Europa Conference League match preview: Villarreal versus Hapoel Be'er Sheva

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 27.October
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ciudad de Valencia (26354 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Villarreal at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia when the Europa Conference League tournament arrives in town and Hapoel Be'er Sheva with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 5100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

The hosts Villarreal saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the La Liga. This match was also played here at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Hapoel Be'er Sheva have had more rest.

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Villarreal form and stats

All-inclusive La Liga stats playing at home this season for Villarreal are 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Europa Conference League, Villarreal has performed like this (both home and away): 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.

A nice win for Villarreal last time playing, versus Almeria. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Baena and Jackson scoring for the victors. Manager Etxegoien felt very clever after Jackson scored the winning goal against Almeria, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute. Midfield player Parejo got a match rating of 8.3 in that game, the max score being 10. Parejo signed up for two assists, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 60 successful passes (of 73 total).

A La Liga defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Barcelona.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Villarreal as they are travelling to their away game against Athletic Club in the La Liga. That match is three days after this one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (9 in 4 games), Villarreal's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Villarreal have conceded only 2 goals.

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Hapoel Be'er Sheva form and stats

Be'er's mission in Europa Conference League last season failed in the play-offs against Anorthosis.

As the visiting team in Ligat ha'Al matches, Hapoel Be'er Sheva have produced an overall stat of 4-0-0 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss both home and away.

It's the second away game in a row for Hapoel Be'er Sheva, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Hapoel Katamon last time out.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Sektzia Nes Tziona in the Ligat ha'Al.

After this away game Hapoel Be'er Sheva return home for a Ligat ha'Al game against Maccabi Tel Aviv. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Be'er are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (14 goals from 4 away games).

Head 2 Head

These sides met each other earlier on this match year: Hapoel Be'er Sheva - Villarreal 1-2.

Top Goalscorers

Hapoel Be'er ShevaR. Hatuel
R. Hatuel
5 goals
VillarrealÁ. Baena
Á. Baena
4 goals
Hapoel Be'er ShevaR. Safouri
R. Safouri
3 goals

Villarreal missing players

Hapoel Be'er Sheva missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Villarreal Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 8   Played P   13 25
17 7   Won W   7 11
5 1   Drew D   4 9
3 0   Lost L   2 5
48 25   Scored S   24 43
20 8   Conceded C   10 26
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 92%
76% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 80%
48% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 56%
24% 62%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 32%
16% 38%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   31% 16%
44% 62%   BTTS BTTS   54% 72%
44% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 24%
20% 0%   Failed to Score F T   23% 12%
 
4.4 6.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3 3.9
4.7 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.6
1.9 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.2
2 2   Red cards R C   1 3
 
11.5 15.4   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 10
4.9 7.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.7
38% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   57% 38%
 
11.8 11.7   Shots against (avg) S A   9.3 8.8
4.2 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.2 3.7

  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 4 4 0 0 12 4 2 2 0 0 9 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 8 12
2 Lech Poznań 4 1 2 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 5
3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4 0 3 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1 3
4 Austria Wien 4 0 1 3 1 10 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 9 -9 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 Real Madrid 11 10 1 0 28 9 5 4 1 0 13 5 6 6 0 0 15 4 19 31
2 Barcelona 11 9 1 1 28 4 6 5 1 0 15 0 5 4 0 1 13 4 24 28
3 Atletico Madrid 11 7 2 2 18 9 5 2 1 2 8 7 6 5 1 0 10 2 9 23
4 Real Sociedad 11 7 1 3 16 13 5 3 1 1 6 6 6 4 0 2 10 7 3 22
5 Real Betis 11 6 2 3 14 8 6 5 0 1 11 4 5 1 2 2 3 4 6 20
6 Athletic Club 11 5 3 3 19 12 6 3 1 2 8 4 5 2 2 1 11 8 7 18
7 Villarreal 11 5 3 3 14 7 4 3 1 0 9 2 7 2 2 3 5 5 7 18
8 Osasuna 11 5 2 4 11 11 6 4 0 2 8 6 5 1 2 2 3 5 0 17
9 Valencia 11 4 3 4 18 13 6 3 1 2 12 6 5 1 2 2 6 7 5 15
10 Rayo Vallecano 11 4 3 4 16 14 5 3 1 1 9 5 6 1 2 3 7 9 2 15
11 Real Valladolid 11 4 2 5 11 15 6 3 1 2 6 5 5 1 1 3 5 10 -4 14
12 Mallorca 11 3 3 5 9 12 5 1 1 3 3 5 6 2 2 2 6 7 -3 12
13 Celta de Vigo 11 3 2 6 12 21 6 2 2 2 9 9 5 1 0 4 3 12 -9 11
14 Espanyol 11 2 4 5 14 19 6 1 2 3 8 12 5 1 2 2 6 7 -5 10
15 Almeria 11 3 1 7 12 19 5 3 0 2 9 7 6 0 1 5 3 12 -7 10
16 Sevilla 11 2 4 5 11 18 5 0 3 2 3 8 6 2 1 3 8 10 -7 10
17 Getafe 11 2 4 5 11 19 6 1 2 3 6 10 5 1 2 2 5 9 -8 10
18 Girona 11 2 3 6 15 19 6 2 2 2 10 10 5 0 1 4 5 9 -4 9
19 Cadiz 11 1 4 6 5 22 6 0 3 3 2 11 5 1 1 3 3 11 -17 7
20 Elche 11 0 4 7 8 26 5 0 2 3 3 10 6 0 2 4 5 16 -18 4
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 9 7 1 1 25 3 5 5 0 0 18 1 4 2 1 1 7 2 22 22
2 Maccabi Haifa 9 7 0 2 16 9 4 4 0 0 10 2 5 3 0 2 6 7 7 21
3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 9 5 2 2 20 11 5 1 2 2 6 7 4 4 0 0 14 4 9 17
4 Hapoel Katamon 9 5 2 2 16 9 5 2 1 2 9 7 4 3 1 0 7 2 7 17
5 Ashdod 9 3 4 2 10 9 5 2 2 1 6 3 4 1 2 1 4 6 1 13
6 Bnei Sakhnin 9 4 1 4 8 7 4 1 1 2 2 2 5 3 0 2 6 5 1 13
7 Maccabi Bnei Raina 9 3 3 3 10 14 5 2 2 1 6 4 4 1 1 2 4 10 -4 12
8 Hapoel Hadera 9 2 5 2 8 13 5 1 3 1 4 9 4 1 2 1 4 4 -5 11
9 Beitar Jerusalem 9 3 0 6 11 19 4 1 0 3 4 9 5 2 0 3 7 10 -8 9
10 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 9 1 5 3 10 13 5 0 4 1 6 7 4 1 1 2 4 6 -3 8
11 Hapoel Haifa 9 1 5 3 8 12 4 1 1 2 3 3 5 0 4 1 5 9 -4 8
12 Sektzia Nes Tziona 9 2 2 5 8 16 4 1 1 2 5 9 5 1 1 3 3 7 -8 8
13 Hapoel Tel Aviv 9 2 1 6 10 17 4 1 0 3 5 8 5 1 1 3 5 9 -7 7
14 Maccabi Netanya 9 1 3 5 7 15 4 1 0 3 5 7 5 0 3 2 2 8 -8 6

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 Villarreal 4 4 0 0 12 4 2 2 0 0 9 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 8 12
2 Lech Poznań 4 1 2 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 5
3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4 0 3 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1 3
4 Austria Wien 4 0 1 3 1 10 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 9 -9 1

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