Atlético Madrid vs Villarreal Prediction
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Home Team
Atlético 2–0 Málaga
Marseille 1–2 Atlético
Man City 3–1 Atlético
Man United 2–1 Atlético
Atlético 4–1 Getafe
Aside from losses to City and United, Atletico looks to be in good shape and form.
Away Team
Racing Santander 2–2 Villarreal
Galatasaray 1–2 Villarreal
Villarreal 1–0 Levante
Lens 3–1 Villarreal
PSV 1–3 Villarreal
Villarreal had the better of preseason with wins against Turkish champion Galatarasay and eventual Trophée des Champions Lens.
Head-to-Head
Villarreal 5–1 Atlético
Atlético 2–0 Villarreal
Atlético 1–1 Villarreal
Villarreal 2–2 Atlético
Villarreal 1–2 Atlético
The h2h indicates that this is a very cagey encounter especially when you examine the results when this fixture has been played at the Metropolitano.
Key Statistics
Atlético scored in 4 of their last 5; Villarreal conceded in 3 of their last 5.
Team News
New signing Christian Romero is still not available for Atletico Madrid and the transfer saga around Julian Alvarez may yet keep the striker out of action.
Still, Diego Simeone has problems deciding how to set his team up attack-wise.
It took two late goals to edge past Malaga in Round One.
Prediction Analysis
We are going with the over 1.5 goals or 1x prediction judging from the fact that when Atletico plays at home vs Villarreal they have not really had a great record winning.
The over 1.5 goals market is most likely. Both teams can score at least once to get this done.
We have chosen the 1x prediction because we expect Atletico to put up a fight especially with players like Alvarez, Lookman, Simeone, and new signing Kang In from PSG.