Kickoff: 21:00 CET / 20:00 GMT / 3:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM PT

Venue: Estadio Metropolitano

Referee: Francisco Jose Hernandez Maeso


Lineups:

Atleti: Jan Oblak - Rodrigo Riquelme, Mario Hermoso, Axel Witsel, Jose Maria Gimenez, Nahuel Molina - Saul Niguez, Koke, Rodrigo de Paul - Alvaro Morata, Antoine Griezmann

Subs: Ivo Grbic, Antonio Gomis, Cesar Azpilicueta, Caglar Soyoncu, Stefan Savic, Marcos Llorente, Javi Galan, Pablo Barrios, Angel Correa, Lino

Villarreal: Filip Jorgensen - Alberto Moreno, Jorge Cuenca, Raul Albiol, Adria Altimira - Alex Baena, Dani Parejo, Etienne Capoue - Yeremi Pino, Alexander Sorloth, Gerard Moreno

Subs: Pepe Reina, Matteo Gabbia, Kiko Femenia, Aissa Mandi, Carlos Romero, Santi Comesana, Manu Trigueros, Ramon Terrats, Ben Brereton Diaz, Jose Luis Morales, Ilias Akhomach


Match Events:

17’ - Gerard Moreno lays the ball of to the right to Yeremy Pino, who shoots right at Oblak

20’ - Sorloth’s shot from outside of the box comes off Oblak, and Gerard Moreno is left open and scores off the rebound. Atleti 0, Villarreal 1 – link

28’ - Sorloth has a good look from the left side however Oblak turns his shot away

36’ - Substitution for Villarreal: Terrats on for Sorloth

41’ - Griezmann tests Jorgensen with a shot towards the bottom left corner

45+1’ - Rodrigo Riquelme lays the ball off to Griezmann on the left wing whose centering pass goes all the way to the far post where Witsel is left unmarked; the Belgian then shoots into the top right corner. Atleti 1, Villarreal 1 – link

45+2’ - Yellow card for Capoue

45+5’ - End of half

45’ - Substitution for Atleti: Llorente on for Saul

45’ - Substitution for Villarreal: Akhomach on for Yeremi Pino

49’ - Gerard Moreno shoots straight into Oblak’s hands from the right side

50’ - Llorente crosses to Morata, who can’t get his header on target from the edge of the 6 yard box

54’ - Llorente crosses to Morata, who can’t get his header on target from the edge of the 6 yard box

64’ - Substitution for Atleti: Lino and Correa on for Rodrigo (Riquelme and de Paul) respectively

70’ - Substitution for Atleti: Barrios on for Molina

73’ - Substitution for Villarreal: Romero on for Baena

77’ - Yellow card for Akhomach

81’ - Koke with a long pass to the right side to Llorente, who centers it to Griezmann & co immediately, and the Frenchman scores. Atleti 2, Villarreal 1 – link

83’ - Substitution for Villarreal: Ben Brereton Diaz on for Alberto Moreno

85’ - Barrios beats everyone on the right wing with speed and centers to Lino who shoots into the top right corner. Atleti 3, Villarreal 1 – link

88’ - Substitution for Atleti: Soyoncu on for Morata

90+4’ - End of game. Atleti 3, Villarreal 1


Match Stats - via Livescore.com

| Atleti | Villarreal :–:|:–:|:–: xG | 3.79 | 0.87 xA | 2.12 | 0.48 Possession | 50% | 50% Shots on target | 10 | 7 Shots off target | 7 | 2 Blocked shots | 6 | 0 Corner kicks | 6 | 3 Offsides | 6 | 1 Fouls | 9 | 8 Yellow Cards | 0 | 2 Red Cards | 0 | 0


Standings:

Team GP W L T GF GA GD Pts
Girona 13 11 1 1 31 16 +15 34
Real Madrid 13 10 1 2 28 9 +19 32
Barcelona 13 9 1 3 26 13 +13 30
Atletico Madrid 12 9 2 1 29 12 +17 28
Athletic Club 13 7 3 3 25 17 +8 24
Real Sociedad 13 6 3 4 23 16 +7 22
Real Betis 13 5 2 6 17 16 +1 21
Las Palmas 13 5 5 3 11 12 -1 18
Rayo Vallecano 13 4 3 6 15 17 -2 18
Valencia 13 6 4 3 15 18 -3 18
Getafe 13 3 3 7 15 17 -2 16
Osasuna 12 4 7 2 15 21 -6 14
Sevilla 12 2 4 6 18 17 +1 12
Villarreal 13 3 7 3 18 24 -6 12
Alaves 13 3 7 3 11 18 -7 12
Cadiz 12 2 6 4 10 17 -7 10
Mallorca 12 1 5 6 12 18 -6 9
Celta Vigo 13 1 8 4 14 24 -10 7
Granada 13 1 8 4 18 30 -12 7
Almeria 13 0 10 3 15 35 -20 3

Upcoming Fixtures:

Atleti: vs Mallorca, 11.25, 21:00 CEST

Villarreal: vs Osasuna, 11.26, 14:00 CEST


Let me know if there are any mistakes, or if there’s something you want me to change

  • _posii@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I’ve changed my mind on us needing a Koke back-up / long term replacement. Barrios should be used further up the pitch similar to Saul or Llorente.

    Also, Lino is ridiculous.