Head-to-Head: Villarreal vs Slavia Praha

Villarreal vs Slavia Praha carries a measured Villarreal edge from their two 2017 Europa League meetings. The clubs drew 2-2 in Spain on 19 October before Villarreal won 2-0 in Prague on 2 November. That sequence gives the Spanish side the stronger direct position, but the opening draw matters: Slavia Praha showed it could keep the comparison close before the return result separated the teams.

Upcoming matches, Villarreal vs Slavia Praha

25 November 2026 - 17:45 Group Stage

Slavia Praha

VS

Villarreal

Past matches, Villarreal vs Slavia Praha

2 November 2017 Group Stage - 4

Slavia Praha

0 - 2

Villarreal
19 October 2017 Group Stage - 3

Villarreal

2 - 2

Slavia Praha

Match center

Slavia Praha

0 - 2

2 November 2017

Villarreal

Starting eleven

Substitutes Slavia Praha

13
D
14
F
21
F
8
M
10
M
25
D
31
G

Villarreal Substitutes

M
7
M
33
F
18
D
22
D
23
D
30
G
31

Match events

45'

90'

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15'
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C. Bacca Normal Goal
46'

M. Ngadeu-Ngadjui J. Hromada
57'

Cédric Bakambu Yellow Card
63'

M. van Buren Danny
67'

D. Cheryshev Pablo Fornals
72'

Chuca C. Bacca
80'

M. Škoda J. Sýkora
83'

N. Sansone R. Soriano
88'

Jan Boril Yellow Card
89'
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S. Deli Own Goal

Stats for this game

Matchup Villarreal VS Slavia Praha

A lead built in the return leg

The 2017 Europa League group-stage exchange began with a 2-2 draw at Villarreal on 19 October. Neither side established a decisive margin in that contest, leaving the comparison finely poised. The return meeting on 2 November moved the balance toward Villarreal, who won 2-0 at Slavia Praha. Read together, the results show a Spanish advantage that emerged through the second scoreline rather than through uninterrupted control.

Close beginnings, clearer answers

Slavia Praha’s ability to share four goals in the opening match keeps the pairing more nuanced than the final balance alone suggests. Villarreal’s away win supplies the clearest direction, yet two results are not enough to turn one setting into a permanent rule. The durable interest is whether Slavia Praha can reproduce that competitive resistance when the clubs meet again, or whether Villarreal can create separation earlier. The matchup remains most revealing when the Czech side keeps the margin narrow and obliges Villarreal to find another answer.