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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 3-1) Estadio de la Cerámica - Villarreal Thursday 14 March 2019 Villarreal CF 21.00CET (21.00 local time) FC Zenit Round of 16, Second leg Last updated 19/04/2019 23:25CET 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 20 1 Villarreal CF - FC Zenit Thursday 14 March 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Azmoun 35; Iborra 33, 07/03/2019 R16 FC Zenit - Villarreal CF 1-3 St Petersburg Moreno 64, Morlanes 71 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 Villarreal CF 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 5 3 FC Zenit 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 3 5 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) 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 FC Zenit - Record versus clubs from opponents' country 2 Villarreal CF - FC Zenit Thursday 14 March 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal 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 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 3 Villarreal CF - FC Zenit Thursday 14 March 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal UEFA Cup 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 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Villarreal CF 4 4 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 9 5 2 2 15 9 FC Zenit 11 4 5 2 8 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 21 6 6 9 30 38 4 Villarreal CF - FC Zenit Thursday 14 March 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal Match background Villarreal ended one of the UEFA Europa League's most enduring records in the first leg of this round of 16 tie when they became the first team to beat competition regulars Zenit in St Petersburg, the Spanish club's 3-1 win – the only away victory in the round of 16 first legs – putting them in a strong position to reach the quarter-finals for the third time. • 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). • 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. Previous meetings • Zenit's record run of 23 UEFA Europa League games without defeat came to a halt in the first leg as goals from Vicente Iborra, Gerard Moreno and Manu Morlanes gave Villarreal a famous win in St Petersburg, Sardar Azmoun's third goal in two European games proving only a consolation for the hosts. • 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. • The group stage win against Spartak extended Villarreal's flawless record at home to Russian clubs to four wins out of four. That goal by Pogrebnyak is the only one they have conceded in those games. • Zenit lost their first six UEFA games in Spain but have won the last two, most recently defeating Real Sociedad 3-1 in San Sebastian on matchday six last season. They have lost three of their four two-legged ties against Spanish opposition, 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. Form guide 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. They topped their section for only the third time this term, drawing all three away games and picking up seven points at home, where they drew 2-2 with Rangers and overwhelmed Rapid Wien 5-0 before beating Spartak. Their best seasons in the competition were 2010/11 and 2015/16, when they reached the semi-finals. • Villarreal are in the round of 16 for the fourth time, and have qualified two times out of three. The victories both came against Bayer Leverkusen, in 2010/11 (3-2 away, 2-1 home) and 2015/16 (2-0 home, 0-0 away), the sole defeat against fellow Spanish club Sevilla in 2014/15 (1-3 home, 1-2 away). • Villarreal have won just five of their last 13 home fixtures in Europe, losing the same number. Prior to that sequence they had won seven in a row, conceding just one goal – all those games coming in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League. • On each of the eight occasions that Villarreal have won the first away leg of a European tie they have gone on to qualify, most recently against Sporting in the round of 32.