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

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 06.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Emirates Stadium (60272 seats)

There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa League Semi-finals meeting between Arsenal and Villarreal. Game on!

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 Arsenal and Villarreal.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Arsenal form and stats

Last season, Arsenal's Europa League journey ended in the 16th finals.

Arsenal have played 17 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-7 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Europa League, Arsenal has performed like this (both home and away): 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

Heartbreak before that as Arsenal lost 1-2 at Villarreal's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Arsenal have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost four.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Arsenal, as the Premier League home game vs West Bromwich Albion is only three days away.

Arsenal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 17 games. On the other hand, Arsenal have conceded 20 goals.

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Villarreal form and stats

As the visiting team in La Liga matches, Villarreal have produced an overall stat of 6-7-4 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 12 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Arsenal in the Europa League.

Yéremi Pino came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Getafe last time out, making the manager U. Emery Etxegoien feel like a tactical genius.

We have checked recent matches where Villarreal have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were one victory, zero draws and one defeat.

After this away game Villarreal return home for a La Liga game against Celta de Vigo. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Villarreal are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 28 times in 17 away games so far. As opposed to that, Villarreal have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Villarreal - Arsenal 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - two - one (Arsenal wins - draws - Villarreal wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VillarrealG. Moreno Balaguero
G. Moreno Balaguero
20 goals
ArsenalA. Lacazette
A. Lacazette
13 goals
ArsenalP. Aubameyang
P. Aubameyang
10 goals

Arsenal missing players

Villarreal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arsenal Villarreal
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
10 4   Won W   7 13
7 4   Drew D   3 5
8 4   Lost L   3 7
39 14   Scored S   22 39
27 13   Conceded C   10 25
92% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
72% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 80%
52% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 56%
28% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 16%
12% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 4%
52% 42%   BTTS BTTS   46% 60%
24% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   46% 32%
32% 50%   Failed to Score F T   15% 12%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.9
3 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
12.2 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   11.6 11
3.9 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.4
40% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 34 25 5 4 71 24 17 12 2 3 37 15 17 13 3 1 34 9 47 80
2 Manchester United 33 19 10 4 64 35 16 9 3 4 34 21 17 10 7 0 30 14 29 67
3 Leicester City 34 19 6 9 61 39 17 9 1 7 30 22 17 10 5 2 31 17 22 63
4 Chelsea 34 17 10 7 53 31 17 8 6 3 29 16 17 9 4 4 24 15 22 61
5 West Ham United 33 16 7 10 53 43 17 9 4 4 29 21 16 7 3 6 24 22 10 55
6 Liverpool 33 15 9 9 55 39 17 8 3 6 25 20 16 7 6 3 30 19 16 54
7 Tottenham Hotspur 33 15 8 10 56 38 16 8 3 5 28 18 17 7 5 5 28 20 18 53
8 Everton 33 15 7 11 45 42 17 5 4 8 23 27 16 10 3 3 22 15 3 52
9 Aston Villa 33 14 6 13 48 38 16 6 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 22 15 10 48
10 Leeds United 34 14 5 15 50 52 17 6 5 6 22 19 17 8 0 9 28 33 -2 47
11 Arsenal 33 13 7 13 44 37 17 6 4 7 19 20 16 7 3 6 25 17 7 46
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 11 8 14 32 45 17 6 4 7 18 22 16 5 4 7 14 23 -13 41
13 Crystal Palace 33 10 8 15 34 56 17 5 5 7 16 27 16 5 3 8 18 29 -22 38
14 Brighton & Hove Albion 34 8 13 13 35 39 17 3 8 6 18 19 17 5 5 7 17 20 -4 37
15 Southampton 33 10 7 16 41 59 16 6 3 7 22 21 17 4 4 9 19 38 -18 37
16 Burnley 33 9 9 15 30 45 16 4 6 6 13 18 17 5 3 9 17 27 -15 36
17 Newcastle United 33 9 9 15 36 54 16 5 5 6 22 27 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 36
18 Fulham 34 5 12 17 25 45 17 2 4 11 9 24 17 3 8 6 16 21 -20 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 33 5 10 18 30 64 16 3 5 8 12 33 17 2 5 10 18 31 -34 25
20 Sheffield United 33 5 2 26 18 56 17 4 1 12 11 25 16 1 1 14 7 31 -38 17
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Madrid 34 23 7 4 61 22 17 13 3 1 37 9 17 10 4 3 24 13 39 76
2 Real Madrid 34 22 8 4 58 24 17 12 2 3 29 10 17 10 6 1 29 14 34 74
3 Barcelona 33 22 5 6 77 31 17 11 4 2 43 18 16 11 1 4 34 13 46 71
4 Sevilla 33 22 4 7 49 26 16 12 1 3 25 10 17 10 3 4 24 16 23 70
5 Real Sociedad 34 14 11 9 51 35 17 7 6 4 28 20 17 7 5 5 23 15 16 53
6 Real Betis 33 14 8 11 42 45 17 8 5 4 24 20 16 6 3 7 18 25 -3 50
7 Villarreal 33 12 13 8 50 38 16 6 6 4 22 19 17 6 7 4 28 19 12 49
8 Granada 33 13 6 14 43 54 16 9 3 4 24 20 17 4 3 10 19 34 -11 45
9 Celta de Vigo 34 11 11 12 46 51 17 8 3 6 27 27 17 3 8 6 19 24 -5 44
10 Athletic Club 33 10 12 11 43 36 17 8 5 4 27 16 16 2 7 7 16 20 7 42
11 Osasuna 34 10 10 14 31 41 17 6 5 6 18 20 17 4 5 8 13 21 -10 40
12 Levante 34 9 11 14 38 48 17 5 7 5 22 25 17 4 4 9 16 23 -10 38
13 Cadiz 33 9 10 14 28 49 17 4 5 8 14 26 16 5 5 6 14 23 -21 37
14 Valencia 33 8 12 13 41 48 16 6 7 3 25 19 17 2 5 10 16 29 -7 36
15 Getafe 33 8 10 15 26 39 17 5 6 6 13 11 16 3 4 9 13 28 -13 34
16 Deportivo Alaves 34 7 10 17 28 52 17 5 5 7 15 21 17 2 5 10 13 31 -24 31
17 Elche 34 6 12 16 29 50 17 4 8 5 16 21 17 2 4 11 13 29 -21 30
18 Real Valladolid 33 5 15 13 31 45 16 3 6 7 17 25 17 2 9 6 14 20 -14 30
19 Huesca 34 6 12 16 32 50 17 4 6 7 16 21 17 2 6 9 16 29 -18 30
20 Eibar 34 5 11 18 26 46 17 2 6 9 11 19 17 3 5 9 15 27 -20 26

