Atlético Madrid supporters put their faith in manager Simeone to deliver victory against Villarreal

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Wanda Metropolitano (67829 seats)

It's only match two of the La Liga for these participants. And fresh bodies and minds here at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano as Atlético Madrid host Villarreal. Read this preview!

The visiting Villarreal played their last game only three days ago, a Europa Conference League match.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

The previous season, Atlético Madrid's league statistics were 21 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, ending with 3rd spot in the La Liga. Over these 38 matches they scored 65 goals and conceded 43. Performing as the host team in the last season Atlético Madrid generated 12-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 33 goals and 16 conceded.

Happy days for Atlético Madrid in their previous game, a fixture away at Getafe (placed 19th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Morata has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three games in a row. Skilful! The striker Morata outdid all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.13 out of 10. Morata scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that match, a win away at Real Sociedad.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Atlético Madrid have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

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Villarreal form and stats

Let's have a look at how Villarreal performed last season in the La Liga: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 11 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 63 and conceded 37 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 23/19 goals scored/conceded. A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the La Liga, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 6 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats from 19 matches.

Villarreal have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli. It's been 197 minutes since they last conceded in La Liga.

The supporters enjoyed Villarreal's previous game versus Hajduk Split, a Europa Conference League win (4-2) played at home. Morales, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.5. Morales scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Prior to that result Villarreal won their away game at Real Valladolid in the La Liga. The scoreline was 3-0.

Villarreal are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of 4 matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Europa Conference League trip to Hajduk Split.

3 goals so far away for Villarreal, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Atlético have avoided defeat in the last 8 matches (3-5-0) versus Villarreal.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MadridÁ. Morata Martín
Á. Morata Martín
2 goals
VillarrealA. Rodríguez
A. Rodríguez
2 goals
Atlético MadridA. Griezmann
A. Griezmann
1 goals

Atlético Madrid missing players

Villarreal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Atlético Madrid Villarreal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored S 0 3 3
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 5
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 11
6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 75% 75%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 12
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 6
Atlético Madrid Last season Villarreal
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
21 12   Won W   6 16
8 5   Drew D   5 11
9 2   Lost L   8 11
65 33   Scored S   23 63
43 16   Conceded C   19 37
95% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 87%
76% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 71%
58% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 45%
29% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 29%
16% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 18%
55% 47%   BTTS BTTS   42% 47%
32% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 37%
18% 16%   Failed to Score F T   47% 29%
 
5.3 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.3
3.9 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.6 5.2
2.9 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.1
7 4   Red cards R C   0 1
 
12.3 13.7   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 12.5
4.2 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 4.6
41% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 36%
 
9.5 8.4   Shots against (avg) S A   13.4 11.5
2.9 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlético Madrid 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Real Betis 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Villarreal 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Osasuna 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Real Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Real Sociedad 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Valencia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Celta de Vigo 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Athletic Club 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Barcelona 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Almeria 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Sevilla 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Cadiz 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Girona 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Elche 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Real Valladolid 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 38 26 8 4 80 31 19 13 5 1 44 13 19 13 3 3 36 18 49 86
2 Barcelona 38 21 10 7 68 38 19 12 2 5 37 19 19 9 8 2 31 19 30 73
3 Atlético Madrid 38 21 8 9 65 43 19 12 5 2 33 16 19 9 3 7 32 27 22 71
4 Sevilla 38 18 16 4 53 30 19 12 6 1 36 17 19 6 10 3 17 13 23 70
5 Real Betis 38 19 8 11 62 40 19 10 2 7 34 22 19 9 6 4 28 18 22 65
6 Real Sociedad 38 17 11 10 40 37 19 10 5 4 16 9 19 7 6 6 24 28 3 62
7 Villarreal 38 16 11 11 63 37 19 10 6 3 40 18 19 6 5 8 23 19 26 59
8 Athletic Club 38 14 13 11 43 36 19 10 4 5 29 18 19 4 9 6 14 18 7 55
9 Valencia 38 11 15 12 48 53 19 6 8 5 26 24 19 5 7 7 22 29 -5 48
10 Osasuna 38 12 11 15 37 51 19 5 7 7 17 26 19 7 4 8 20 25 -14 47
11 Celta de Vigo 38 12 10 16 43 43 19 7 4 8 26 23 19 5 6 8 17 20 0 46
12 Rayo Vallecano 38 11 9 18 39 50 19 8 5 6 26 22 19 3 4 12 13 28 -11 42
13 Elche 38 11 9 18 40 52 19 7 6 6 24 21 19 4 3 12 16 31 -12 42
14 Espanyol 38 10 12 16 40 53 19 9 6 4 25 19 19 1 6 12 15 34 -13 42
15 Getafe 38 8 15 15 33 41 19 7 7 5 21 15 19 1 8 10 12 26 -8 39
16 Cadiz 38 8 15 15 35 51 19 3 9 7 19 24 19 5 6 8 16 27 -16 39
17 Mallorca 38 10 9 19 36 63 19 7 6 6 20 25 19 3 3 13 16 38 -27 39
18 Granada 38 8 14 16 44 61 19 5 7 7 22 29 19 3 7 9 22 32 -17 38
19 Levante 38 8 11 19 51 76 19 5 7 7 28 30 19 3 4 12 23 46 -25 35
20 Deportivo Alaves 38 8 7 23 31 65 19 7 4 8 17 21 19 1 3 15 14 44 -34 31

Atlético Madrid:
Villarreal:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlético Madrid 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Real Betis 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Villarreal 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Osasuna 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Real Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Real Sociedad 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Valencia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Celta de Vigo 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Athletic Club 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Barcelona 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Almeria 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Sevilla 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Cadiz 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Girona 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Elche 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Real Valladolid 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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