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Villarreal 2-1 Arsenal - April 29, 2021 / Europa League 2020/2021

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Europa League 2020/2021 - Semi-finals

Estadio de la Cerámica - Villarreal - Spain

April 29, 2021 - 21:00

Villarreal

Spain

2 - 1

Arsenal

England

(right foot) Manu Trigueros

Assist by Gerard Moreno (right foot) Raúl Albiol

29'

73'

Nicolas Pépé (penalty)

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5' - Goal Manu Trigueros5

29' - Goal Raúl Albiol29

37' - Yellow card Pau Torres37

44' - Yellow card Dani Ceballos

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46' - Substitution Paco Alcáceris substituted by Francis Coquelin46

57' - Red card Dani Ceballos

58' - Yellow card Thomas Partey

63' - Substitution Martin Ödegaardis substituted by Gabriel Martinelli

68' - Yellow card Étienne Capoue68

70' - Substitution Juan Foythis substituted by Mario Gaspar70

73' - Goal Nicolas Pépé

80' - Substitution Alfonso Pedrazais substituted by Alberto Moreno photo Moi Gómez

80' - Substitution Manu Triguerosis substituted by Moi Gómez photo Étienne Capoue

80' - Red card Étienne Capoue80

85' - Substitution Bukayo Sakais substituted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

90' - Yellow card Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

95' - Substitution Emile Smith Roweis substituted by Mohamed El Neny photo Willian

95' - Substitution Nicolas Pépéis substituted by Willian

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Villarreal

2 - 1

Arsenal

Villarreal Arsenal

Team line-ups

Villarreal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

17Alcácer46

Paco Alcácer

Spain

B.date30/08/1993

Age27 years

H1m74

positionCentre forward

11Chukwueze

Samuel Chukwueze

Nigeria

B.date22/05/1999

Age21 years

H1m72

positionRight Winger

7Gerard Moreno

Gerard Moreno

Spain

B.date07/04/1992

Age29 years

H1m77

positionStriker

14Trigueros580

Manu Trigueros

Spain

B.date17/10/1991

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

5Parejo

Dani Parejo

Spain

B.date16/04/1989

Age32 years

H1m80

positionRight central midfielder

25Capoue6880

Étienne Capoue

France

B.date11/07/1988

Age32 years

H1m90

positionDefensive Midfielder

24Pedraza80

Alfonso Pedraza

Spain

B.date09/04/1996

Age25 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

4Torres37

Pau Torres

Spain

B.date16/01/1997

Age24 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

3Albiol29

Raúl Albiol

Spain

B.date04/09/1985

Age35 years

H1m87

positionRight central defender

8Foyth70

Juan Foyth

Argentina

B.date12/01/1998

Age23 years

H1m87

positionRight central defender

13Rulli

Gerónimo Rulli

Argentina

B.date20/05/1992

Age28 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Gerónimo Rulli		28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	D	Juan Foyth	70	23	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Raúl Albiol	29	35	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Pau Torres	37	24	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Alfonso Pedraza	80	25	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Étienne Capoue	6880	32	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Manu Trigueros	580	29	372	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Dani Parejo		32	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Paco Alcácer	46	27	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Samuel Chukwueze		21	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Gerard Moreno		29	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

19Pépé7390+5

Nicolas Pépé

Ivory Coast

B.date29/05/1995

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight Winger

11Ödegaard63

Martin Ödegaard

Norway

B.date17/12/1998

Age22 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

7Saka85

Bukayo Saka

England

B.date05/09/2001

Age19 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

18Partey58

Thomas Partey

Ghana

B.date13/06/1993

Age27 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

8Ceballos4457

Dani Ceballos

Spain

B.date07/08/1996

Age24 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

32Smith Rowe90+5

Emile Smith Rowe

England

B.date28/07/2000

Age20 years

H1m82

positionLeft Midfielder

34Xhaka

Granit Xhaka

Switzerland

B.date27/09/1992

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

22Marí

Pablo Marí

Spain

B.date31/08/1993

Age27 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

16Holding

Rob Holding

England

B.date20/09/1995

Age25 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

21Chambers

Calum Chambers

England

B.date20/01/1995

Age26 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

1Leno

Bernd Leno

Germany

B.date04/03/1992

Age29 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Bernd Leno		29	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Pablo Marí		27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Rob Holding		25	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Calum Chambers		26	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Thomas Partey	58	27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Emile Smith Rowe	90+5	20	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	D	Granit Xhaka		28	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Dani Ceballos	4457	24	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Martin Ödegaard	63	22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Bukayo Saka	85	19	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Nicolas Pépé	7390+5	25	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sergio Asenjo		31
6	D	Ramiro Funes Mori		30
2	D	Mario Gaspar	70	30	402	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Alberto Moreno	80	28	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Pervis Estupiñan		23
21	D	Jaume Costa		33
19	M	Francis Coquelin	46	29	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Moi Gómez	80	26	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Álex Baena		19
34	F	Fernando Niño		20
9	F	Carlos Bacca		34
30	F	Yéremi Pino		18

