Europa League preview and statistics: Villarreal vs Manchester United full pre-match guide

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Wed 26.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Energa Gdańsk (41984 seats)

International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Villarreal and Manchester United are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Final.

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.

These teams have little in common geographically as Manchester United have to travel 2100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Villarreal form and stats

Villarreal have played 19 La Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-6-5 (wins-draws-losses). 12W-2D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Villarreal.

Villarreal are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Real Madrid. Dani Parejo (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Parejo hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 55 successful passes (of 60 total). The defeat against Real Madrid was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by L. Modric).

Ahead of that match, Villarreal won a home game hosting Sevilla (4-0).

The Villarreal fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 19 league matches. On the other hand, Villarreal have conceded 23 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Manchester United form and stats

United was sent out of Europa League in the semi-finals last season.

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 12 wins, 7 draws and only 0 losses in the Premier League. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 5W-2D-1L. This is both home and away. United are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 26 in a row without losing.

Two travels in a row for United, whose manager O. Solskjær could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Midfield player Anthony Elanga was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Elanga scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Fulham in the Premier League.

The travelling fans enjoy United's attacking play in away games, having scored 35 goals in 19 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (16 so far).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Villarreal zero wins, four draws and Manchester United zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VillarrealG. Moreno Balaguero
G. Moreno Balaguero
23 goals
Manchester UnitedB. Borges Fernandes
B. Borges Fernandes
18 goals
Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
11 goals

Villarreal missing players

Manchester United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Villarreal Manchester United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
14 7   Won W   7 14
3 0   Drew D   4 7
8 5   Lost L   2 4
44 20   Scored S   21 44
27 16   Conceded C   10 23
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   77% 84%
88% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 72%
64% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 48%
20% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 36%
8% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 12%
60% 67%   BTTS BTTS   46% 56%
36% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   54% 44%
8% 8%   Failed to Score F T   23% 16%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
5 4   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.9 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   12.2 12.8
4.5 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5.1
39% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 34%

  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 38 26 8 4 67 25 19 15 3 1 41 11 19 11 5 3 26 14 42 86
2 Real Madrid 38 25 9 4 67 28 19 13 3 3 33 13 19 12 6 1 34 15 39 84
3 Barcelona 38 24 7 7 85 38 19 11 5 3 44 20 19 13 2 4 41 18 47 79
4 Sevilla 38 24 5 9 53 33 19 14 1 4 27 11 19 10 4 5 26 22 20 77
5 Real Sociedad 38 17 11 10 59 38 19 9 6 4 34 21 19 8 5 6 25 17 21 62
6 Real Betis 38 17 10 11 50 50 19 10 5 4 27 21 19 7 5 7 23 29 0 61
7 Villarreal 38 15 13 10 60 44 19 8 6 5 29 23 19 7 7 5 31 21 16 58
8 Celta de Vigo 38 14 11 13 55 57 19 9 3 7 30 30 19 5 8 6 25 27 -2 53
9 Granada 38 13 7 18 47 65 19 9 4 6 25 25 19 4 3 12 22 40 -18 46
10 Athletic Club 38 11 13 14 46 42 19 8 6 5 29 19 19 3 7 9 17 23 4 46
11 Osasuna 38 11 11 16 37 48 19 7 5 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 16 25 -11 44
12 Cadiz 38 11 11 16 36 58 19 5 5 9 17 30 19 6 6 7 19 28 -22 44
13 Valencia 38 10 13 15 50 53 19 8 7 4 34 23 19 2 6 11 16 30 -3 43
14 Levante 38 9 14 15 46 57 19 5 9 5 27 30 19 4 5 10 19 27 -11 41
15 Getafe 38 9 11 18 28 43 19 6 6 7 15 13 19 3 5 11 13 30 -15 38
16 Deportivo Alaves 38 9 11 18 36 57 19 6 6 7 21 25 19 3 5 11 15 32 -21 38
17 Elche 38 8 12 18 34 55 19 5 8 6 18 23 19 3 4 12 16 32 -21 36
18 Huesca 38 7 13 18 34 53 19 5 7 7 17 21 19 2 6 11 17 32 -19 34
19 Real Valladolid 38 5 16 17 34 57 19 3 7 9 19 30 19 2 9 8 15 27 -23 31
20 Eibar 38 6 12 20 29 52 19 2 7 10 12 21 19 4 5 10 17 31 -23 30
  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 38 27 5 6 83 32 19 13 2 4 43 17 19 14 3 2 40 15 51 86
2 Manchester United 38 21 11 6 73 44 19 9 4 6 38 28 19 12 7 0 35 16 29 74
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 68 42 19 10 3 6 29 20 19 10 6 3 39 22 26 69
4 Chelsea 38 19 10 9 58 36 19 9 6 4 31 18 19 10 4 5 27 18 22 67
5 Leicester City 38 20 6 12 68 50 19 9 1 9 34 30 19 11 5 3 34 20 18 66
6 West Ham United 38 19 8 11 62 47 19 10 4 5 32 22 19 9 4 6 30 25 15 65
7 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 8 12 68 45 19 10 3 6 35 20 19 8 5 6 33 25 23 62
8 Arsenal 38 18 7 13 55 39 19 8 4 7 24 21 19 10 3 6 31 18 16 61
9 Leeds United 38 18 5 15 62 54 19 8 5 6 28 21 19 10 0 9 34 33 8 59
10 Everton 38 17 8 13 47 48 19 6 4 9 24 28 19 11 4 4 23 20 -1 59
11 Aston Villa 38 16 7 15 55 46 19 7 4 8 29 27 19 9 3 7 26 19 9 55
12 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 46 62 19 6 5 8 26 33 19 6 4 9 20 29 -16 45
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 12 9 17 36 52 19 7 4 8 21 25 19 5 5 9 15 27 -16 45
14 Crystal Palace 38 12 8 18 41 66 19 6 5 8 20 32 19 6 3 10 21 34 -25 44
15 Southampton 38 12 7 19 47 68 19 8 3 8 28 25 19 4 4 11 19 43 -21 43
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 14 15 40 46 19 4 9 6 22 22 19 5 5 9 18 24 -6 41
17 Burnley 38 10 9 19 33 55 19 4 6 9 14 27 19 6 3 10 19 28 -22 39
18 Fulham 38 5 13 20 27 53 19 2 4 13 9 28 19 3 9 7 18 25 -26 28
19 West Bromwich Albion 38 5 11 22 35 76 19 3 6 10 15 39 19 2 5 12 20 37 -41 26
20 Sheffield United 38 7 2 29 20 63 19 5 1 13 12 27 19 2 1 16 8 36 -43 23

