Villarreal 2-1 Atlético de Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 17 April 2010

Result

Villarreal 2-1 Atlético de Madrid

La Liga · Saturday 17 April 2010, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Villarreal 2-1 Atlético de Madrid: match report

Villarreal defeated Atlético de Madrid 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 17 April 2010. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Diego Godín opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Villarreal's goals came from Diego Godín (21') and Giuseppe Rossi (44'). Atlético de Madrid scored through Sergio Agüero (64').

Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 8th on 46 points from 32 and Atlético de Madrid 10th on 40 points from 32. Villarreal went on to finish that season 7th with 56 points, and Atlético de Madrid 9th with 47.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Atlético de Madrid in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 3 for Atlético de Madrid.

Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Atlético de Madrid's L-L-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Diego GodínVillarreal · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Ángel LópezVillarreal
  • 33'Yellow card · Carlos GallegoAtlético de Madrid
  • 44'Goal · Giuseppe RossiVillarreal · 2-0
  • 64'Goal · Sergio AgüeroAtlético de Madrid · 2-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Paulo AssunçãoAtlético de Madrid
  • 88'Yellow card · Diego GodínVillarreal

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Villarreal 3, draws 3, Atlético de Madrid 3.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-3-3)

Diego López, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Ángel López, Mateo Musacchio, Cani, Ariel Ibagaza, Bruno, Llorente, Nilmar, Giuseppe Rossi

Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Antonio López, Tomás Ujfalusi, Álvaro Domínguez, José Jurado, Paulo Assunção, José Antonio Reyes, Simão, Tiago, Sergio Agüero, Carlos Gallego