VILLARREAL. Villarreal overcomes Rennes 1-0 after A. Sørloth scored just 1 goal (36′).
Martin Terrier missed a decisive penalty (90′). That would have allowed Rennes to draw the match.
The match was played at the Estadio de la Cerámica stadium in Villarreal on Thursday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Harald Lechner who was helped by Andreas Heidenreich and Maximilian Kolbitsch. The 4th official was Julian Weinberger. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 26.92 degrees Celsius or 80.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 7 Total 17
- 2 On Target 4
- 3 Off Target 8
- 2 Shots blocked 5
- 89 Attack 91
- 39 Dangerous attack 44
- 51 Ball safe 60
- 0 Penalties 1
- 3 Corners 6
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 13
- 4 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Villarreal was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Rennes that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Rennes had a more offensive attitude with 44 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Villarreal was able to find the solution to win this encounter.
Villarreal shot 7 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Rennes shot 17 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Villarreal received 4 yellow cards (Yéremy Pino, Alfonso Pedraza, Álex Baena and Alberto Moreno). Talking about the opposition, Rennes received 2 yellow cards (Désiré Doué and Adrien Truffert).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this match, Villarreal has 3 points to occupy the 3rd place in the table. On the opposite side, Rennes stays with 3 points (2nd).
Next matches
Villarreal – Formation
Villarreal
85'
50'
36'
Villarreal started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Juan José Rojo Martín decided to play with the following team: Pepe Reina , Kiko Femenía , Matteo Gabbia , Aïssa Mandi , Alberto Moreno , Étienne Capoue , Dani Parejo , Yéremy Pino , Manu Trigueros , Álex Baena and Alexander Sørloth .
The home team had on the bench: Santi Comesaña , Ben Brereton Díaz, José Luis Morales , Alfonso Pedraza , Raúl Albiol , Jorge Cuenca, Filip Jörgensen, Ramón Terrats , Adrià Altimira and Ilias Akhomach.
Substitutions
Villarreal made 5 changes: Yéremy Pino for José Luis Morales (57′), Álex Baena for Alfonso Pedraza (57′), Manu Trigueros for Santi Comesaña (74′), Alexander Sørloth for Ramón Terrats (85′) and Alberto Moreno for Raúl Albiol (85′).
Best player: Pepe Reina
The player that probably impressed the most for Villarreal was the goalkeeper: Pepe Reina. His rating is 8.36. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 4 saves.
Rennes – Formation
Rennes
Rennes started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Bruno Génésio played with: Steve Mandanda , Guéla Doué , Warmed Omari , Arthur Theate , Adrien Truffert , Baptiste Santamaria , Benjamin Bourigeaud , Ludovic Blas , Désiré Doué , Ibrahim Salah and Bertug Yildirim .
They had on the bench: Nemanja Matić , Lorenz Assignon, Gauthier Gallon, Martin Terrier , Arnaud Kalimuendo , Amine Gouiri , Christopher Wooh, Jeanuel Belocian, Enzo Le Fée , Fabian Rieder, Mohamed Jaouab and Geoffrey Lembet.
Substitutions
Rennes made 5 changes: Bertug Yildirim for Arnaud Kalimuendo (64′), Ibrahim Salah for Amine Gouiri (64′), Benjamin Bourigeaud for Enzo Le Fée (73′), Baptiste Santamaria for Nemanja Matić (73′) and Désiré Doué for Martin Terrier (81′).
Best player: Ludovic Blas
The player that probably impressed the most for Rennes was Ludovic Blas.
His rating is with 16 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- SC Freiburg – West Ham United – 1-2
- Bačka Topola – Olympiakos Piraeus – 2-2
- Olympique Marseille – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-2
- AEK Athens – Ajax – 1-1
- Real Betis – Sparta Praha – 2-1
- Aris Limassol – Rangers – 2-1
- Sporting CP – Atalanta – 1-2
- Raków Częstochowa – Sturm Graz – 0-1
- Liverpool – Union Saint-Gilloise – 2-0
- Toulouse – LASK Linz – 1-0
- Villarreal – Rennes – 1-0
- Maccabi Haifa – Panathinaikos – 0-0
- Roma – Servette – 4-0
- Slavia Praha – Sheriff – 6-0
- Häcken – Qarabağ – 0-1
- Molde – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 1-2
