UEFA Champions League

Young Boys vs Villarreal 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

Young Boys
  • 77': Meschack Elia
FT
1 - 4
Villarreal
  • 6': Yeremy Pino
  • 16': Gerard Moreno
  • 88': Alberto Moreno
  • 90'+2': Samuel Chukwueze

Birthday boy Pino helps Villarreal thump Young Boys

Yeremi Pino and Gerard Moreno scored for Villarreal as they claimed a first Champions League group stage win in 13 years in a win over Young Boys.

Match Commentary

  • 6': Goal! Young Boys 0, Villarreal 1. Yeremi Pino (Villarreal) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Alfonso Pedraza with a cross.
  • 16': Goal! Young Boys 0, Villarreal 2. Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Daniel Parejo with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 45': Michel Aebischer (Young Boys) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Young Boys 0, Villarreal 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Young Boys 0, Villarreal 2.
  • 62': Substitution, Young Boys. Silvan Hefti replaces Jordan Lefort.
  • 69': Substitution, Villarreal. Alberto Moreno replaces Francis Coquelin.
  • 70': Substitution, Young Boys. Fabian Rieder replaces Christopher Martins Pereira.
  • 70': Substitution, Young Boys. Wilfried Kanga replaces Jordan Siebatcheu.
  • 77': Goal! Young Boys 1, Villarreal 2. Meschak Elia (Young Boys) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fabian Rieder with a through ball.
  • 83': Substitution, Villarreal. Aïssa Mandi replaces Raúl Albiol because of an injury.
  • 87': Gerónimo Rulli (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  • 88': Goal! Young Boys 1, Villarreal 3. Alberto Moreno (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner.
  • 89': Substitution, Villarreal. Moi Gómez replaces Yeremi Pino.
  • 90': Substitution, Young Boys. Felix Mambimbi replaces Christian Fassnacht.
  • 90': Substitution, Villarreal. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Arnaut Danjuma.
  • 90'+2': Goal! Young Boys 1, Villarreal 4. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gerard Moreno.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Stadion Wankdorf
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Attendance: 27,398

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
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Statistics

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5 Fouls 12
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
3 Corner Kicks 3
4 Saves 2
50.8 Possession 49.2
13 SHOTS 18
6 ON GOAL 5
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
360 Accurate Passes 353
435 Passes 410
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 6
8 Crosses 22
0.4 Cross % 0.3
60 Long Balls 44
31 Accurate Long Balls 26
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
3 Blocked Shots 3
11 Effective Tackles 13
16 Tackles 23
0.7 Tackle % 0.6
5 Interceptions 14
18 Effective Clearances 4
18 Clearances 4

Line-Ups

YB Young Boys (5-3-2)

No. Name
26 David Von Ballmoos (GK)
30 Sandro Lauper
25 Jordan Lefort
4 Mohamed Ali Camara
21 Ulisses Garcia
13 Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu
35 Christopher Martins Pereira
16 Christian Fassnacht
20 Michel Aebischer Yellow Card
15 Meschack Elia
17 Jordan Pefok
Substitutes:
Alexandre Jankewitz, Nicolas Bürgy, Marvin Spielmann, Wilfried Kanga, Silvan Hefti, Vincent Sierro, Abdullah Laidani, Leandro Zbinden, Miralem Sulejmani, Fabian Rieder, Felix Mambimbi, Quentin Maceiras.

VIL Villarreal (3-5-2)

No. Name
13 Gerónimo Rulli (GK) Yellow Card
3 Raúl Albiol
4 Pau Torres
8 Juan Foyth
19 Francis Coquelin
5 Dani Parejo
6 Étienne Capoue
24 Alfonso Pedraza
21 Yeremy Pino
15 Arnaut Danjuma
7 Gerard Moreno
Substitutes:
Aïssa Mandi, Vicente Iborra, Paco Alcácer, Raba, Moi Gómez, Alberto Moreno, Samuel Chukwueze, Manu Trigueros, Pervis Estupiñán, Rubén Peña, Mario, Sergio Asenjo.

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