European Cup · Matchday 05 - Group F

Villarreal v Manchester United

0–2

HT 0–0

Tuesday 23rd November 2021 · El Madrigal Stadium · Att: 20,875

Manchester United beat Villarreal 2–0 at El Madrigal Stadium on Tuesday 23rd November 2021 in the European Cup. Cristiano Ronaldo (78') and Jadon Sancho (90') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Felix Brych.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
33' Yéremi Pino
33' Yéremy Pino
41' Donny van de Beek
Half Time 0–0
66' Bruno Fernandes for van de Beek
66' Marcus Rashford for Martial
78' Cristiano Ronaldo 0–1
90' Jadon Sancho Assist: Bruno Fernandes 0–2
90' Nemanja Matic for Ronaldo
90' Juan Mata for Sancho
Full Time 0–2

Match Facts

49%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Felix Brych

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

2 Victor Lindelof

5 Harry Maguire

7 Cristiano Ronaldo 78'

9 Anthony Martial

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

25 Jadon Sancho 90'

Substitutes

66' for van de Beek

66' for Martial

90' for Ronaldo

90' for Sancho

Villarreal Lineup

4-4-2

Starting XI

3 Raúl Albiol CD-R

4 Pau Torres CD-L

5 Dani Parejo CM-L

6 Étienne Capoue CM-R

8 Juan Foyth RB

12 Pervis Estupiñán LB

13 Gerónimo Rulli G

14 Manu Trigueros CF-R

15 Arnaut Danjuma CF-L

21 Yéremy Pino RM

23 Moi Gómez LM

Substitutes

1 Sergio Asenjo

2 Mario

9 Paco Alcácer

10 Vicente Iborra

11 Samuel Chukwueze on

16 Boulaye Dia on

17 Dani Raba on

18 Alberto Moreno on

20 Rubén Peña

22 Aïssa Mandi

24 Alfonso Pedraza

31 Iker Álvarez

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Michael Carrick

Manchester United

OPP

Unai Emery

Villarreal

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Villarreal

4-4-2

Man Utd Villarreal

49%

Possession

51%

1.1

Expected Goals (xG)

0.6

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.30

Avg Player Rating

6.30

27.5

Avg Age

27.8

United vs Villarreal History

Meeting 7 of 7

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Wednesday 14th September 2005.

25 Nov 2008 D 0–0 EC 26 May 2021 D 1–1 EL 29 Sep 2021 W 2–1 EC

23 Nov 2021 W 2–0 This match

All-time	P	W	D	F	A	Win%
Home	3	1	2	2	1	33.3
Away	3	1	2	2	0	33.3
Neutral	1	0	1	1	1	0.0

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →