UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, March 10, 2016
Bayer Leverkusen LWLLD 0
–
Villarreal DDWDL 2
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B04000
VIL112
1st Leg · Estadio de la Cerámica · 16,211 att.

Match Report

Cedric Bakambu brace puts Villarreal in control against Bayer Leverkusen

Cedric Bakambu scored in either half to give Villarreal a 2-0 win vs. Bayer Leverkusen and leave them in charge of their Europa League last-16 tie.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
9
3
Saves
1
58.4
Possession
41.6
8
SHOTS
10
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
387
Accurate Passes
251
519
Passes
366
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
6
24
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.4
81
Long Balls
79
35
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
1
20
Effective Tackles
13
29
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
16
13
Clearances
26

Head to Head

VIL leads series 2-0

Lineups

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 13Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 6Víctor RuizCD-L
  3. 24Eric BaillyCD-R
  4. 22Antonio RukavinaLB
  5. 2MarioRB
  6. 21BrunoCM-L
  7. 14Manu TriguerosCM-R
  8. 19Samu CastillejoLM
  9. 18Denis SuárezRM
  10. 9Roberto SoldadoCF-L
  11. 17Cédric BakambuCF-R

B04 · 4-4-2

  1. 1Bernd LenoG
  2. 5Kyriakos PapadopoulosCD-L
  3. 4Jonathan TahCD-R
  4. 18WendellLB
  5. 16Tin JedvajRB
  6. 10Hakan ÇalhanogluCM-L
  7. 23Christoph KramerCM-R
  8. 19Julian BrandtLM
  9. 38Karim BellarabiRM
  10. 11Stefan KiesslingCF-L
  11. 7Javier HernándezCF-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Villarreal 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0. Cédric Bakambu (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Roberto Soldado with a through ball.
  2. 14' Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 48' Chicharito (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 56' Goal! Villarreal 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0. Cédric Bakambu (Villarreal) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Denis Suárez following a fast break.
  5. 65' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Marlon Frey replaces Christoph Kramer because of an injury.
  6. 67' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Robbie Kruse replaces Stefan Kießling.
  7. 71' Manu Trigueros (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 76' Tin Jedvaj (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 76' Substitution, Villarreal. Leo Baptistao replaces Roberto Soldado.
  10. 80' Substitution, Villarreal. Nahuel replaces Samu Castillejo.
  11. 83' Substitution, Villarreal. Adrián replaces Cédric Bakambu.
  12. 86' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Admir Mehmedi replaces Karim Bellarabi.
  13. 90'+4' Second yellow card to Tin Jedvaj (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) for hand ball.

UEFA Europa League News

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