In this week 20 match on Jan 9th, Villarreal will host Atlético Madrid at Estadio De La Cerámica in a La Liga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, a perfect day for football. Villarreal is fresh off their 5-0 blowout win against Levante. Boulaye Dia struck first for Villarreal in the 8th minute on a feed from Samuel Chukwueze, then Pau Torres added another in the 13th minute on a feed from Iborra At the end of 90 a dissapointed Levante couldn’t manage to score, and Villarreal took the shutout win. Villarreal should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Atlético Madrid is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Rayo Vallecano. Ángel Correa struck first for Atlético Madrid in the 28th minute, then Ángel Correa added another in the 53rd minute In the end, Rayo Vallecano was frustrated by Atlético Madrid’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Atlético Madrid ended the match with the shutout victory. Atlético Madrid is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Atlético Madrid and Villarreal last played eachother at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano on the 29th of August. Atlético Madrid and Villarreal battled to a 2-2 draw in front of almost 27000. Manu Trigueros struck first for Villarreal in the 52nd minute, then in the 56th minute, Ángel Correa sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Luis Suárez .
Ángel Correa has been the most effective weapon for Atlético Madrid lately. The Argentinian attacker has netted three goals in his last 5 matches. Villarreal is fortunate enough to have Gerard Moreno in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 7 goals
Arnaut Danjuma, Paco Alcácer and Rubén Peña are unavailable to play for Unai Emery Etxegoien’s team, while Diego Pablo Simeone’s Atlético Madrid squad will be without Antoine Griezmann, João Félix, Koke, Héctor Herrera, Llorente, Sime Vrsaljko and José Giménez.