In a season where Villarreal lost its coach Unai Emery, they still managed to qualify for European competitions. With an interesting squad, a few Villarreal players stood out from the rest in La Liga. To understand their impact to the team, we present the average ratings of the players in a Back 4, the type of defense used for almost the whole season. In addition, this players must meet the necessary minutes requirement to be considered (minimum 450 minutes played in the season in a type of predefined defense: Back 4 or Back 5).
Villarreal’s eleven with the most minutes played this season (La Liga).
Key Players:
- D. Parejo (M) – 7.54
- N. Jackson (CF) – 7.40
- P. Torres (CB) – 7.38
- G. Rulli (GK) – 7.62
- G. Moreno (CF) – 7.46
With high average ratings in this squad, Villarreal’s D. Parejo, N. Jackson, P. Torres, G. Rulli and G. Moreno were the main reasons for the positive results archived in this season.
Additional information regarding the team (La Liga).
With more positive results at home than away (12 Home Wins & 7 Away Wins), it is possible to say that Villarreal was a stronger team at home. The positive goal difference highlights the good defense setup showned by this team (1,05 goals per game) with a solid offensive setup (1,55 goals per game).
Villarreal’s eleven and subs with the most minutes played in the Europa League (Minimum 270 minutes played in this competition).
With another presence in the European Competitions, Villarreal’s performances were disappointing. Villarreal’s Midfielder (M) and Winger (W) – A. Baena – had incredible performances during this competition allowing him to be the player with the highest average rating in this squad. In addition to that, players like S. Chukwueze and M. Trigueros were really important pieces for the positive results achieved in this European Competition.
Position most in need of strengthening:
- FB
Looking at the most used players, we can see that Villarreal should reinforce the squad with a quality Full-Back (FB) for their left side since, this season, this was the biggest deficiency of the squad.
Meaning of the used abbreviations:
- G – Games
- W – Wins
- D – Draws
- L – Loses
- P – Points
- GS – Goals Scored
- GA – Goals Against
- GD – Goal Diference
- HW – Home Wins
- AW – Away Wins
Data from FBref.