
Arsenal vs Villarreal, 2020-21 UEFA Europa League, Semifinals
· 2nd Leg - Villarreal advance 2-1 on aggregateVillarreal oust Arsenal, set up Europa League final vs. Manchester United
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Villarreal punched their ticket into the Europa League final after a scoreless second-leg draw at Arsenal.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Paco Alcácer (Villarreal).
- 1': Pablo Marí (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Francis Coquelin.
- 5': Attempt saved. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Mario Gaspar.
- 5': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Bernd Leno.
- 11': Foul by Pablo Marí (Arsenal).
- 11': Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Attempt blocked. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alfonso Pedraza.
- 15': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Alfonso Pedraza.
- 20': Foul by Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal).
- 20': Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 22': Daniel Parejo (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 22': Foul by Thomas Partey (Arsenal).
- 23': Attempt missed. Daniel Parejo (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
- 24': Attempt blocked. Emile Smith Rowe (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross.
- 25': Attempt missed. Kieran Tierney (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 25': Offside, Villarreal. Mario Gaspar tries a through ball, but Samuel Chukwueze is caught offside.
- 26': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Francis Coquelin.
- 26': Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box following a corner.
- 30': Substitution, Villarreal. Yeremi Pino replaces Samuel Chukwueze because of an injury.
- 37': Foul by Francis Coquelin (Villarreal).
- 37': Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 39': Attempt saved. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Emile Smith Rowe.
- 39': Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Foul by Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal).
- 40': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Pablo Marí.
- 40': Attempt blocked. Raúl Albiol (Villarreal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 40': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Nicolas Pépé.
- 43': Foul by Rob Holding (Arsenal).
- 43': Paco Alcácer (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Yeremi Pino (Villarreal).
- 45': Nicolas Pépé (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Mario Gaspar.
- 45'+2': Foul by Rob Holding (Arsenal).
- 45'+2': Raúl Albiol (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Arsenal 0, Villarreal 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Arsenal 0, Villarreal 0.
- 47': Attempt missed. Nicolas Pépé (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kieran Tierney.
- 49': Attempt missed. Emile Smith Rowe (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 53': Attempt saved. Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paco Alcácer.
- 56': Attempt blocked. Manu Trigueros (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Raúl Albiol.
- 58': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Bernd Leno.
- 59': Attempt blocked. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Emile Smith Rowe.
- 65': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Pablo Marí.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 66': Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Martin Ødegaard.
- 70': Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 70': Foul by Francis Coquelin (Villarreal).
- 71': Attempt missed. Rob Holding (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 72': Substitution, Villarreal. Carlos Bacca replaces Paco Alcácer.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Thomas Partey (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 73': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Daniel Parejo.
- 74': Attempt missed. Rob Holding (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé with a cross following a corner.
- 74': Foul by Thomas Partey (Arsenal).
- 74': Yeremi Pino (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Mario Gaspar.
- 77': Attempt missed. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 78': Foul by Kieran Tierney (Arsenal).
- 78': Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 79': Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Héctor Bellerín with a cross following a fast break.
- 79': Substitution, Arsenal. Alexandre Lacazette replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
- 80': Substitution, Arsenal. Willian replaces Kieran Tierney.
- 80': Foul by Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).
- 80': Yeremi Pino (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 81': Attempt saved. Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Daniel Parejo with a cross.
- 81': Foul by Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal).
- 81': Raúl Albiol (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Pau Torres.
- 85': Foul by Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal).
- 85': Yeremi Pino (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 86': Foul by Pablo Marí (Arsenal).
- 86': Yeremi Pino (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 86': Yeremi Pino (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
- 88': Attempt blocked. Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexandre Lacazette.
- 88': Offside, Arsenal. Héctor Bellerín tries a through ball, but Gabriel Martinelli is caught offside.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé.
- 89': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Francis Coquelin.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Villarreal. Moi Gómez replaces Yeremi Pino.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Villarreal. Alberto Moreno replaces Alfonso Pedraza.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Arsenal. Eddie Nketiah replaces Héctor Bellerín.
- 90'+2': Foul by Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal).
- 90'+2': Francis Coquelin (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+3': Foul by Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal).
- 90'+3': Mario Gaspar (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Foul by Carlos Bacca (Villarreal).
- 90'+5': Willian (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Arsenal 0, Villarreal 0.
- 0': Match ends, Arsenal 0, Villarreal 0.
Statistics
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6 | Fouls | 13 |
1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
1 | Offsides | 1 |
5 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
1 | Saves | 3 |
44.2 | Possession | 55.8 |
8 | SHOTS | 14 |
3 | ON GOAL | 1 |
0.4 | On Target % | 0.1 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
318 | Accurate Passes | 421 |
405 | Passes | 489 |
0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
2 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
15 | Crosses | 34 |
0.1 | Cross % | 0.1 |
55 | Long Balls | 41 |
22 | Accurate Long Balls | 18 |
0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
4 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
8 | Effective Tackles | 2 |
17 | Tackles | 9 |
0.5 | Tackle % | 0.2 |
7 | Interceptions | 10 |
24 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
24 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Venue: Emirates Stadium
Location: London, England
Line-Ups
Arsenal (4-1-4-1)
No. | Name |
---|---|
1 | Bernd Leno (GK) |
22 | Pablo Marí |
16 | Rob Holding |
18 | Thomas Partey |
3 | Kieran Tierney |
2 | Héctor Bellerín |
32 | Emile Smith Rowe |
11 | Martin Ødegaard |
19 | Nicolas Pépé |
7 | Bukayo Saka |
14 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang |
Villarreal (4-4-2)
No. | Name |
---|---|
13 | Gerónimo Rulli (GK) |
4 | Pau Torres |
3 | Raúl Albiol |
24 | Alfonso Pedraza |
2 | Mario |
19 | Francis Coquelin |
5 | Dani Parejo |
14 | Manu Trigueros |
11 | Samuel Chukwueze |
17 | Paco Alcácer |
7 | Gerard Moreno |
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