Villarreal Atlético Madrid betting prediction

The away team is currently in the 2^nd position of the league, with 64 points won, after 19 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Barcelona, by (1‑0). In the last match, they won in a home match against Celta de Vigo, by (3‑0). In their last match, for the UEFA Europa League, they got an away win against Lokomotiv Moskva by (1‑5). In the last 10 away league matches Atlético Madrid has a record of 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, so they have won 22 points out of 30 possible. In their away matches there are a few frequent results: at half‑time 0‑0 (5 out of 14 matches) and after the 90' 0‑1 (5 out of 14 matches). Defensive consistency has been one of their best features, as they have only conceded goals in 3 of the last 10 matches, and their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 9 of the last 14 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. This is a team that likes to score first. They have opened up the score in 21 of the last 28 matches for the Primera División, they have reached half‑time in front in 12 of those 21 matches and have held on to the lead until the end of the 90' in 18 of them. In 28 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 4 times and have only turned the score around in 1. In the last 14 away matches for this competition there are 2 periods that stand out: they have conceded 4 of their 8 goals between minutes (76'‑90') and 3 of their 8 goals between (16'‑30').

Atletico Madrid has been making a great campaign in the Spanish Championship where it is among the first placed, comes in great stage with 7 victories in the last 8 games and goes in search of another positive result to continue dreaming of the national title. The team has a good quality attack that has scored 48 goals and is the fifth best in the competition, but the great asset is its solid defense that has only 12 goals and is the least leaked, evidencing the good balance between the 2 sectors that allow the great campaign so far. Playing away from home, such as this Sunday's match, Atletico Madrid has the second best La Liga campaign, it is the second team that lost least away from home and it is worth mentioning that it is the second team that suffered less goals away from its dominions with 8 goals conceded in 14 matches. For the confrontation against Villarreal, coach Diego Simeone has no problems in the team considered holder and goes to the field with the best players.

Confirmed Lineup: Jan Oblak, Sime Vrsaljko, Lucas Hernández, José Giménez, Diego Godín, Thomas Partey, Saúl, Koke, Ángel Correa, Diego Costa, Antoine Griezmann.
Coach: D. Simeone.