Arsenal vs Villarreal – Europa League: Live score, lineups and updates

Arsenal vs Villarreal LIVE: It’s do or die for the Gunners as Mikel Arteta’s side must overturn 2-1 first-leg deficit to book their place in Europa League final and keep Champions League hopes alive

  • Arsenal host Villarreal in the second-leg of their Europa League semi-final  
  • Villarreal carry the advantage after winning the first-leg 2-1 in Spain
  • Latest Europa League news, including fixtures and results 
  • Europa League final – Date, venue, fan attendance, TV details 

The fixture that could define Arsenal’s season will kick-off at the Emirates tonight, with Mikel Arteta’s side needing to overturn a first-leg defeat to Villarreal in the Europa League semi-final. 

The competition is the Gunners’ only realistic hope of securing European football for next season, having slumped to ninth in the Premier League with four games to go.   

Arteta’s men are 2-1 down after first-leg defeat in Spain, where Dani Ceballos was sent-off and Nicholas Pepe bagged a critical away goal in the second-half.  

Follow Sportsmail’s TOBY MILES for live Europa League coverage of Arsenal vs Villarreal, including scoreline, lineups and build-up.  

Host commentator

Martin Keown isn’t putting much faith in Arsenal’s defence tonight, and believes they’ll need to score more than once tonight. 

Read the Gunners Invincible’s pre-match column for Sportsmail here. 






The striker starts at the Emirates, and a big performance will be critical for their comeback tonight. 

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was hospitalised for malaria this season and says he’s ’90 per cent fit’ but ‘100 per cent in the mind. 


Arsenal supporters are currently staging their second anti-Kroenke protest since the Super League debacle, gathering outside the Emirates with banners and flares hoping to hound-out the Americans. 

Hopefully, unlike at Old Trafford on Sunday, we game a game tonight… 





Good evening and welcome to Sportsmail’s coverage of Arsenal against Villarreal in the Europa League. 

It’s crunch time for Mikel Arteta, with the Gunners needing to overturn a first-leg defeat to Unai Emery’s side to save their entire season. 

Stay tuned right here for the build-up and live updates from what should be a fiery match. 



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