This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Maccabi Tel Aviv at Sammy Ofer Stadium when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and Villarreal with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Ligat ha'Al. That game was an away game at Hapoel Hadera, so at least Maccabi are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Villarreal, who are travelling more than 4900 kilometers to play this game.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
Maccabi participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 3rd qualifying round.Two Ligat ha'Al home games so far for Maccabi Tel Aviv, who are yet to win here at Sammy Ofer Stadium. Only 1 point so far. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
It's back home for Maccabi Tel Aviv, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Hapoel Hadera away with the result 1-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Bnei Sakhnin and winning 2-1.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Maccabi as they have a new game in only three days, a Ligat ha'Al match thankfully also at home. Hapoel Kfar Saba are visiting.
Early season league goal statistics from Maccabi Tel Aviv's 2 home games: 1 goal, 2 conceded.
Villarreal form and stats
Villarreal was sent out of Europa League in the quarter-finals last season, when Valencia turned out to be too strong.Playing away, Villarreal have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the La Liga this season. Total Europa League statistics for Villarreal: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Villarreal played 1-1 against Real Madrid in their previous match. Prior to that result Villarreal won their away game at Getafe in the La Liga. The scoreline was 3-1.
Villarreal has another fixture away, a La Liga game, against Real Sociedad in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Villarreal have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Maccabi and Villarreal have met before this season: Villarreal - Maccabi Tel Aviv 4-0. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Maccabi victory, one draw and one Villarreal win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Alcácer García 5 goals |  G. Moreno Balaguero 5 goals |   Y. Cohen 2 goals |
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
Villarreal missing players
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Villarreal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 8 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Scored | S | 12 | 49 | ||
| 20 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 92% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 206 | 114 | Total Shots | T S | 71 | 260 | ||
| 101 | 57 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 106 | ||
| 36% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 45% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 3 | Sivasspor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Qarabag | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 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 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Maccabi Netanya | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Bnei Yehuda | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Ashdod | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Beitar Jerusalem | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | Hapoel Haifa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 13 | Bnei Sakhnin | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 4 |
| 14 | Hapoel Hadera | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 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 Sociedad | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 23 |
| 2 | Atletico Madrid | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 20 |
| 3 | Villarreal | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Cadiz | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 6 | Granada | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
| 7 | Sevilla | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Valencia | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Elche | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Getafe | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Real Betis | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | Barcelona | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 13 | Osasuna | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | Deportivo Alaves | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Eibar | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 10 |
| 16 | Athletic Club | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 17 | Real Valladolid | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 18 | Levante | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 19 | Huesca | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 7 |
| 20 | Celta de Vigo | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 7 |