VILLARREAL. Manchester United prevails over Villarreal with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Sancho (90′) and a goal from C. Ronaldo (78′).

The match was played at the Estadio de la Cerámica stadium in Villarreal on Tuesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Felix Brych with the collaboration of Mark Borsch and Stefan Lupp. The 4th official was Daniel Schlager. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.5 degrees Celsius or 56.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Villarreal was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Manchester United that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Villarreal was has a more offensive attitude with 47 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Manchester United was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Villarreal shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Manchester United shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Villarreal received 1 yellow card (Y. Pino). On the other side, Manchester United received 1 yellow card (D. van de Beek).

Standings

After this match, Villarreal will stay with 7 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the other side, Manchester United will have 10 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Champions League, Villarreal will play away with Atalanta on the 8th of December with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Manchester United will host Young Boys on the 8th of December with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Manchester United (0 draws).

Villarreal – Formation

Villarreal started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Unai Emery Etxegoien decided to play with the following team: Gerónimo Rulli (6.4), Juan Foyth (6.4), Raúl Albiol (6.9), Pau Torres (6.5), Pervis Estupiñán (6.9), Yéremi Pino (7.0), Étienne Capoue (6.2), Dani Parejo (7.0), Moi Gómez (6.9), Manu Trigueros (7.6) and Arnaut Danjuma (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Samuel Chukwueze (6.4), Dani Raba (6.4), Alberto Moreno (6.1), Paco Alcácer, Aïssa Mandi, Vicente Iborra, Rubén Peña, Iker Álvarez, Mario Gaspar, Alfonso Pedraza, Boulaye Dia and Sergio Asenjo.

Substitutions

Villarreal made 4 changes: Y. Pino for S. Chukwueze (73′), M. Trigueros for A. Moreno (73′), P. Estupinan for D. Raba (79′) and M. Gomez for B. Dia (84′).

Best player: Manu Trigueros​

The player that probably impressed the most for Villarreal was Manu Trigueros.

His rating is (7.6) with 29 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8.

Manchester United – Formation

Manchester United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Michael Carrick played with: David De Gea (7.1), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (7.0), Victor Lindelöf (7.4), Harry Maguire (7.0), Alex Telles (6.8), Fred (7.0), Scott McTominay (7.1), Jadon Sancho (7.4), Donny van de Beek (6.5), Anthony Martial (6.6) and Cristiano Ronaldo (7.5).

They had on the bench: Dean Henderson, Jesse Lingard, Diogo Dalot, Amad Diallo, Tom Heaton, Bruno Fernandes (7.2), Marcus Rashford (6.5), Eric Bailly, Juan Mata and Nemanja Matić.

Substitutions

Manchester United made 4 changes: D. van de Beek for B. Fernandes (66′), A. Martial for M. Rashford (66′), C. Ronaldo for N. Matic (90′) and J. Sancho for J. Mata (90′).

Best player: Cristiano Ronaldo​

The most impressive player for Manchester United was Cristiano Ronaldo.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 30 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Champions League.​

• Malmö FF – Zenit – 1-1
• Chelsea – Juventus – 4-0
• Lille – Salzburg – 1-0
• Sevilla – VfL Wolfsburg – 2-0
• Young Boys – Atalanta – 3-3
• Villarreal – Manchester United – 0-2
• FC Barcelona – Benfica – 0-0
• Dynamo Kyiv – FC Bayern München – 1-2