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Villarreal vs Atletico Madrid

Competition – Spanish Primera Liga

Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

Date: 1st April 2024

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

La Liga continues on Monday with Atlético Madrid travelling to the Estadio de la Ceramica to face Villarreal.

The Yellow Submarines will look to continue where they stopped just before the international break when they face Diego Simeone’s side. The hosts were on a nine-game La Liga unbeaten run before the break (W5, D4), with their last four games ending in a win.

That unbeaten run accounts for half their points this campaign; as a result, Marcelino’s men start this round eight points behind the top six, a gap which is still bridgeable, especially as Villarreal are no longer distracted by European football having exited the Europa League.

Home form could be crucial for that late charge and the Yellow Submarine have a solid foundation on this ground. They are on a seven-game streak without defeat at the Estadio de la Cerámica (W4, D3), including three successive wins. And if recent H2Hs are anything to go by, the arrival of Atlético Madrid is unlikely to threaten that sequence as the hosts have lost just one of their last eight home meetings (W3, D4).

Meanwhile, Atlético Madrid will be desperate to return to winning ways after losing 3-0 to Barcelona in their last game before the international break. That loss was their eighth in the league this season—the highest figure among the top seven sides after 29 matches. Consequently, they are out of the top four and could see the gap widen if they don’t halt a two-game losing run in La Liga.

They must juggle preparing for the upcoming Champions League quarter-final first leg against Borussia Dortmund and getting back on track domestically. However, in the interim, manager Diego Simeone will be desperate to improve his side’s away form as they have failed to win on their last six road trips (D2, L4). All four defeats saw them fail to score, but the visitors can look at their record of six straight league victories on a Monday for inspiration.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera Liga:

October 18, 2024
Alaves 20:00 Real Valladolid
October 19, 2024
Athletic Bilbao 13:00 Espanyol
Osasuna 15:15 Real Betis
Girona 17:30 Real Sociedad
Celta Vigo 20:00 Real Madrid
October 20, 2024
Mallorca 13:00 Rayo Vallecano
Atlético de Madrid 15:15 Leganes
Villarreal 17:30 Getafe
Barcelona 20:00 Sevilla
October 21, 2024
Valencia 20:00 Las Palmas
October 25, 2024
Espanyol 20:00 Sevilla
October 26, 2024
Real Valladolid 13:00 Villarreal
Rayo Vallecano 15:15 Alaves
Las Palmas 17:30 Girona
Real Madrid 20:00 Barcelona
October 27, 2024
Leganes 15:00 Celta Vigo
Getafe 17:15 Valencia
Real Betis 19:30 Atlético de Madrid
Real Sociedad 22:00 Osasuna
October 28, 2024
Mallorca 22:00 Athletic Bilbao

Spanish Primera Liga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Barcelona 9 8 0 1 28 9 +19 24
2 Real Madrid 9 6 3 0 19 6 +13 21
3 Atlético de Madrid 9 4 5 0 13 5 +8 17
4 Villarreal 9 5 2 2 17 17 +0 17
5 Osasuna 9 4 3 2 13 14 -1 15
6 Athletic Bilbao 9 4 2 3 13 10 +3 14
7 Mallorca 9 4 2 3 9 8 +1 14
8 Rayo Vallecano 9 3 4 2 11 9 +2 13
9 Celta Vigo 9 4 1 4 16 15 +1 13
10 Real Betis 9 3 3 3 8 8 +0 12
11 Girona 9 3 3 3 11 12 -1 12
12 Sevilla 9 3 3 3 9 10 -1 12
13 Alaves 9 3 1 5 11 15 -4 10
14 Espanyol 9 3 1 5 9 13 -4 10
15 Real Sociedad 9 2 3 4 7 8 -1 9
16 Getafe 9 1 5 3 6 7 -1 8
17 Leganes 9 1 5 3 5 9 -4 8
18 Valencia 9 1 3 5 5 13 -8 6
19 Real Valladolid 9 1 2 6 5 19 -14 5
20 Las Palmas 9 0 3 6 9 17 -8 3

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