Villarreal vs Atlético Madrid Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Villarreal

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Villarreal will be wanting a better result here following a 2-1 Copa del Rey defeat in their last game at the hands of Sporting Gijón.

In that game, Villarreal managed 61% possession and 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Villarreal was Raúl Albiol (48'). Sporting de Gijón got 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Uroš Đurđević (67') and Bogdan Milovanov (88') scored for Sporting Gijón.

Villarreal have been offensively very strong of late, putting 23 goals past their opponents over the course of their last 6 matches. In those meetings, Villarreal have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them total 6. We will just have to see whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

Taking a look at their past results, Villarreal:

• haven't beaten Atlético Madrid in their last 7 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Atlético Madrid

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Atlético Madrid head into the clash following a 0-5 Copa del Rey win to beat Rayo Majadahonda in their last fixture.

In that game, Atlético Madrid had 56% possession and 20 shots on goal with 10 of them on target. For Atlético Madrid, goals were scored by Matheus Cunha (17'), Renan Lodi (26'), Luis Suárez (41'), Antoine Griezmann (67') and João Félix (79'). At the other end, Rayo Majadahonda had 7 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

In the course of their 6 latest matches, Diego Simeone's Atlético Madrid have seen their goal attempts be successful 12 times - yielding them the goals per game average of 2.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Atlético Madrid:

• have not lost to Villarreal in games played away from home for the previous 3 league games.
• have not won away from home in their last 3 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head meetings going back to 24/02/2019 shows that Villarreal have won 0 of these games and Atlético Madrid 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.

A combined total of 12 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 3 from El Submarino Amarillo and 9 netted by Atleti. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.

The previous league encounter featuring the two was La Liga match day 3 on 29/08/2021 which ended up with the score at Atlético Madrid 2-2 Villarreal.

On that day, Atlético Madrid managed 49% possession and 23 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Luis Suárez (56').

Villarreal got 2 shots at goal with 2 on target. Manu Trigueros (52'), Arnaut Danjuma (74') and Aïssa Mandi (95' Own goal) scored.

The match was refereed by César Soto Grado.

📋 Team News: Villarreal

Paco Alcácer (Muscle Injury), Rubén Peña (Shoulder Injury) and Francis Coquelin (Achilles Irritation) will not be able to play for Villarreal gaffer Unai Emery.

It’s our opinion that El Submarino Amarillo look set to make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation in the match with Geronimo Rulli, Juan Foyth, Raul Albiol, Pau Torres, Pervis Estupinan, Etienne Capoue, Daniel Parejo, Moi Gomez, Manuel Trigueros, Alberto Moreno and Gerard Moreno.

📰 Team News: Atlético Madrid

Due to a fully injury-free group available for selection, the Atlético Madrid boss Diego Simeone does not have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash.

It’s our belief that Atleti seem most likely to elect for a 4-4-2 lineup, choosing Jan Oblak, Marcos Llorente, Felipe, Mario Hermoso, Renan Lodi, Yannick Carrasco, Rodrigo De Paul, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Thomas Lemar, Angel Correa and Matheus Cunha.

✨ Prediction

We’re thinking that Atlético Madrid and Villarreal should play out a closely-fought contest here.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. We therefore think that it’s going to be a very even match with a 1-1 score draw at the end of the 90.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 00:42 05/01/2022