Delightful dogfight as daring Atlético Madrid duels with determined Villarreal

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Wanda Metropolitano (67829 seats)

This has all the signs of yet another appealing skirmish at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano in the La Liga. Atlético Madrid is in 1st place and host Villarreal in 14th position. Read about the fixture here!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

Atlético Madrid have only played one La Liga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 15 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat from 19 matches.

Atlético's previous game was a La Liga match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Elche (placed 16th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Rodrigo De Paul got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Paul served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Celta de Vigo.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Atlético handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and zero defeats.

Early season league goal statistics from Atlético Madrid's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.

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Villarreal form and stats

One match played away so far in the La Liga for Villarreal and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses from 19 games.

Y. Pino was the last player to score for the away team. Villarreal haven't scored a league goal in the last 250 minutes. The Villarreal goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Espanyol (placed 13th) in their previous outing. The La Liga match ended in a draw 0-0. Midfield player Étienne Capoue was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Capoue hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 44 successful passes (of 47 total).

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Granada.

Villarreal are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and zero defeats. From a total of two matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Villarreal has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Atlético Madrid three wins, four draws and Villarreal three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AtléticoÁ. Correa
Á. Correa
3 goals

Atlético Madrid missing players

Villarreal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Atlético Madrid Villarreal
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 1 1 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
3.5 2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 6.5
1.5 1 1 Corners against (avg) C A 0 9 5.5
3.5 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 4.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.5 8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 14
3.5 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3
43% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Atlético Madrid Last season Villarreal
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
26 15   Won W   7 15
8 3   Drew D   7 13
4 1   Lost L   5 10
67 41   Scored S   31 60
25 11   Conceded C   21 44
89% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 89%
74% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 87%
42% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 58%
21% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 29%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
45% 42%   BTTS BTTS   58% 66%
47% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 26%
18% 11%   Failed to Score F T   26% 18%
 
5.2 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.2
4.2 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.9
2.6 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   1 5
 
11.9 13.2   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 10.8
5 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.2
35% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 38%

  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 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
2 Real Madrid 2 1 1 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 7 4 3 4
3 Barcelona 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
4 Mallorca 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Valencia 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 Sevilla 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
7 Real Sociedad 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -1 3
8 Levante 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
9 Cadiz 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
10 Real Betis 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
11 Athletic Club 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Granada 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
13 Espanyol 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
14 Villarreal 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
15 Osasuna 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Elche 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
17 Celta de Vigo 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Deportivo Alaves 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
20 Rayo Vallecano 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 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 Atlético Madrid 38 26 8 4 67 25 19 15 3 1 41 11 19 11 5 3 26 14 42 86
2 Real Madrid 38 25 9 4 67 28 19 13 3 3 33 13 19 12 6 1 34 15 39 84
3 Barcelona 38 24 7 7 85 38 19 11 5 3 44 20 19 13 2 4 41 18 47 79
4 Sevilla 38 24 5 9 53 33 19 14 1 4 27 11 19 10 4 5 26 22 20 77
5 Real Sociedad 38 17 11 10 59 38 19 9 6 4 34 21 19 8 5 6 25 17 21 62
6 Real Betis 38 17 10 11 50 50 19 10 5 4 27 21 19 7 5 7 23 29 0 61
7 Villarreal 38 15 13 10 60 44 19 8 6 5 29 23 19 7 7 5 31 21 16 58
8 Celta de Vigo 38 14 11 13 55 57 19 9 3 7 30 30 19 5 8 6 25 27 -2 53
9 Granada 38 13 7 18 47 65 19 9 4 6 25 25 19 4 3 12 22 40 -18 46
10 Athletic Club 38 11 13 14 46 42 19 8 6 5 29 19 19 3 7 9 17 23 4 46
11 Osasuna 38 11 11 16 37 48 19 7 5 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 16 25 -11 44
12 Cadiz 38 11 11 16 36 58 19 5 5 9 17 30 19 6 6 7 19 28 -22 44
13 Valencia 38 10 13 15 50 53 19 8 7 4 34 23 19 2 6 11 16 30 -3 43
14 Levante 38 9 14 15 46 57 19 5 9 5 27 30 19 4 5 10 19 27 -11 41
15 Getafe 38 9 11 18 28 43 19 6 6 7 15 13 19 3 5 11 13 30 -15 38
16 Deportivo Alaves 38 9 11 18 36 57 19 6 6 7 21 25 19 3 5 11 15 32 -21 38
17 Elche 38 8 12 18 34 55 19 5 8 6 18 23 19 3 4 12 16 32 -21 36
18 Huesca 38 7 13 18 34 53 19 5 7 7 17 21 19 2 6 11 17 32 -19 34
19 Real Valladolid 38 5 16 17 34 57 19 3 7 9 19 30 19 2 9 8 15 27 -23 31
20 Eibar 38 6 12 20 29 52 19 2 7 10 12 21 19 4 5 10 17 31 -23 30

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 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
2 Real Madrid 2 1 1 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 7 4 3 4
3 Barcelona 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
4 Mallorca 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Valencia 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 Sevilla 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
7 Real Sociedad 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -1 3
8 Levante 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
9 Cadiz 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
10 Real Betis 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
11 Athletic Club 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Granada 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
13 Espanyol 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
14 Villarreal 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
15 Osasuna 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Elche 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
17 Celta de Vigo 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Deportivo Alaves 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
20 Rayo Vallecano 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 0

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