Villarreal will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Atlético Madrid.
Villarreal and Atlético Madrid should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Villarreal form and stats
Villarreal have collected 12 points from their La Liga home games so far after 3-3-1. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Villarreal to get some points in this home game.
Villarreal lost their last game at Valencia (placed 8th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Celta de Vigo that was lost 1-3.
Goals are plentiful at Estadio de la Ceramica in the league this season as Villarreal has scored 18 goals here in 7 home games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Atlético Madrid form and stats
As the visiting team in La Liga matches, Atlético Madrid have produced an overall stat of 2-4-1 so far. The awayteam now has four consecutive draws when travelling away from home.
Atlético Madrid failed to get anything from their last game, a La Liga home match vs Barcelona (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1. A 0-1 defeat away at Juventus before that.
The attacking power of Atlético Madrid when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Atlético Madrid as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 3 - 2 (Villarreal wins - draws - Atlético Madrid wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
Gerard Moreno
8 goals
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Santi Cazorla
5 goals
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K. Toko Ekambi
5 goals
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Villarreal missing players
Atlético Madrid missing players
| Villarreal | Atlético Madrid | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 93% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 80% |
| 87% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 60% |
| 80% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 40% | 71% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 20% | 43% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 73% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 40% |
| 27% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 47% |
| 7% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| 6.5 | 6.6 | 9 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 219 | 102 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 79 | 185 |
| 76 | 42 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 21 | 52 |
| 37% | 43% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 29% | 31% |
- Atlético Madrid have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Villarreal has the most conceded goals in the second half (18)
- Villarreal has the most matches over the total-line (11)
- Villarreal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Atlético Madrid have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 31 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Athletic Club | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | Atlético Madrid | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | Getafe | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 8 | Valencia | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 10 | Granada | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Levante | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -3 | 20 |
| 12 | Real Betis | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Villarreal | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 18 |
| 14 | Deportivo Alavés | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 | Real Valladolid | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 18 |
| 16 | SD Eibar | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 15 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 18 | Celta de Vigo | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 13 |
| 19 | Espanyol | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -18 | 9 |
| 20 | Leganés | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -17 | 6 |