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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Saint Petersburg Stadium - St Petersburg Thursday 7 March 2019 FC Zenit 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Villarreal CF Round of 16, First leg Last updated 19/04/2019 23:19CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 7 Squad list 9 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 16 Match officials 19 Legend 21 1 FC Zenit - Villarreal CF Thursday 7 March 2019 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Saint Petersburg Stadium, St Petersburg Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Franco 75, Tomasson 21/02/2008 R3 Villarreal CF - FC Zenit Villarreal agg: 2-2 ag 90; Pogrebnyak 31 13/02/2008 R3 FC Zenit - Villarreal CF 1-0 St Petersburg Pogrebnyak 63 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Zenit 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 Villarreal CF 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 FC Zenit - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Willian José 58; Real Sociedad de Fútbol - FC 07/12/2017 GS 1-3 San Sebastian Erokhin 35, Ivanović Zenit 64, Paredes 85 FC Zenit - Real Sociedad de Rigoni 5, Kokorin 24, 28/09/2017 GS 3-1 St Petersburg Fútbol 60; Llorente 41 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/11/2015 GS FC Zenit - Valencia CF 2-0 St Petersburg Shatov 15, Dzyuba 74 João Cancelo 55, 16/09/2015 GS Valencia CF - FC Zenit 2-3 Valencia André Gomes 73; Hulk 9, 44, Witsel 76 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Rondón 48, Hulk 72; 2-2 23/04/2015 QF FC Zenit - Sevilla FC St Petersburg Bacca 6 (P), Gameiro agg: 3-4 85 Bacca 73, Denis 16/04/2015 QF Sevilla FC - FC Zenit 2-1 Seville Suárez 88; Ryazantsev 29 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Alderweireld 74 (og); 26/11/2013 GS FC Zenit - Club Atlético de Madrid 1-1 St Petersburg Adrián López 53 Miranda 40, Arda Club Atlético de Madrid - FC 18/09/2013 GS 3-1 Madrid Turan 64, Baptistão Zenit 80; Hulk 58 2 FC Zenit - Villarreal CF Thursday 7 March 2019 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Saint Petersburg Stadium, St Petersburg UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Danny 49, Fayzulin 21/11/2012 GS FC Zenit - Málaga CF 2-2 St Petersburg 87; Buonanotte 8, Seba 9 18/09/2012 GS Málaga CF - FC Zenit 3-0 Malaga Isco 3, 76, Saviola 13 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Raúl González 25, 57, 10/12/2008 GS Real Madrid CF - FC Zenit 3-0 Madrid Robben 50 Danny 25; Hubočan 4 30/09/2008 GS FC Zenit - Real Madrid CF 1-2 St Petersburg (og), Van Nistelrooy 31 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 06/04/2006 QF FC Zenit - Sevilla FC St Petersburg Hyun 51; Kepa 64 agg: 2-5 Saviola 14, 80, Martí 30/03/2006 QF Sevilla FC - FC Zenit 4-1 Seville 54 (P), Adriano 90+2; A. Kerzhakov 45 A. Kerzhakov 11, 88; 24/11/2005 GS FC Zenit - Sevilla FC 2-1 St Petersburg Saviola 90+3 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Arshavin 35; Júlio 25/11/2004 GS FC Zenit - Sevilla FC 1-1 St Petersburg Baptista 71 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Popovich 30, 63; 2-2 22/08/2000 F FC Zenit - RC Celta de Vigo St Petersburg Karpin 83, McCarthy agg: 3-4 89 Karpin 22, Juanfran 08/08/2000 F RC Celta de Vigo - FC Zenit 2-1 Vigo 90; Igonine 3 Villarreal CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Villarreal CF - FC Spartak Chukwueze 11, 13/12/2018 GS 2-0 Villarreal Moskva Ekambi 48 Zé Luís 34 (P), 82, Melgarejo 85; Ekambi 04/10/2018 GS FC Spartak Moskva - Villarreal CF 3-3 Moscow 13, Fornals 49, Santi Cazorla 90+6 (P) 3 FC Zenit - Villarreal CF Thursday 7 March 2019 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Saint Petersburg Stadium, St Petersburg UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pavlyuchenko 11, 36; FC Spartak Moskva - Villarreal 2-2 24/07/2004 R3 Moscow Anderson 33, Roger CF agg: 2-3 García 53 Villarreal CF - FC Spartak 17/07/2004 R3 1-0 Villarreal Anderson 51 Moskva UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Torpedo Moskva - Villarreal 1-0 27/11/2003 R2 Moscow Semshov 73 CF agg: 1-2 Villarreal CF - FC Torpedo 06/11/2003 R2 2-0 Villarreal Riquelme 51, 68 Moskva Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Zenit 