Villarreal 2-1 Atlético de Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 18 March 2018
Result
Villarreal 2-1 Atlético de Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 18 March 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Villarreal 2-1 Atlético de Madrid: match report
Villarreal beat Atlético de Madrid 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 18 March 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Antoine Griezmann opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Enes Ünal (82') and Enes Ünal (90+1'). Atlético de Madrid scored through Antoine Griezmann (20', penalty).
Discipline: Villarreal received 5 yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 44 points from 28 and Atlético de Madrid 2nd on 64 points from 28. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Atlético de Madrid 2nd with 79.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Atlético de Madrid in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Enes Ünal of Villarreal (9.1), ahead of Mario Gaspar (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 3 for Atlético de Madrid.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Pablo Fornals
- 15'Yellow card · Antoine Griezmann
- 20'Penalty goal · Antoine Griezmann
- 45+1'Yellow card · Álvaro González
- 61'Yellow card · José María Giménez
- 66'Yellow card · Carlos Bacca
- 66'Yellow card · Rodri
- 82'Goal · Enes Ünal
- 90+1'Goal · Enes Ünal
- 90+3'Yellow card · Diego Costa
- 90+4'Yellow card · Nicola Sansone
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Jaume Costa, Daniele Bonera, Pablo Fornals, Manu Trigueros, Rodri, Roberto Soriano, Dani Raba, Carlos Bacca
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Jan Oblak, Diego Godín, Šime Vrsaljko, Lucas Hernández, José María Giménez, Thomas Partey, Koke, Saúl Ñíguez, Ángel Correa, Antoine Griezmann, Diego Costa