UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS José Alvalade - Lisbon Thursday 14 February 2019 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Sporting Clube de Villarreal CF Portugal Round of 32, First leg Last updated 19/04/2019 23:07CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 7 Squad list 9 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 16 Match officials 18 Legend 20 1 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Villarreal CF Thursday 14 February 2019 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Sporting Clube de Portugal - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sporting Clube de Portugal - Club 1-0 12/04/2018 QF Lisbon Montero 28 Atlético de Madrid agg: 1-2 Club Atlético de Madrid - 05/04/2018 QF 2-0 Madrid Koke 1, Griezmann 40 Sporting Clube de Portugal UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Barcelona - Sporting Clube Paco Alcácer 59, 05/12/2017 GS 2-0 Barcelona de Portugal Mathieu 90+1 (og) Sporting Clube de Portugal - FC 27/09/2017 GS 0-1 Lisbon Coates 49 (og) Barcelona UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Adrien Silva 80 (P); Sporting Clube de Portugal - Real 22/11/2016 GS 1-2 Lisbon Varane 29, Benzema Madrid CF 87 Real Madrid CF - Sporting Clube Ronaldo 89, Morata 14/09/2016 GS 2-1 Madrid de Portugal 90+4; Bruno César 48 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Susaeta 17, Ibai Athletic Club - Sporting Clube de 3-1 Gómez 45+1, Llorente 26/04/2012 SF Bilbao Portugal agg: 4-3 88; Van Wolfswinkel 44 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Insua 76, Diego Capel 19/04/2012 SF 2-1 Lisbon Athletic Club 80; Aurtenetxe 54 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sporting Clube de Portugal - Club 2-2 Liedson 19, Polga 18/03/2010 R16 Lisbon Atlético de Madrid agg: 2-2 ag 45+1; Agüero 3, 33 Club Atlético de Madrid - Sporting 11/03/2010 R16 0-0 Madrid Clube de Portugal 2 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Villarreal CF Thursday 14 February 2019 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Miguel Veloso 65, Liedson 66; Henry 14, Sporting Clube de Portugal - FC Piqué 17, Messi 49, 26/11/2008 GS 2-5 Lisbon Barcelona Marco Caneira 67 (og), Bojan Krkić 73 (P) Márquez 21, Eto'o 60 FC Barcelona - Sporting Clube 16/09/2008 GS 3-1 Barcelona (P), Xavi Hernández de Portugal 87; Tonel 72 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Real Madrid CF - Sporting Clube Guti 12, Sávio 42, 25/10/2000 GS1 4-0 Madrid de Portugal Morientes 62, 70 Sá Pinto 39, André Sporting Clube de Portugal - Real Cruz 42; Roberto 12/09/2000 GS1 2-2 Lisbon Madrid CF Carlos 50, Rui Jorge 75 (og) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sporting Clube de Portugal - Real 2-1 Sá Pinto 3, Oceano 27/09/1994 R1 Lisbon Madrid CF agg: 2-2 ag 31; M. Laudrup 15 Real Madrid CF - Sporting Clube 13/09/1994 R1 1-0 Madrid Martín Vázquez 11 de Portugal UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Real Sociedad de Fútbol - 0-0 09/11/1988 R2 San Sebastian Sporting Clube de Portugal agg: 2-1 Bacinello 30 (P); Sporting Clube de Portugal - Real 26/10/1988 R2 1-2 Lisbon Iturrino Cenekorta 16, Sociedad de Fútbol Juarros Garcia 50 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sporting Clube de Portugal - FC 2-1 Negrete Arias 41, 05/11/1986 R2 Lisbon Barcelona agg: 2-2 ag Meade 61; Roberto 83 FC Barcelona - Sporting Clube 22/10/1986 R2 1-0 Barcelona Julio Alberto 72 de Portugal UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sporting Clube de Portugal - 3-0 Fernandes 20 (P), 11/12/1985 R3 Lisbon Athletic Club agg: 4-2 Meade 56, Sousa 74 Athletic Club - Sporting Clube de Sarabia 13, Salinas 27/11/1985 R3 2-1 Bilbao Portugal 58; Meade 72 3 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Villarreal CF Thursday 14 February 2019 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Buyo 30 (og), Fernandes 60, Sporting Clube de Portugal - 3-2 28/09/1983 R1 Lisbon António Oliveira 88; Sevilla FC agg: 4-3 Montero 27, Francisco López 51 Sevilla FC - Sporting Clube de Magdaleno 19; 14/09/1983 R1 1-1 Seville Portugal Fernandes 72 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Real