UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadio de la Cerámica - Villarreal Thursday 13 December 2018 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Villarreal CF Group G - Matchday 6 FC Spartak Moskva Last updated 19/04/2019 23:00CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 6 Team facts 8 Squad list 10 Fixtures and results 13 Match-by-match lineups 17 Match officials 19 Legend 20 1 Villarreal CF - FC Spartak Moskva Thursday 13 December 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 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 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 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 6 5 FC Spartak Moskva 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 5 6 Villarreal CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country 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 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 Spartak Moskva - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Etxeita 57; Luiz Athletic Club - FC Spartak 1-2 22/02/2018 R32 Bilbao Adriano 44, Melgarejo Moskva agg: 4-3 85 Luiz Adriano 60; Aritz FC Spartak Moskva - Athletic 15/02/2018 R32 1-3 Moscow Aduriz 22, 39, Club Kutepov 45+1 (og) 2 Villarreal CF - FC Spartak Moskva Thursday 13 December 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Lenglet 30, Banega 01/11/2017 GS Sevilla FC - FC Spartak Moskva 2-1 Seville 59; Zé Luís 78 Promes 18, 90, Melgarejo 58, 17/10/2017 GS FC Spartak Moskva - Sevilla FC 5-1 Moscow Glushakov 67, Luiz Adriano 74; Kjær 30 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Spartak Moskva - FC Dani Alves 16, Messi 20/11/2012 GS 0-3 Moscow Barcelona 27, 39 Tello 14, Messi 72, FC Barcelona - FC Spartak 19/09/2012 GS 3-2 Barcelona 80; Dani Alves 29 Moskva (og), Romulo 59 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers RC Celta de Vigo - FC Spartak 2-1 Nenê 19, Jonathan 22/02/2007 R3 Vigo Moskva agg: 3-2 78; Titov 88 FC Spartak Moskva - RC Celta de Kalynychenko 65; 15/02/2007 R3 1-1 Moscow Vigo Núñez 41 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers RCD Mallorca - FC Spartak 0-1 Palma de 03/03/2004 R3 Samedov 44 Moskva agg: 3-1 Mallorca Eto'o 67, Toni FC Spartak Moskva - RCD 26/02/2004 R3 0-3 Moscow González 81, Perera Mallorca 85 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Valencia CF - FC Spartak Sánchez 38, 46, 12/11/2002 GS1 3-0 Valencia Moskva Fábio Aurélio 78 FC Spartak Moskva - Valencia Angulo 6, Mista 71, 25/09/2002 GS1 0-3 Moscow CF Sánchez 85 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Spartak Moskva - Real 07/11/2000 GS1 1-0 Moscow Geremi 47 (og) Madrid CF Real Madrid CF - FC Spartak 20/09/2000 GS1 1-0 Madrid Iván Helguera 51 Moskva UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Real Madrid CF - FC Spartak Raúl González 34, 09/12/1998 GS 2-1 Madrid Moskva Sávio 66; Khlestov 89 3 Villarreal CF - FC Spartak Moskva Thursday 13 December 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal UEFA Champions League FC Spartak Moskva - Real Tsymbalar 72, Titov 30/09/1998 GS 2-1 Moscow Madrid CF 78; Raúl González 63 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Real Valladolid CF - FC Spartak 1-2 Gomez Diaz 87; 04/11/1997 R2 Valladolid Moskva agg: 1-4 Shirko 63, 90 FC Spartak Moskva - Real 21/10/1997 R2 2-0 Moscow Tikhonov 61, Titov 85 Valladolid CF UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Stoichkov 34, Amor FC Barcelona - FC Spartak 75, R. Koeman 78, 16/03/1994 GS 5-1 Barcelona Moskva 80, Romário 86 (P); Karpin 3 Rodionov 77, Karpin FC Spartak Moskva - FC 02/03/1994 GS 2-2 Moscow 88; Stoichkov 10, Barcelona Romário 66 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Butragueño 9; Real Madrid CF - FC Spartak 1-3 20/03/1991 QF Madrid Radchenko 19, 37, Moskva agg: 1-3 Chmarov 63 FC Spartak Moskva - Real Madrid 06/03/1991 QF 0-0 Moscow CF UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Valencia CF - FC Spartak 2-0 Solsona 31, Moreno 08/12/1982 R3 Valencia Moskva agg: 2-0 84 24/11/1982 R3 FC Spartak Moskva - Valencia CF 0-0 Tbilisi European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Real Madrid CF - FC Spartak 2-0 18/03/1981 QF Madrid Isidro 69, 79 Moskva agg: 2-0 FC Spartak Moskva - Real Madrid 04/03/1981 QF 0-0 Tbilisi CF UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Spartak Moskva - Club 1-2 Khusainov 59; 08/11/1972 R2 Moscow Atlético de Madrid agg: 5-5 ag Salcedo 11, 55 Aragonés 79 (P), Ovejero 86, Becerra Club Atlético de Madrid - FC 25/10/1972 R2 3-4 Madrid 90; Piskarev 39, Spartak Moskva Redin 46, 87, Bulgakov 77 4 Villarreal CF - FC Spartak Moskva Thursday 13 December 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Villarreal CF 3 3 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 3 2 2 10 8 FC Spartak Moskva 16 4 7 5 15 5 0 10 0 0 0 0 31 9 7 15 38 53 5 Villarreal CF - FC Spartak Moskva Thursday 13 December 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal Match background In a hotly contested UEFA Europa League Group G, all four teams still harbour hopes of progress to the knockout phase. Villarreal, seeking a record seventh qualification, go into their matchday six encounter with Spartak Moskva leading the section, but the Russian side will be through in their hosts' place should they win. • Villarreal are unbeaten after five matches, but draws have been the name of the game for the Liga club, four of them supplemented by a 5-0 win over Rapid Wien in their last home fixture, on matchday three. They will reach the round of 32 if they avoid defeat against Spartak, and will top the group with a win, or a draw if Rapid also draw at home to Rangers. If Villarreal lose, they are out. • Spartak suffered a shock 1-2 defeat at home to Rapid last time out, which dropped them from second spot to fourth. Like Villarreal, they have won only one of their five matches – 4-3 at home to Rangers – but need a second victory to qualify, which is only possible as runners-up. Any other result spells elimination. Previous meetings • The teams were involved in a six-goal thriller on matchday two, Villarreal twice taking the lead in Moscow but ultimately salvaging a point only with an equalising penalty from Santi Cazorla deep into added time. • The sides' sole encounters before this season had come in the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup third round, Villarreal winning the tie 3-2 (1-0 home, 2-2 away). • Villarreal have a perfect record at home against Russian opposition, winning all three of their previous encounters, most recently 1-0 versus Zenit in the third round of the 2007/08 UEFA Cup – though they would lose that tie on away goals to the eventual winners. • Spartak have amassed 31 matches against Spanish clubs in UEFA competition, but they have never drawn a game in Spain, winning five and losing ten. A 2-1 win at Athletic Club in last season's UEFA Europa League round of 32 – their only visit in this competition – was insufficient to win the tie after a 1-3 first-leg defeat in Moscow, but it did end a run of four successive defeats on Spanish soil. 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 in every previous case progress into the competition's knockout phase.