Villareal vs Atletico Madrid predictions for Sunday night’s round 25 La Liga clash at Estadio de la Ceramica in Villareal.Sixth-placed Villareal host league leaders Atletico Madrid in one of the most important matches of this round. Read on for our free predictions and betting tips
Villareal looking for a win
After a relatively good start to the La Liga season, and an undefeated month of January in domestic competitions, Villareal lost some momentum in recent games and are down to the sixth position, 11 points adrift of a UEFA Champions League spot.
They did qualify to the next round of the UEFA Europa League after eliminating RB Salzburg of Austria, winning 2-0 and 2-1 in the two legs. Unai Emre’s team had to show some character as they had to come from behind in the second leg. That will be a good confidence boost ahead of the important clash on Sunday.
Atletico Madrid to come out of a slump
It hasn’t been a good two weeks for Atlético Madrid as their lead in the top of the La Liga table has been cut to just three points with one game in hand. The Rojablanco also lost in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League against Chelsea.
Diego Simeone will have to regroup his team and go to the match against Villareal with the intention of winning otherwise their city rivals Real Madrid are closing in.
Winless in two matches in La Liga, scoring just one goal in three matches and conceding four goals including the UCL game, Simeone’s once-solid back four is beginning to crackdown.
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Villareal vs Atlético madrid Predictions
Checking both of these teams’ head-to-head meetings we see that 43% of their matches have ended in both teams scoring.
Prior to their last two games, Atlético has been scoring regularly and we think they will be able to find the net again in this match as Villareal’s average of goals against is 1 goal per game.
Given the importance of the match and both teams are chasing three points, we predict both teams will score in this match.