Get ready for the return leg of the Europa Conference League Play-offs between Hajduk Split and Villarreal. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Villarreal have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hajduk Split and Villarreal.
Hajduk Split form and stats
Hajduk have reached this Europa Conference League stage through battling and winning against Vitoria Guimaraes. Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the 2nd qualifying round against Tobol.1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Hajduk Split have to build on here at Stadion Poljud in the 1. HNL. On the other hand, in the Europa Conference League, Hajduk Split has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Hajduk Split's last game was hosting Lokomotiva Zagreb and winning 2-1. Awaziem, defender, was given a rating of 7.84/10 in that game, top of the team. Awaziem scored one goal and won 3 of 8 duels.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Villarreal in the Europa Conference League.
There will be little rest for Hajduk after this match as they are travelling to Osijek for a 1. HNL game in only three days.
Hajduk Split has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Villarreal form and stats
Villarreal are yet to lose a point on their La Liga travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.
287 minutes! That's how long the Villarreal goalkeeper Jose Manuel Reina Paez and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two trips in a row for Villarreal, whose manager Emery could celebrate last time after the win against Atletico Madrid. Rulli (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.32. Rulli topped it up with a clean sheet.
Villarreal have another game away from home in just three sleeps, a La Liga match against Getafe. A demanding diary for them!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Villarreal has managed 5 goals and let in 0 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Villarreal - Hajduk Split 4-2 was the story when this pair of squads previously played each other, also in this season. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Morales with 2 goals scored against Hajduk in these 1 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Livaja 3 goals |   Á. Baena 2 goals |  J. Atanasov 1 goals |
Hajduk Split missing players
Villarreal missing players
| Hajduk Split | Villarreal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 17 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 10 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Scored | S | 29 | 44 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.1 | ||
| 5 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 45% | ||
| 10.3 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 13.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 2 | Slaven Koprivnica | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 11 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Sibenik | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Varazdin | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Gorica | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Rijeka | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 9 | Osijek | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 5 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Villarreal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Osasuna | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | FC Barcelona | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Atletico Madrid | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Girona | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Valencia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Real Sociedad | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Almeria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Sevilla | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Mallorca | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Espanyol | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Celta de Vigo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Elche | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 18 | Real Valladolid | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Getafe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
