Europa League · Final
Manchester United v Villarreal
1–1
HT 1–0
Manchester United drew 1–1 with Villarreal at Stadion Energa Gdansk (N) on Wednesday 26th May 2021 in the Europa League. Edinson Cavani (55') scored for United. United were captained by Bruno Fernandes, and the referee was Clément Turpin.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 29' Gerard Moreno Assist: Daniel Parejo 0–1
- Half Time 1–0
- 54' Étienne Capoue
- 55' Edinson Cavani Assist: Scott McTominay 1–1
- 82' Eric Bailly
- 84' Juan Foyth
- Extra Time
- 100' Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues for Greenwood
- 113' Edinson Cavani
- 115' Daniel James for Pogba
- 116' Axel Tuanzebe for Bailly
- 120' Juan Mata for Wan-Bissaka
- 120' Alex Telles for McTominay
- Full Time 1–1
Match Facts
60%
Possession
4-2-3-1
Formation
Clément Turpin
Referee
Bruno Fernandes
Captain
Starting XI
Player
7 Edinson Cavani 55'
Substitutes
Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues
100' for Greenwood
Daniel James
115' for Pogba
Axel Tuanzebe
116' for Bailly
Juan Mata
120' for Wan-Bissaka
Alex Telles
120' for McTominay
Villarreal Lineup
4-4-2
Starting XI
3 Raúl Albiol CD-R
4 Pau Torres CD-L
5 Dani Parejo CM-L
7 Gerard Moreno CF-R ⚽
8 Juan Foyth RB
9 Carlos Bacca CF-L
13 Gerónimo Rulli G
14 Manu Trigueros LM
24 Alfonso Pedraza LB
25 Étienne Capoue CM-R
30 Yéremy Pino RM
Substitutes
1 Sergio Asenjo
2 Mario on
6 Ramiro Funes Mori
12 Dani Raba on
15 Pervis Estupiñán
17 Paco Alcácer on
18 Alberto Moreno on
19 Francis Coquelin on
20 Rubén Peña
21 Jaume Costa
23 Moi Gómez on
34 Fernando Niño
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer
Manchester United
OPP
Unai Emery
Villarreal
Match Information
Man Utd
4-2-3-1
Formation
Villarreal
4-4-2
United vs Villarreal History
Meeting 5 of 7
7
Played
2
Won
5
Drawn
0
Lost
5
Goals For
2
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Wednesday 14th September 2005. After this match United had played Villarreal 5 times: 0W 5D 0L.
22 Nov 2005 D 0–0 EC 17 Sep 2008 D 0–0 EC 25 Nov 2008 D 0–0 EC
26 May 2021 D 1–1 This match
29 Sep 2021 W 2–1 EC 23 Nov 2021 W 2–0 EC | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Away | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Neutral | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
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 →