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
53	G	Arthur Okonkwo		19
33	G	Mathew Ryan		29
6	D	Gabriel		23
23	D	David Luiz		34
2	D	Héctor Bellerín		26
17	D	Cédric Soares		29
25	M	Mohamed El Neny	90+5	28	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Willian	90+5	32	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	F	Gabriel Martinelli	63	19	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	8590	31	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Eddie Nketiah		21
24	F	Reiss Nelson		21

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gerónimo Rulli

Sergio Asenjo

OUT

Alfonso Pedraza

Alberto Moreno

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Martin Ödegaard

Eddie Nketiah

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Unai Emery

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Emery vs Arsenal

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on April 29, 2021

Emery vs Arteta

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 29, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Mikel Arteta

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Arteta vs Villarreal

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 29, 2021

Arteta vs Emery

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 29, 2021

Referee

Artur Soares Dias

2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Villarreal2 matches	General total	Arsenal3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Villarreal1 match	Season total	Arsenal1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 29, 2021					Latest figure on November 29, 2023

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Key figures

Thomas Partey played his game number 10 vs Villarreal in his professional career

End of streak for Arsenal after 6 consecutive wins away from home in Europa League (since 20/02/2020). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 19/10/2017 (4 matches)

No Villarreal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Unai Emery has done less than 0.96 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LVillarreal 0-2 Atlético Madrid28/02/2021

VVillarreal 2-0 Dynamo Kyiv18/03/2021

VVillarreal 2-1 Cádiz21/03/2021

LVillarreal 1-2 Osasuna11/04/2021

VVillarreal 2-1 Dinamo Zagreb15/04/2021

LVillarreal 1-2 FC Barcelona25/04/2021

Overall

VDinamo Zagreb 0-1 Villarreal08/04/2021

LVillarreal 1-2 Osasuna11/04/2021

VVillarreal 2-1 Dinamo Zagreb15/04/2021

VLevante 1-5 Villarreal18/04/2021

LAlavés 2-1 Villarreal21/04/2021

LVillarreal 1-2 FC Barcelona25/04/2021

Current form

Away

VLeicester 1-3 Arsenal28/02/2021

DBurnley 1-1 Arsenal06/03/2021

VOlympiacos 1-3 Arsenal11/03/2021

DWest Ham 3-3 Arsenal21/03/2021

VSheffield United 0-3 Arsenal11/04/2021

VSlavia Prague 0-4 Arsenal15/04/2021

Overall

LArsenal 0-3 Liverpool03/04/2021

DArsenal 1-1 Slavia Prague08/04/2021

VSheffield United 0-3 Arsenal11/04/2021

VSlavia Prague 0-4 Arsenal15/04/2021

DArsenal 1-1 Fulham18/04/2021

LArsenal 0-1 Everton23/04/2021

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	8	14
Scoring streak	5	12
Conceding streak	4	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	6	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

18	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	29
5	FBDB index ranking (National)	6

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	12
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
10	Victories (Competition total)	9
5	Victories (Home / Away)	5
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	11
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
2.27	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.67
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3.2
0.64	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.92
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.8

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (1 times)

Bookings

18	Yellow cards (Competition total)	15
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	8
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Paco Alcácer	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Nicolas Pépé
Gerard Moreno	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Alexandre Lacazette
Gerard Moreno	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Alexandre Lacazette
Gerard Moreno	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Alexandre Lacazette
Gerard Moreno	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Nicolas Pépé
Samuel Chukwueze	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Nicolas Pépé
Gerard Moreno	6 goals, 4 assists during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	Nicolas Pépé

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

4 ga

Total

4 matches

0 v

2 d

2 l

1 gf

5 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

4 matches

2 v

2 d

0 l

5 gf

1 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 15, 2009
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

April 15, 2009 - Ligue des Champions 2008/2009

Arsenal

3 - 0

Villarreal logo Villarreal

April 07, 2009 - Ligue des Champions 2008/2009

Villarreal

1 - 1

Arsenal

April 25, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

Villarreal

0 - 0

Arsenal

April 19, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

Arsenal

1 - 0

Villarreal logo Villarreal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Marcos Senna

1 goal

2009 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Villarreal

Emmanuel Adebayor	2 goals	2009 - 2009
Kolo Touré	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Theo Walcott	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Robin van Persie	1 goal	2009 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Marcos Senna	3 matches	2006 - 2009
Guillermo Franco	3 matches	2006 - 2009
Mariano Barbosa	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Diego López	2 matches	2009 - 2009
Juan Pablo Sorín	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Diego Godín	2 matches	2009 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Villarreal

Emmanuel Eboué	4 matches	2006 - 2009
Cesc Fàbregas	4 matches	2006 - 2009
Kolo Touré	4 matches	2006 - 2009
Robin van Persie	2 matches	2006 - 2009
Jens Lehmann	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Samir Nasri	2 matches	2009 - 2009