Villarreal played midweek for the Champions League and drew 1-1 with Juventus, Villarreal were the best team on the pitch and deserved to win but they weren't able to get around the 1-0 disadvantage. The draw left everything even for the second leg in Italy.

Villarreal before the game against Juventus, played against Granada and in that game the coach Unai Emery rested several important players and the team made a great display and won in a peaceful way.

Unai Emery said in a press conference that his team has been playing better in recent games but he wants his team to reach the Champions League places and for that he has to win this game.

Francis Coquelin, Ruben Pena and Gerard Moreno are out.

Espanyol comes from 2 consecutive draws playing in their stadium, this team plays good games in their stadium, but when they play away the results are weaker, in 12 games they only managed to win 1 game.

The 2 draws were against Barcelona and Sevilla and in both games Espanyol was the best team and could have won.

Aleix Vidal is unavailable due to a suspension, while key player Manu Morlanes is out with a groin problem.

Villarreal are the best team and they need to win. The players are confident and the whole team is playing well. Against Espanyol the team has to maintain the level of performance of the last games to win another game and reach the Champions League places.

比利亚雷亚尔在周中为欧冠出战，1-1战平尤文图斯，比利亚雷亚尔是场上最好的球队，理应获胜，但他们无法摆脱1-0的劣势。即使是在意大利的第二回合，平局也留下了一切可能。

比利亚雷亚尔在对阵尤文图斯的比赛前，对阵格拉纳达，在那场比赛中，主教练乌奈·埃梅里让几名重要球员休息，球队表现出色。

乌奈·埃梅里在新闻发布会上表示，他的球队在最近的比赛中表现更好，但他希望他的球队能够进入欧冠席位，为此他必须赢得这场比赛。

弗朗西斯·科奎林、鲁本·佩纳和杰拉德·莫雷诺都出局了。

西班牙人队在主场连续2场平局，这支球队在主场踢得不错，但客场比赛成绩较弱，12场比赛只赢了1场。

两场平局分别是对阵巴塞罗那和塞维利亚，两场比赛西班牙人都是更好的球队，本来可以赢的。

Aleix Vidal 因停赛无法上场，而关键球员 Manu Morlanes 因腹股沟问题缺席。

比利亚雷亚尔是更好的球队，他们需要赢球。球员们都很自信，全球队都打得很好。在对阵西班牙人的比赛中，球队必须保持上一场比赛的表现水平才能赢得另一场比赛并进入欧冠席位。