UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, April 29, 2021
Arsenal DWWDL 1
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Villarreal LWWLL 2
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1st Leg · Estadio de la Cerámica

Match Report

Europa League: Villarreal takes 2-1 lead over Arsenal

— Unai Emery won the first battle against his former club on Thursday as Villarreal defeated Arsenal 2-1 in the first leg of the Europa League semifinals.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
1
52.9
Possession
47.1
9
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.7
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
393
Accurate Passes
353
465
Passes
419
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
2
14
Crosses
8
0.6
Cross %
0.3
53
Long Balls
41
26
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
0
7
Effective Tackles
9
13
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
8
6
Effective Clearances
10
6
Clearances
10

Head to Head

ARS leads series 2-0-2

Lineups

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 13Gerónimo RulliG
  2. 4Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 3Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 24Alfonso PedrazaLB
  5. 8Juan FoythRB
  6. 5Dani ParejoCM-L
  7. 25Étienne CapoueCM-R
  8. 14Manu TriguerosLM
  9. 11Samuel ChukwuezeRM
  10. 17Paco AlcácerCF-L
  11. 7Gerard MorenoCF-R

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bernd LenoG
  2. 22Pablo MaríCD-L
  3. 16Rob HoldingCD-R
  4. 34Granit XhakaLB
  5. 21Calum ChambersRB
  6. 11Martin ØdegaardAM
  7. 8Dani CeballosLM
  8. 18Thomas ParteyRM
  9. 32Emile Smith RoweF
  10. 19Nicolas PépéAM-L
  11. 7Bukayo SakaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Villarreal 1, Arsenal 0. Manu Trigueros (Villarreal) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze.
  2. 29' Goal! Villarreal 2, Arsenal 0. Raúl Albiol (Villarreal) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Gerard Moreno following a corner.
  3. 37' Pau Torres (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 44' Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Villarreal. Francis Coquelin replaces Paco Alcácer.
  6. 57' Second yellow card to Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) for a bad foul.
  7. 58' Thomas Partey (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 63' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Martin Ødegaard.
  9. 67' Etienne Capoue (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 70' Substitution, Villarreal. Mario Gaspar replaces Juan Foyth because of an injury.
  11. 73' Goal! Villarreal 2, Arsenal 1. Nicolas Pépé (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  12. 80' Second yellow card to Etienne Capoue (Villarreal) for a bad foul.
  13. 80' Substitution, Villarreal. Moi Gómez replaces Manu Trigueros.
  14. 81' Substitution, Villarreal. Alberto Moreno replaces Alfonso Pedraza.
  15. 85' Substitution, Arsenal. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang replaces Bukayo Saka.
  16. 90' Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+5' Substitution, Arsenal. Willian replaces Nicolas Pépé.
  18. 90'+5' Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Emile Smith Rowe.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.