DID YOU KNOW?
* Twente are unbeaten in six European games at home, winning twice and drawing four times.
* Luuk de Jong is the Tukkers’ top scorer in the Europa League with three goals.
* Midfielder Denny Landzaat was a member of the AZ team that eliminated Villarreal in the 2004-05 quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.
* Forward Arnold Bruggink featured in Spain with Real Mallorca in the 2003-04 campaign.
* Villarreal have not lost their last three away encounters in Europe, having won twice and drawn once.
* Goalkeeper Diego Lopez has played every minute of the Yellow Submarine’s Europa League campaign.
* The Yellow Submarine are three short of scoring their 100th goal in UEFA Cup and Europa League.
* Juan Carlos Garrido’s side are unbeaten in their last seven Europa League matches.
LAST MEETING
April 7, 2011: Villarreal 5-1 Twente
Villarreal were in total control of the first-leg encounter between the two sides. Carlos Marchena broke the deadlock as early as the 22nd minute and a couple of minutes before half-time Borja Valero doubled the advantage. Nilmar scored in injury time and netted his second on 80 minutes after Giuseppe Rossi had etched his name on the scoresheet. Marc Janko reduced the deficit to 5-1 with an injury time goal.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Twente: Mihaylov; Douglas, Wisgerhof, Onyewu, Tiendalli; Brama, Landzaat, Janssen; Ruiz, De Jong, Chadli
Villarreal: Lopez; Mario, Kiko, Musacchio, Capdevila; Valero, Marchena, Bruno, Cani; Nilmar, Ruben
Prediction
Twente are as good as out of the Europa League but they will stage a good fight against Villarreal at home. The Spanish side went down 5-0 to Valencia in the Primera Division on Sunday evening and will hope to bounce back. A narrow victory for the Dutch champions looks to be the most likely outcome.
Twente 2-1 Villarreal 