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  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 38 27 5 6 83 32 19 13 2 4 43 17 19 14 3 2 40 15 51 86
2 Manchester United 38 21 11 6 73 44 19 9 4 6 38 28 19 12 7 0 35 16 29 74
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 68 42 19 10 3 6 29 20 19 10 6 3 39 22 26 69
4 Chelsea 38 19 10 9 58 36 19 9 6 4 31 18 19 10 4 5 27 18 22 67
5 Leicester City 38 20 6 12 68 50 19 9 1 9 34 30 19 11 5 3 34 20 18 66
6 West Ham United 38 19 8 11 62 47 19 10 4 5 32 22 19 9 4 6 30 25 15 65
7 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 8 12 68 45 19 10 3 6 35 20 19 8 5 6 33 25 23 62
8 Arsenal 38 18 7 13 55 39 19 8 4 7 24 21 19 10 3 6 31 18 16 61
9 Leeds United 38 18 5 15 62 54 19 8 5 6 28 21 19 10 0 9 34 33 8 59
10 Everton 38 17 8 13 47 48 19 6 4 9 24 28 19 11 4 4 23 20 -1 59
11 Aston Villa 38 16 7 15 55 46 19 7 4 8 29 27 19 9 3 7 26 19 9 55
12 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 46 62 19 6 5 8 26 33 19 6 4 9 20 29 -16 45
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 12 9 17 36 52 19 7 4 8 21 25 19 5 5 9 15 27 -16 45
14 Crystal Palace 38 12 8 18 41 66 19 6 5 8 20 32 19 6 3 10 21 34 -25 44
15 Southampton 38 12 7 19 47 68 19 8 3 8 28 25 19 4 4 11 19 43 -21 43
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 14 15 40 46 19 4 9 6 22 22 19 5 5 9 18 24 -6 41
17 Burnley 38 10 9 19 33 55 19 4 6 9 14 27 19 6 3 10 19 28 -22 39
18 Fulham 38 5 13 20 27 53 19 2 4 13 9 28 19 3 9 7 18 25 -26 28
19 West Bromwich Albion 38 5 11 22 35 76 19 3 6 10 15 39 19 2 5 12 20 37 -41 26
20 Sheffield United 38 7 2 29 20 63 19 5 1 13 12 27 19 2 1 16 8 36 -43 23

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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.