Twente out to disturb Villarreal home comforts

Unbeaten at home under Juan Carlos Garrido and on a run of six straight El Madrigal wins in the UEFA Europa League, Villarreal CF will go into their last-eight opener against FC Twente feeling confident.

Previous meetings
• The teams are meeting for the first time in UEFA club competition.

• Villarreal have played six games against Dutch sides with a record reading W3 D2 L1 (W1 D1 L1 at home).

• Villarreal's 6-1 home win against Eredivisie side NAC Breda in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League play-off round remains their joint-largest margin of victory in a UEFA club competition game. Giuseppe Rossi, who is still with the club, scored three goals over the two legs of that tie.

• Twente's five previous games against Spanish sides have ended W3 D0 L2 (W0 D0 L2 in Spain).

Match background
• Villarreal are unbeaten in six UEFA Europa League games since going down 1-0 at PAOK FC in this season's group stage. They have won all six of their European contests at El Madrigal this season, and are yet to lose at home under Garrido, whose European coaching career began with a 2-2 home draw against VfL Wolfsburg in the club's final continental tie of last season.

• Twente have been alternating wins and defeats in the course of their five European away games this season, and since they lost 2-0 at FC Zenit St Petersburg last time out, they are due a victory at El Madrigal if that pattern is to continue.

Team facts 
• Luuk de Jong is Twente's top UEFA Europa League scorer this season with three goals since the Tukkers entered the competition in the round of 32.

• Goalkeeper Diego López is the only player to have featured in every minute of Villarreal's UEFA Europa League campaign this season, though Santi Cazorla, Borja Valero, Bruno Soriano and Rossi have also played in all ten of their games since the start of the group stage.

• Rossi is also the top scorer in the competition with eight goals, one more than FC Porto forward Falcao.

• The next goal Villarreal score will be their 150th in UEFA club competition. This is their 103rd European game.

• In Twente boss Michel Preud'homme's only previous coaching experience of Spanish opposition, his R. Standard de Liège side lost 1-0 at home and 3-0 away against RC Celta de Vigo in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup. Villarreal defender Ángel López – who is not registered due to injury – captained Celta in both legs of that game.

• During his long career as a goalkeeper he was on the losing side in three games against Spanish sides; his Standard team lost 2-1 against FC Barcelona in the 1982 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final, staged at Camp Nou, and with Belgium he was involved in a 2-1 defeat by Spain at the 1990 World Cup finals and a 4-1 home reverse in a EURO' 96 qualifier. The latter game was Preud'homme's 58th and final appearance for his country.

• Twente midfielder Denny Landzaat was a member of the AZ Alkmaar side that eliminated Villarreal in the 2004/05 quarter-finals, opening the scoring in a 2-1 home win and featuring as AZ drew the second leg 1-1.

• Twente forward Arnold Bruggink played in Spain with RCD Mallorca in the 2003/04 season.

• All four UEFA Europa League quarter-finals pit sides that have been in this competition since the start of the group stage (FC Dynamo Kyiv, Porto, PSV Eindhoven and Villarreal) against clubs that transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage (FC Spartak Moskva, Twente, SC Braga and SL Benfica).

• The overall winners will take on the victors of the contest between Porto and Spartak in the semi-finals on 28 April and 5 May, playing the second leg at home. The winners of that tie will be the nominal home side in the final at the Dublin Arena on 18 May.