Villarreal 5-1 Atlético de Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 24 May 2026

Result

Villarreal 5-1 Atlético de Madrid

La Liga · Sunday 24 May 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 4-1

Villarreal · Atlético de Madrid · La Liga predictions

Villarreal 5-1 Atlético de Madrid: match report

Villarreal won against Atlético de Madrid 5-1 in La Liga on Sunday 24 May 2026. It was 4-1 at half-time.

Dani Parejo opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Dani Parejo (30', penalty), Ayoze Pérez (34'), Georges Mikautadze (40'), Pape Gueye (45') and Ayoze Pérez (54'). Atlético de Madrid scored through Marc Pubill (43').

Discipline: Villarreal received no yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Villarreal were 3rd on 69 points from 37 and Atlético de Madrid 4th on 69 points from 37. Villarreal went on to finish that season 3rd with 72 points, and Atlético de Madrid 4th with 69.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Atlético de Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ayoze Pérez of Villarreal (8.9), ahead of Nicolas Pépé (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 5 draws and 4 for Atlético de Madrid.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Giuliano SimeoneAtlético de Madrid
  • 30'Penalty goal · Dani ParejoVillarreal · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Ayoze PérezVillarreal · 2-0
  • 40'Goal · Georges MikautadzeVillarreal · 3-0
  • 43'Goal · Marc PubillAtlético de Madrid · 3-1
  • 45'Goal · Pape GueyeVillarreal · 4-1
  • 54'Goal · Ayoze PérezVillarreal · 5-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Villarreal 1, draws 5, Atlético de Madrid 4.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Juan FoythVillarreal · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Arnau Tenas, Santiago Mouriño, Pau Navarro, Rafa Marín, Alfonso Pedraza, Nicolas Pépé, Pape Gueye, Dani Parejo, Alberto Moleiro, Ayoze Pérez, Georges Mikautadze

Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-3-3)

Juan Musso, Marcos Llorente, Marc Pubill, Clément Lenglet, Dávid Hancko, Álex Baena, Koke, Obed Vargas, Giuliano Simeone, Antoine Griezmann, Ademola Lookman