UEFA Europa League · Semi-finals
Friday, 30 April 2021 · 03:00 · Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal · Referee: Artur Soares Dias, Portugal
Villarreal2 : 1
Full-time
ArsenalHalf-time: 2-0
Match Events
- 5'Manu Trigueros (assist: S. Chukwueze)Normal Goal
- 29'Albiol (assist: Gerard Moreno)Normal Goal
- 35'Nicolas PépéGoal cancelled
- 37'Pau TorresYellow Card
- 44'Dani CeballosYellow Card
- 46'Paco Alcácer (assist: F. Coquelin)Substitution 1
- 57'Dani CeballosYellow Card
- 57'Dani CeballosRed Card
- 58'Thomas ParteyYellow Card
- 63'M. Ødegaard (assist: Martinelli)Substitution 1
- 67'Étienne CapoueYellow Card
- 70'J. Foyth (assist: Mario Gaspar)Substitution 2
- 73'N. PépéPenalty
- 80'Étienne CapoueYellow Card
- 80'Étienne CapoueRed Card
- 80'Manu Trigueros (assist: Moi Gómez)Substitution 3
- 81'Pedraza (assist: Alberto Moreno)Substitution 4
- 85'B. Saka (assist: P. Aubameyang)Substitution 2
- 90'Pierre-Emerick AubameyangYellow Card
- 90+5'N. Pépé (assist: Willian)Substitution 3
- 90+5'E. Smith Rowe (assist: Mohamed Elneny)Substitution 4
Statistics
6Shots on Goal2
3Shots off Goal5
9Total Shots9
0Blocked Shots2
7Shots insidebox7
2Shots outsidebox2
11Fouls14
3Corner Kicks3
1Offsides3
47%Ball Possession53%
3Yellow Cards4
1Red Cards1
1Goalkeeper Saves4
419Total passes465
353Passes accurate393
84%Passes %85%
Villarreal4-4-2
Starting XI
- 13G. Rulli(G)
- 3Albiol(D)
- 4Pau Torres(D)
- 8J. Foyth(D)
- 25E. Capoue(M)
- 5Dani Parejo(M)
- 14Manu Trigueros(M)
- 24Pedraza(D)
- 11S. Chukwueze(M)
- 17Paco Alcácer(F)
- 7Gerard Moreno(F)
Substitutes
- 19F. Coquelin(M)
- 2Mario Gaspar(D)
- 23Moi Gómez(M)
- 18Alberto Moreno(D)
- 34Fer Niño(F)
- 30Yeremi Pino(F)
- 32Álex Baena(M)
- 1Asenjo(G)
- 21Jaume Costa(D)
- 6Ramiro Funes Mori(D)
- 9C. Bacca(F)
- 15P. Estupiñán(D)
Arsenal4-2-3-1
Starting XI
- 1B. Leno(G)
- 22Pablo Marí(D)
- 21C. Chambers(D)
- 16R. Holding(D)
- 34G. Xhaka(D)
- 18T. Partey(M)
- 11M. Ødegaard(M)
- 8Dani Ceballos(M)
- 32E. Smith Rowe(F)
- 7B. Saka(M)
- 19N. Pépé(M)
Substitutes
- 35Martinelli(F)
- 14P. Aubameyang(F)
- 12Willian(F)
- 25Mohamed Elneny(M)
- 6Gabriel Magalhães(D)
- 23David Luiz(D)
- 2Bellerín(D)
- 17Cédric Soares(D)
- 53A. Okonkwo(G)
- 24R. Nelson(F)
- 30E. Nketiah(F)
- 33M. Ryan(G)
Head-to-Head
- Arsenal 2 - 3 VillarrealThursday, 7 August 2025
- Arsenal 0 - 0 VillarrealFriday, 7 May 2021
- Villarreal 2 - 1 ArsenalFriday, 30 April 2021
Arsenal — recent form
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League Standings Context
| Rank | Team | Pld | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Villarreal | 6 | 12 | 16 |
| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 15 | 18 |