Postat 49 minutes
Foul by Jordan Veretout (Marseille).
UEFA Europa League Scores & Fixtures
Thursday 14th March
Team Lineups
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home team, Villarreal
Manager: Marcelino García
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Pitch Formation
Starting lineup
Substitutes
home team, Villarreal
away team, Marseille
Manager: Jean-Louis Gasset
Formation: 3 - 5 - 2
Pitch Formation
Starting lineup
away team, Marseille
home team, Villarreal
Manager: Marcelino García
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Pitch Formation
Starting lineup
Substitutes
away team, Marseille
Manager: Jean-Louis Gasset
Formation: 3 - 5 - 2
Pitch Formation
Starting lineup
Substitutes
Match Officials
- Referee:
- István Kovács
- Video Assistant Referee:
- Catalin Popa
- Assistant Referee 1:
- Vasile Marinescu
- Assistant Referee 2:
- Ovidiu Artene
- Fourth Official:
- Andrei Chivulete
- Assistant VAR Official:
- Horatiu Fesnic
Match Stats
Key, Villarreal v MarseilleBasic Stats
Overall possession
Villarreal 63.8%Marseille 36.2%
Shots
Villarreal 25Marseille 7Shots on target
Villarreal 8Marseille 2Total touches inside the opposition box
Villarreal 43Marseille 9Goalkeeper saves
Villarreal 1Marseille 5Aerial duels won
Villarreal 16Marseille 11Fouls committed
Villarreal 12Marseille 12Corners
Villarreal 9Marseille 3In-depth match stats
Attack
Shots
Villarreal 25Marseille 7Shots on target
Villarreal 8Marseille 2Shots off target
Villarreal 13Marseille 5Attempts out of box
Villarreal 7Marseille 3One-on-one attempts
Villarreal 0Marseille 1Total offsides
Villarreal 1Marseille 2Distribution
Total passes
Villarreal 467Marseille 271Pass accuracy %
Villarreal 82.4Marseille 67.5Backward passes
Villarreal 72Marseille 38Forward passes
Villarreal 150Marseille 124Total long balls
Villarreal 59Marseille 68Successful final third passes
Villarreal 115Marseille 50Total crosses
Villarreal 29Marseille 10Defence
Total tackles
Villarreal 12Marseille 21Won tackle %
Villarreal 66.7Marseille 71.4Fouls committed
Villarreal 12Marseille 12Total yellow cards
Villarreal 3Marseille 5Total clearances
Villarreal 14Marseille 43Season so far
UEFA Europa League
Key, Villarreal v Marseille
Form guide
All competitions
Villarreal won
v Real Betis
2
3
Primera División
Marseille won
v Nantes
2
0
Ligue 1
Villarreal lose
v Marseille
4
0
UEFA Europa League
Marseille won
v Villarreal
4
0
UEFA Europa League
Villarreal won
v Granada
5
1
Primera División
Marseille won
v Clermont
1
5
Ligue 1
Villarreal won
v Real Sociedad
1
3
Primera División
Marseille won
v Montpellier
4
1
Ligue 1
Villarreal draw
v Getafe
1
1
Primera División
Marseille won
v Shakhtar Donetsk
3
1
UEFA Europa League
Previous scores
All competitions
UEFA Europa League
Marseille 4 , Villarreal 0 on the 7th of March 2024
Marseille
Villarreal
7th of March 2024
Club Friendlies
Marseille 2 , Villarreal 1 on the 31st of July 2021
Marseille
Villarreal
31st of July 2021
Marseille 1 , Villarreal 1 on the 21st of July 2018
Marseille
Villarreal
21st of July 2018
Match Facts
Villarreal have won two of their three home games against French opposition in major European competition (L1), beating Lille in the 2005-06 UEFA Champions League and Rennes in this season’s UEFA Europa League group stage (both 1-0).
Marseille failed to win any of their first six away games against Spanish opposition in European competition (D2 L4) but did win on their last such trip, beating Athletic Club 2-1 in the 2017-18 UEFA Europa League round of 16 at San Mamés.
Villarreal lost the first leg against Marseille 4-0, the first time they’d shipped four goals in a major European match since losing 4-0 to Roma in February 2017. No side in UEFA Europa League history has overturned a 4+ goal first leg deficit in a two-legged knockout match.
Marseille have scored 23 goals in nine UEFA Europa League matches this season, their most ever in a single major European season. The last French side to score more in Europe in a season were Paris Saint-Germain in 2019-20 (25 in the UEFA Champions League).
Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang is the all-time leading scorer in UEFA Europa League history (2009-10 onwards), scoring 33 goals in 57 appearances. Nine of those have come this season for Marseille – the only player to score more goals in a major European season for OM is Didier Drogba in 2003-04 (11).