10 4 5 1 8 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 20 6 6 8 29 35 Villarreal CF 4 4 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 4 2 2 12 8 4 FC Zenit - Villarreal CF Thursday 7 March 2019 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Saint Petersburg Stadium, St Petersburg Match background Frequent visitors to the UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Zenit welcome Villarreal hoping to continue their remarkable run of results in St Petersburg. • Zenit sealed their round of 32 berth with a match to spare, nine of the 11 points that enabled them to top Group C being registered at home. They then came back from a 1-0 first-leg deficit against Fenerbahçe to eliminate the Turkish club with a 3-1 home win. • Villarreal progressed undefeated from a highly competitive Group G, drawing four times and winning twice, latterly with a 2-0 win at home against Spartak Moskva that sealed their qualification for the knockout phase for a fifth successive season. They maintained their unbeaten run with a 2-1 aggregate success against Sporting CP in the round of 32 (1-0 away, 1-1 home). Previous meetings • Zenit and Villarreal both posted home wins when they were paired together in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup round of 32, but it was the Russian side who progressed on away goals (1-0 home, 1-2 away) thanks to a goal in each leg from Pavel Pogrebnyak. Zenit went on to lift the trophy. • Zenit have drawn six of their 11 home fixtures against Spanish visitors, winning four, including the last two. They have lost three of their four two-legged ties against Spanish opposition, however, including UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League quarter-finals against eventual winners Sevilla in 2005/06 and 2014/15; that 2008 defeat of Villarreal is their only success. • Despite a flawless record at home to Russian clubs Villarreal have yet to win in four visits to Russia (D2 L2), though they managed a last-gasp equaliser, a Santi Cazorla penalty, to draw 3-3 on their most recent visit, at Spartak on matchday two. Form guide Zenit • Fifth in the 2017/18 Russian Premier League, Zenit's 12th successive European campaign began in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, where they staged an astonishing second-leg comeback against Dinamo Minsk in St Petersburg, winning 8-1 after extra time in response to a shock 4-0 first-leg defeat in Belarus. Their play-off victory over Molde was also a tight call, a 3-1 home win preceding a 2-1 loss in Norway. • Zenit's third successive appearance in the UEFA Europa League group stage, and fourth in all, maintained their perfect record of qualifying for the knockout phase as section winners – a feat achieved for the first time in 2010/11. They defeated Slavia Praha, Bordeaux and København in St Petersburg, all by one-goal margins, and drew 1-1 in both Denmark and France, ceding their unbeaten record only on matchday six when, already through, they lost 2-0 at second-placed Slavia. A double from new January signing Sardar Azmoun on his first start for the club completed Zenit's comeback success against Fenerbahçe in the round of 32. • This is the Russian side's record-equalling fifth appearance in the UEFA Europa League round of 32, tied with Benfica and Valencia. However, they have won only one of the four previous ties – against Torino in 2014/15 (2-0 home, 0-1 away). The defeats came against FC Twente in 2010/11 (0-3 away, 2-0 home), Basel in 2012/13 (0-2 away, 1-0 home) and Leipzig in 2017/18 (1-2 away, 1-1 home). Their record in St Petersburg at this stage is W3 D1. • Zenit have never lost at home in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final, winning 21 of their 23 matches in St Petersburg. Furthermore, they have a 100% success rate at home in Europe this term with six wins out of six, scoring 18 goals and conceding four. Villarreal • Villarreal finished fifth in the 2017/18 Spanish Liga to qualify for Europe for the fifth successive season, all of them featuring UEFA Europa League group stage participation and subsequent progress to the knockout phase. • In total they have made seven UEFA Europa League group appearances and have never finished outside the top two.