Sociedad de Fútbol - 2-0 Gurruchaga 42, 16/03/1983 QF San Sebastian Sporting Clube de Portugal agg: 2-1 Bakero 68 Sporting Clube de Portugal - 02/03/1983 QF 1-0 Lisbon Fernandes 88 Real Sociedad de Fútbol Villarreal CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Cani 17, Capdevila 3-2 75, Rossi 80 (P); 05/05/2011 SF Villarreal CF - FC Porto Villarreal agg: 4-7 Musacchio 39 (og), Falcao 48 Falcao 49 (P), 67, 75, 28/04/2011 SF FC Porto - Villarreal CF 5-1 Porto 90, Guarín 61; Cani 45 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/11/2005 GS SL Benfica - Villarreal CF 0-1 Lisbon Senna 81 Riquelme 72 (P); 18/10/2005 GS Villarreal CF - SL Benfica 1-1 Villarreal Manuel Fernandes 77 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Sporting Clube de Portugal 13 7 2 4 13 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 26 7 5 14 27 42 Villarreal CF 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 6 8 4 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Villarreal CF Thursday 14 February 2019 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon Match background Two of the UEFA Europa League's most experienced campaigners go head to head in Lisbon as Sporting CP and Villarreal, who are meeting for the first time, each embark on a record-equalling seventh knockout campaign. • Sporting came through Group E as runners-up to Arsenal, their 13-point tally not only the best of all the second- placed qualifiers but better also than that of six group winners. Those included Villarreal, who managed ten points but progressed undefeated from a highly competitive Group G, their fifth qualification in five successive seasons for the knockout phase sealed only with a 2-1 matchday six win at home against Spartak Moskva. Previous meetings • Sporting have played 26 UEFA matches against Spanish opposition and won only seven, although all have come in Lisbon – against six different clubs, Athletic Club the only team defeated twice. Atlético Madrid went down 1-0 at the Estádio José Alvalade in the second leg of last season's UEFA Europa League quarter-final but went through after winning the first leg 2-0 in Madrid. That made it seven aggregate defeats for Sporting in nine two-legged European ties against Spanish teams, their last win coming in the 1985/86 UEFA Cup third round against Athletic. • Villarreal have played only one previous knockout tie against Portuguese opposition, a 7-4 defeat against Porto in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League semi-final, when they lost the away first leg 5-1. Form guide Sporting • Sporting finished third in the 2017/18 Portuguese Liga. They suffered a shock 2-1 defeat to Aves in the Portuguese Cup final, but nevertheless claimed a place in the UEFA Europa League group stage. • The Lisbon club have been regular participants in the UEFA Europa League since its inception in 2009/10, featuring in the competition proper in eight of its ten seasons – a record they share with Ajax and Salzburg. Their fifth successful qualification from the group stage in six attempts was achieved on the back of home and away wins against Qarabağ and Vorskla Poltava, although they failed to score against Arsenal (0-1 home, 0-0 away). Semi- finalists in 2011/12, they reached last season's quarter-finals after transferring from the UEFA Champions League group stage. • Sporting have won three of their six UEFA Europa League round of 32 ties. Their successes came in 2009/10 against Everton (1-2 away, 3-0 home), 2011/12 against Legia Warszawa (2-2 away, 1-0 home) and last season against Astana (3-1 away, 3-3 home), but they were eliminated in 2010/11 by Rangers (1-1 away, 2-2 home), in 2014/15 by Wolfsburg (0-2 away, 0-0 home) and in 2015/16 by Bayer Leverkusen (0-1 home, 1-3 away). Their home record at this stage is W2 D3 L1. • Sporting's 0-1 defeat by Arsenal on matchday three ended a run of three European home wins without conceding. They have only lost two other games in Lisbon in the UEFA Europa League proper; their home record in the competition overall, including qualifying, is W22 D8 L4. 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.