Pau Torres was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.82. The defender Torres won 4 of 6 duels.

That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Elche in the La Liga.

A new game in only four days for Villarreal, the La Liga home match versus Real Betis. Busy days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Villarreal's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. The Villarreal defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 4 games).

Head 2 Head

United-Villarreal H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Manchester United zero wins, Villarreal zero wins, five draws. zero of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedB. Borges Fernandes
B. Borges Fernandes
4 goals
Manchester UnitedM. Greenwood
M. Greenwood
3 goals
Manchester UnitedC. Ronaldo
C. Ronaldo
3 goals

Manchester United missing players

Villarreal missing players

Manchester United Villarreal
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   15 25
13 6   Won W   1 5
5 2   Drew D   8 12
7 4   Lost L   6 8
52 30   Scored S   18 35
32 16   Conceded C   22 33
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   73% 76%
84% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 72%
64% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 60%
44% 58%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 40%
24% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 20%
72% 67%   BTTS BTTS   67% 64%
20% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 36%
12% 17%   Failed to Score F T   27% 24%
 
5 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.4
4.6 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5.3
1.6 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.9
1 0   Red cards R C   1 7
 
13.6 15.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 9.5
4.7 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.8
44% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Young Boys 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Atalanta 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
3 Villarreal 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Manchester United 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 6 4 2 0 15 4 3 2 1 0 6 1 3 2 1 0 9 3 11 14
2 Manchester City 6 4 1 1 12 1 3 2 1 0 10 0 3 2 0 1 2 1 11 13
3 Chelsea 6 4 1 1 12 2 3 2 0 1 6 1 3 2 1 0 6 1 10 13
4 Manchester United 6 4 1 1 13 5 3 2 0 1 9 3 3 2 1 0 4 2 8 13
5 Everton 6 4 1 1 12 7 3 3 0 0 8 2 3 1 1 1 4 5 5 13
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 5 4 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 12
7 West Ham United 6 3 2 1 13 8 3 1 1 1 7 5 3 2 1 0 6 3 5 11
8 Aston Villa 6 3 1 2 9 7 3 2 1 0 6 1 3 1 0 2 3 6 2 10
9 Brentford 6 2 3 1 8 5 3 1 1 1 5 4 3 1 2 0 3 1 3 9
10 Tottenham Hotspur 5 3 0 2 3 6 3 2 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 3 -3 9
11 Watford 6 2 1 3 7 9 3 1 1 1 4 5 3 1 0 2 3 4 -2 7
12 Leicester City 6 2 1 3 7 10 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 0 2 4 7 -3 7
13 Arsenal 5 2 0 3 2 9 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 1 7 -7 6
14 Crystal Palace 5 1 2 2 5 8 2 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 2 8 -3 5
15 Southampton 5 0 4 1 4 6 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 3 5 -2 4
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 1 0 4 2 5 3 0 0 3 0 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 -3 3
17 Newcastle United 6 0 3 3 7 14 3 0 2 1 5 7 3 0 1 2 2 7 -7 3
18 Leeds United 6 0 3 3 6 14 3 0 1 2 3 7 3 0 2 1 3 7 -8 3
19 Burnley 6 0 2 4 5 11 3 0 1 2 2 4 3 0 1 2 3 7 -6 2
20 Norwich City 6 0 0 6 2 16 3 0 0 3 2 8 3 0 0 3 0 8 -14 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 7 5 2 0 21 8 3 2 1 0 11 3 4 3 1 0 10 5 13 17
2 Sevilla 6 4 2 0 10 2 3 3 0 0 8 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 8 14
3 Atlético Madrid 7 4 2 1 9 6 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 3 0 1 6 4 3 14
4 Real Sociedad 6 4 1 1 9 6 3 2 1 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 7 6 3 13
5 Valencia 7 3 2 2 12 8 4 2 1 1 6 3 3 1 1 1 6 5 4 11
6 Rayo Vallecano 6 3 1 2 10 6 2 2 0 0 7 0 4 1 1 2 3 6 4 10
7 Athletic Club 7 2 4 1 6 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 1 3 0 2 1 2 10
8 Barcelona 5 2 3 0 8 5 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 9
9 Real Betis 6 2 3 1 9 7 3 0 2 1 3 4 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 9
10 Villarreal 6 1 5 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 0 4 0 2 2 3 8
11 Osasuna 6 2 2 2 7 9 4 0 2 2 2 7 2 2 0 0 5 2 -2 8
12 Mallorca 6 2 2 2 4 9 3 1 2 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 2 8 -5 8
13 Cadiz 6 1 3 2 6 8 4 0 2 2 3 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 6
14 Elche 6 1 3 2 4 7 3 0 3 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 6
15 Espanyol 7 1 3 3 4 7 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 0 2 2 2 5 -3 6
16 Levante 6 0 4 2 6 9 3 0 2 1 4 6 3 0 2 1 2 3 -3 4
17 Celta de Vigo 6 1 1 4 6 10 3 0 0 3 2 5 3 1 1 1 4 5 -4 4
18 Granada 6 0 3 3 5 11 3 0 1 2 4 6 3 0 2 1 1 5 -6 3
19 Deportivo Alaves 6 1 0 5 2 11 4 1 0 3 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 4 -9 3
20 Getafe 6 0 0 6 2 10 3 0 0 3 1 4 3 0 0 3 1 6 -8 0

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.