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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 Atletico Madrid 34 23 7 4 61 22 17 13 3 1 37 9 17 10 4 3 24 13 39 76
2 Real Madrid 34 22 8 4 58 24 17 12 2 3 29 10 17 10 6 1 29 14 34 74
3 Barcelona 33 22 5 6 77 31 17 11 4 2 43 18 16 11 1 4 34 13 46 71
4 Sevilla 33 22 4 7 49 26 16 12 1 3 25 10 17 10 3 4 24 16 23 70
5 Real Sociedad 34 14 11 9 51 35 17 7 6 4 28 20 17 7 5 5 23 15 16 53
6 Real Betis 33 14 8 11 42 45 17 8 5 4 24 20 16 6 3 7 18 25 -3 50
7 Villarreal 33 12 13 8 50 38 16 6 6 4 22 19 17 6 7 4 28 19 12 49
8 Granada 33 13 6 14 43 54 16 9 3 4 24 20 17 4 3 10 19 34 -11 45
9 Celta de Vigo 34 11 11 12 46 51 17 8 3 6 27 27 17 3 8 6 19 24 -5 44
10 Athletic Club 33 10 12 11 43 36 17 8 5 4 27 16 16 2 7 7 16 20 7 42
11 Osasuna 34 10 10 14 31 41 17 6 5 6 18 20 17 4 5 8 13 21 -10 40
12 Levante 34 9 11 14 38 48 17 5 7 5 22 25 17 4 4 9 16 23 -10 38
13 Cadiz 33 9 10 14 28 49 17 4 5 8 14 26 16 5 5 6 14 23 -21 37
14 Valencia 33 8 12 13 41 48 16 6 7 3 25 19 17 2 5 10 16 29 -7 36
15 Getafe 33 8 10 15 26 39 17 5 6 6 13 11 16 3 4 9 13 28 -13 34
16 Deportivo Alaves 34 7 10 17 28 52 17 5 5 7 15 21 17 2 5 10 13 31 -24 31
17 Elche 34 6 12 16 29 50 17 4 8 5 16 21 17 2 4 11 13 29 -21 30
18 Real Valladolid 33 5 15 13 31 45 16 3 6 7 17 25 17 2 9 6 14 20 -14 30
19 Huesca 34 6 12 16 32 50 17 4 6 7 16 21 17 2 6 9 16 29 -18 30
20 Eibar 34 5 11 18 26 46 17 2 6 9 11 19 17 3 5 9 15 27 -20 26

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.