Match Report
4 points for Viktoria Plzeň (3rd), 13 for Villarreal (2nd): a 9-point gap. Viktoria Plzeň ranked just 46th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Per game in the league, Viktoria Plzeň were scoring 1.33 and conceding 1.67, Villarreal 2 and 1, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
Four consecutive defeats weighed on Viktoria Plzeň.
The venue was Doosan Aréna in Plzeň, with room for 11,700 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 3-3.