Villarreal: Juan Carlos; Mario Gaspar, Gabriel, Víctor Ruíz, Adrián Marín; Espinosa, Jonathan Dos Santos, Bruno (Tomás Pina 69’), Cani (Cheryshev 74’); Gerard Moreno, Vietto (Giovani Dos Santos 66’). 4-4-2.
Zurich: Da Costa; Philippe Koch, Nef, Djimisti (Elvedi 84’); Buff, Yapi, Chiumento, Kukeli, Schönbächler (Rodríguez 74’); Chermiti (Etoundi 75’), Chikhaoui. 3-5-2.
Goals:
1-0. 06. Cani. Steered shot past Da Costa after Gerard Moreno squared across.
1-1. 43. Schönbächler. Connected with Chikhaoui shot to turn ball in on far post.
2-1. 57. Vietto. Got on the end of Espinosa cross to fire shot wide of keeper.
3-1. 60. Bruno. Curled free kick over defensive wall inside Da Costa’s near post.
4-1. 78. Giovani. Battled through from outside area and struck shot past keeper.
Villarreal clocked up a comfortable 4-1 victory over Zurich in their third group game, a result which keeps them at the top of their mini-league after a ninth home win in a row in the competition. Cani finished off a good team move involving Jonathan, Vietto, Espinosa and Gerard Moreno to open the scoring in the sixth minute of the game, but with the first half coming to a close Schönbächer made it all square after connecting with a wayward Chikhaoui shot to turn the ball past Juan Carlos. Vietto restored the lead after the interval however after Moreno and Espinosa combined to set him up, and just three minutes later Bruno made it three with a well-struck free kick. The Swiss side had little response, and their keeper Da Costa had to save from Moreno before Giovani beat him for a fourth time after running through to fire a shot inside the near post.