UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, April 14, 2016
Villarreal DDWWW 4
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Sparta Prague WWDWL 2
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2nd Leg - Villarreal win 6-3 on aggregate · Generali-Arena · 18,201 att.

Match Report

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Villarreal ease into Europa League semis with victory over Sparta Prague

Villarreal eased into the semifinals of the Europa League with a 4-2 second-leg victory over Sparta Prague.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
6
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
1
41.2
Possession
58.8
10
SHOTS
19
4
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
306
Accurate Passes
492
408
Passes
581
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
7
12
Crosses
24
0.4
Cross %
0.3
73
Long Balls
63
31
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
7
14
Tackles
11
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
9
18
Clearances
11

Head to Head

VIL leads series 1-0

Lineups

SPP · 3-4-3-d

  1. 35David BicíkG
  2. 15Radoslav KovácCD
  3. 14Martin FrydekCD-L
  4. 11Lukás MarecekDM
  5. 8Marek MatejovskýSW
  6. 9Borek DockalAM
  7. 23Ladislav KrejcíLM
  8. 18Tiémoko KonatéRM
  9. 21David LafataF
  10. 7Kehinde FataiLF
  11. 30Lukás JulisRF

Substitutes

  1. 52Daniel Köstl
  2. 13Martin Matousek
  3. 6Lukas Vacha
  4. 51David Brezina
  5. 72Michal Sacek
  6. 27Miroslav Miller
  7. 33Milan Kadlec

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

Substitutes

  1. 8Jonathan dos SantosSUB
  2. 7Samu GarcíaSUB
  3. 1Sergio AsenjoSUB
  4. 10Léo BaptistãoSUB
  5. 44Pablo IñiguezSUB
  6. 20AdriánSUB
  7. 11Jaume CostaSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Sparta Prague 0, Villarreal 1. Cédric Bakambu (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Manu Trigueros with a through ball following a set piece situation.
  2. 28' Ladislav Krejci (Sparta Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 35' Roberto Soldado (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Martin Frydek (Sparta Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 43' Goal! Sparta Prague 0, Villarreal 2. Samu Castillejo (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  6. 45'+1' Own Goal by David Lafata, Sparta Prague. Sparta Prague 0, Villarreal 3.
  7. 49' Goal! Sparta Prague 0, Villarreal 4. Cédric Bakambu (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Denis Suárez with a cross.
  8. 57' Substitution, Villarreal. Jaume Costa replaces Mario.
  9. 60' Lukas Julis (Sparta Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 61' Substitution, Villarreal. Jonathan dos Santos replaces Manu Trigueros.
  11. 63' Radoslav Kovac (Sparta Prague) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  12. 65' Goal! Sparta Prague 1, Villarreal 4. Borek Dockal (Sparta Prague) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kehinde Fatai.
  13. 66' Substitution, Villarreal. Leo Baptistao replaces Denis Suárez.
  14. 71' Goal! Sparta Prague 2, Villarreal 4. Ladislav Krejci (Sparta Prague) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  15. 77' Tiemoko Konaté (Sparta Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 78' Samu Castillejo (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+1' David Lafata (Sparta Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

UEFA Europa League News

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