Football Match Preview: Villarreal vs Atletico Madrid - Analysis & Insights
Villareal host Atletico Madrid to finish up the opening weekend of La Liga fixtures. Alexander Sørloth, Villarreal's star striker has since switched to join Atletico and will lineup with the away side in this fixture. All eyes will be on him and the atmosphere he recieves back at his old home in his Atletico debut.
Villareal finished 8th in La Liga last season, missing out on Europe by just four points as Real Betis claimed 7th spot. Villareal won 14 games getting 53 points in the process.
Atletico surprisingly finished fourth last season as Girona beat them to third place. Atleti will be happy they stilkl performed well enough to qualify for the Champions League. In 3rd place Atleti won 24 of their games getting 76 points in the process, five points below Girona.
01/04/2024 Villarreal 1-2 Atletico Madrid
12/11/2023 Atletico Madrid 3-1 Villarreal
04/06/2023 - Villarreal 2-2 Atletico Madrid
21/08/2022 - Atletico Madrid 0-2 Villarreal
09/01/2022 Villarreal 2-2 Atletico Madrid
Atletico had the advantage last season with two wins last season over Villareal, but history shows these matches are tighter than most with an aggregate score of Atletico Madrid 9-8 Villarreal over the last five meetings.
Villarreal 2023/24
Atletico Madrid 2023/24
Juan Foyth, Alfonso Pedraza and Denis Suarez will all be unavailable for Villareal.
Villarreal: Conde; Altimira, Albiol, Kambwala, Cardona; Gueye, Comesana, Baena; Pino, G Moreno, Perez.
Atletico Madrid: Oblak; Molina, Le Normand, Gimenez, Galan; De Paul, Koke, Llorente; Griezmann, Sorloth, Alvarez.
The player to watch for this match can only be Alexander Sørloth. The Norwegian striker was Villareal's top scorer last season with 26 goals in all competitions. Now having signed for Atletico, his first match will be back at Estadi de la Ceràmica to face his old club. His old club are surely the best set of players to know how to deal with him so watching this match will be a great test to see how he will get on for Atleti.
The match can be watched live in the UK on DAZN GB.
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