Atlético de Madrid 2-2 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 23 August 2026

Result

Atlético de Madrid 2-2 Villarreal

La Liga · Sunday 23 August 2026, 15:00 UTC · Riyadh Air Metropolitano, Madrid · half-time 0-0

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Atlético de Madrid 2-2 Villarreal: match report

Atlético de Madrid drew with Villarreal 2-2 in La Liga on Sunday 23 August 2026 at Riyadh Air Metropolitano. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Marc Pubill opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Marc Pubill (59') and Giuliano Simeone (85'). Villarreal scored through Gerard Moreno (66', penalty) and Georges Mikautadze (78', penalty).

Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards.

In the current table Atlético de Madrid are 2nd on 28 points and Villarreal are 9th on 12 points.

Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Giuliano Simeone of Atlético de Madrid (8.1), ahead of Morten Hjulmand (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Atlético de Madrid wins, 5 draws and 2 for Villarreal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 50'Yellow card · Santiago MouriñoVillarreal
  • 54'Yellow card · Álex BaenaAtlético de Madrid
  • 59'Goal · Marc PubillAtlético de Madrid · 1-0
  • 66'Penalty goal · Gerard MorenoVillarreal · 1-1
  • 76'Red card · Robin Le NormandAtlético de Madrid
  • 76'Yellow card · Diego SimeoneAtlético de Madrid
  • 76'Yellow card · Morten HjulmandAtlético de Madrid
  • 78'Penalty goal · Georges MikautadzeVillarreal · 1-2
  • 85'Goal · Giuliano SimeoneAtlético de Madrid · 2-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · José María GiménezAtlético de Madrid
  • 90+10'Yellow card · Juan FoythVillarreal

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
2Atlético de Madrid11911228+1428WWWWW
9Villarreal113351515012WLDWL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Atlético de Madrid 3, draws 5, Villarreal 2.

Team news

Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)

Jan Oblak, Marc Pubill, Robin Le Normand, Dávid Hancko, Alejandro Grimaldo, Giuliano Simeone, Koke, Morten Hjulmand, Rodrigo Mendoza, Ademola Lookman, Kang-in Lee

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Luiz Júnior, Santiago Mouriño, Juan Foyth, Renato Veiga, Carlos Romero, Nicolas Pépé, Santi Comesaña, Pape Gueye, Alberto Moleiro, Ayoze Pérez, Georges Mikautadze

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