Villarreal 1-2 Atlético de Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Monday 1 April 2024

Result

Villarreal 1-2 Atlético de Madrid

La Liga · Monday 1 April 2024, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Villarreal 1-2 Atlético de Madrid: match report

Villarreal were beaten by Atlético de Madrid 1-2 in La Liga on Monday 1 April 2024. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Axel Witsel opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Villarreal's goal came from Alexander Sørloth (50'). Atlético de Madrid scored through Axel Witsel (9') and Saúl Ñíguez (87').

Discipline: Villarreal received 3 yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 10th on 38 points from 29 and Atlético de Madrid 5th on 55 points from 29. Villarreal went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Atlético de Madrid 4th with 76.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Atlético de Madrid in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dani Parejo of Villarreal (8.2), ahead of Yerson Mosquera (8.1).

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

  • 9'Goal · Axel WitselAtlético de Madrid · 0-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Antoine GriezmannAtlético de Madrid
  • 27'Yellow card · Étienne CapoueVillarreal
  • 50'Goal · Alexander SørlothVillarreal · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Dani ParejoVillarreal
  • 62'Yellow card · Pablo BarriosAtlético de Madrid
  • 87'Goal · Saúl ÑíguezAtlético de Madrid · 1-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Saúl ÑíguezAtlético de Madrid
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Yerson MosqueraVillarreal

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • VitoloAtlético de Madrid · injury (Knee Injury)
  • Marcos PauloAtlético de Madrid · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
  • Thomas LemarAtlético de Madrid · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)
  • Yéremy PinoVillarreal · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
  • Denis SuárezVillarreal · injury (Tendon Rupture)

Villarreal line-up (4-3-3)

Filip Jørgensen, Yerson Mosquera, Raúl Albiol, Aïssa Mandi, Jorge Cuenca, Étienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Francis Coquelin, Gerard Moreno, Alexander Sørloth, Gonçalo Guedes

Atlético de Madrid line-up (3-4-3)

Jan Oblak, Marcos Llorente, Axel Witsel, José María Giménez, Reinildo Mandava, Rodrigo Riquelme, Pablo Barrios, Koke, Samuel Lino, Antoine Griezmann, Memphis Depay