Atlético Madrid vs Villarreal CF Preview 21/08/2022

Atlético Madrid vs Villarreal CF – 21/08/2022

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The highest two in La Liga after the primary recreation of the season final weekend will meet on the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium this weekend with Atletico Madrid aiming to enhance on their gorgeous previous few weeks of motion after Villarreal’s glorious begin to the brand new season.

It’s been a close to excellent few weeks for Diego Simeone. He’s seen his aspect thrash Juventus 4-0 in preseason, beat Manchester United 1-0 just some days later, after which begin the brand new La Liga season with a faultless efficiency in opposition to Getafe.

Atletico have been ruthless of their win away from residence on the opening weekend of motion, as Alvaro Morata scored a uncommon two targets within the recreation in a improbable attacking show from the forwards.

His two targets have been matched by Antoine Griezmann’s upturn in kind, as he netted with quarter-hour to go together with one other good aim from the Frenchman. Simeone’s males restricted a struggling Getafe aspect to no photographs on the right track within the recreation too, as Atletico noticed 59% of the ball that day.

Villarreal, however, can shout simply as loud as Atletico heading into this recreation after a wonderful run of type of their very own. They too kicked off their La Liga marketing campaign with a powerful 3-0 away win , as Nicolas Jackson scored earlier than a late Alex Baena brace for the membership in opposition to Actual Valladolid.

The defensive qualities within the recreation weren’t as robust as Atletico’s, however with 5 photographs on the right track for Villarreal, they’ve proved their price within the attacking sense early on.

Unai Emery’s males additionally schooled Hajduk Cut up within the Europa Convention League Qualifiers simply days later, nevertheless, in a 4-2 victory to all however safe their spot on this season’s competitors.

Jose Luis Morales scored twice that day, earlier than an personal aim and a primary of the season for the spectacular goalscorer, Gerard Moreno, secured a 4-2 win and a 4-1 lead at half time. Mix this with a 4-2 preseason win over Inter Milan and three different victories in the summertime, and Emery sits along with his workforce in nice kind forward of travelling to Madrid.

It’s a tricky recreation to name right here after such glorious begins to the season for each groups and well-drilled preseasons too. Forebet does predict an upset right here and a Villarreal win.

They’ve been sensational up to now, and Forebet predicts one other victory and for the sport to see below 2.5 targets in opposition to Atletico.