Football Previews
Villarreal vs Atletico Madrid
Competition – Spanish Primera
Stadium – Estadio de la Cerámica
Date: 18th March 2018
Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT
Villarreal have been one of Atletico’s bogey teams over the past few seasons, but this season has seen a huge gap in terms of quality and Atleti would fancy taking all three points from this game.
Villarreal are not on their best form at the moment with only 2 wins from their last 9 games, however, their 2-0 win at Las Palmas last weekend may have boosted their morale ahead of this game.
They will now hope to finish in a European place.
Villarreal have regressed defensively this season with only 3 clean sheets from their last 15 games.
They are however, unbeaten in their last 5 games against Atleti.
The visitors have to get a win here as they try to close the 8 points gap between them and Barcelona with 10 games left to play.
They come into this in a good run of form that has seen them win 11 of their last 12 games, the only loss being to Barcelona.
Atletico responded well to that loss by winning three on the spin, scoring at least three goals in each of those games.
Both teams have netted in 4 of their last 6 games on the road.
Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions
Villarreal
| LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Las Palmas |  |
0-2 |  |
Villarreal | 11 Mar, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| L | Villarreal | |
0-2 |  |
Girona | 3 Mar, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| L | Eibar |  |
1-0 | |
Villarreal | 28 Feb, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Villarreal | |
1-0 |  |
Getafe | 25 Feb, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| L | Villarreal | |
0-1 |  |
Lyon | 22 Feb, 2018 | Europa League |
Atletico Madrid
| LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Atletico Madrid |  |
3-0 |  |
Celta Vigo | 11 Mar, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Atletico Madrid | |
3-0 |  |
Lokomotiv Moscow | 8 Mar, 2018 | Europa League |
| L | Barcelona |  |
1-0 | |
Atletico Madrid | 4 Mar, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Atletico Madrid | |
4-0 |  |
Leganes | 28 Feb, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Sevilla FC |  |
2-5 | |
Atletico Madrid | 25 Feb, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
H2H
| LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atletico Madrid | |
1-1 | |
Villarreal | 28 Oct, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
| Atletico Madrid | |
0-1 | |
Villarreal | 25 Apr, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
| Villarreal | |
3-0 | |
Atletico Madrid | 12 Dec, 2016 | Spanish Primera División |
| Atletico Madrid | |
0-0 | |
Villarreal | 21 Feb, 2016 | Spanish Primera División |
| Villarreal | |
1-0 | |
Atletico Madrid | 26 Sep, 2015 | Spanish Primera División |
Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:
| January 3, 2025 | ||
| Valencia | 21:00 | Real Madrid |
| January 10, 2025 | ||
| Rayo Vallecano | 21:00 | Celta Vigo |
| January 11, 2025 | ||
| Alaves | 14:00 | Girona |
| Real Valladolid | 16:15 | Real Betis |
| Espanyol | 18:30 | Leganes |
| Sevilla | 21:00 | Valencia |
| January 12, 2025 | ||
| Las Palmas | 14:00 | Getafe |
| Atlético de Madrid | 16:15 | Osasuna |
| January 13, 2025 | ||
| Real Sociedad | 21:00 | Villarreal |
| January 17, 2025 | ||
| Espanyol | 21:00 | Real Valladolid |
| January 18, 2025 | ||
| Osasuna | 14:00 | Rayo Vallecano |
| Leganes | 16:15 | Atlético de Madrid |
| Celta Vigo | 18:30 | Athletic Bilbao |
| Getafe | 21:00 | Barcelona |
| January 19, 2025 | ||
| Real Betis | 14:00 | Alaves |
| Real Madrid | 16:15 | Las Palmas |
| Valencia | 18:30 | Real Sociedad |
| Girona | 21:00 | Sevilla |
| January 20, 2025 | ||
| Villarreal | 21:00 | Mallorca |
Spanish Primera Table
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlético de Madrid | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 12 | +21 | 41 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 40 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 22 | +29 | 38 |
| 4 | Athletic Bilbao | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 36 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 30 |
| 6 | Mallorca | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 30 |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 25 |
| 8 | Girona | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 25 |
| 9 | Real Betis | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | Celta Vigo | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 28 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 | Rayo Vallecano | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 22 |
| 13 | Las Palmas | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 22 |
| 14 | Sevilla | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | -7 | 22 |
| 15 | Leganes | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -11 | 18 |
| 16 | Alaves | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 30 | -9 | 17 |
| 17 | Getafe | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Espanyol | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 30 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Valencia | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -10 | 12 |
| 20 | Real Valladolid | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 37 | -25 | 12 |
Spanish Primera Results
| December 22, 2024 | ||
| Real Betis | 1 - 1 | Rayo Vallecano |
| Las Palmas | 1 - 0 | Espanyol |
| Leganes | 2 - 5 | Villarreal |
| Real Madrid | 4 - 2 | Sevilla |
| Valencia | 2 - 2 | Alaves |
| December 21, 2024 | ||
| Barcelona | 1 - 2 | Atlético de Madrid |
| Osasuna | 1 - 2 | Athletic Bilbao |
| Celta Vigo | 2 - 0 | Real Sociedad |
| Getafe | 0 - 1 | Mallorca |
| December 20, 2024 | ||
| Girona | 3 - 0 | Real Valladolid |
| December 18, 2024 | ||
| Espanyol | 1 - 1 | Valencia |
| Villarreal | 1 - 1 | Rayo Vallecano |
| December 15, 2024 | ||
| Barcelona | 0 - 1 | Leganes |
| Real Sociedad | 0 - 0 | Las Palmas |
| Villarreal | 1 - 2 | Real Betis |
| Alaves | 1 - 1 | Athletic Bilbao |
| Atlético de Madrid | 1 - 0 | Getafe |
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