Villarreal aims to repeat their 1-0 La Liga win against Valencia, where they managed 53% possession and 13 attempts on goal. However, they have not kept a clean sheet in recent games and have seen their defense breached in five of their last six clashes, allowing nine goals. Villarreal has not won against Atlético Madrid in their last two league matches and is undefeated in their last six home league matches.

Atlético Madrid is set to face Barcelona in their next match in La Liga. In their last game, they managed 41% possession and 12 attempts on goal, while Barcelona had 9 attempts and 5 on target. In their previous six clashes, Atlético Madrid has scored three or more goals, with an average of one goal per game. However, they have not won against Villarreal in away games for the last two matches, have not defeated Villarreal in their previous five matches, and have not won an away match in the past four league matches.

Villarreal manager Marcelino García Toral has announced that Ramón Terrats, Yéremy Pino, and Denis Suárez will not be able to play due to injuries.

Atlético Madrid manager Diego Simeone has no fitness concerns due to the availability of an injury-free group for the upcoming match.

Predicted lineups:

Villarreal

Goalkeeper: Filip Jorgensen
Defenders: Jorge Cuenca, Yerson Mosquera, Aissa Mandi, Adria Altimira
Midfielders: Bertrand Traore, Santi Comesana, Francis Coquelin, Alex Baena
Forwards: Alexander Sorloth, Goncalo Guedes

Atletico Madrid

Goalkeeper: Jan Oblak
Defenders: Reinildo Mandava, Samuel Lino, Alex Witsel, Stefan Savic, Cesar Azpilicueta
Midfielders: Marcos Llorente, Arthur Vermeeren, Pablo Barrios
Forwards: Rodrigo Riquelme, Alvaro Morata

• Villarreal – 1 win
• Atletico Madrid – 2 wins
• Draws – 3

Over all competition record

Spain – La Liga Stats

Villarreal may struggle to score against Atlético Madrid, who are expected to gain an upper hand, resulting in a narrow 0-1 winning margin.

Winning probability:

Villarreal – 32%

Draw – 26%

Atletico Madrid – 42%

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