VILLARREAL CF v ATLETICO MADRID
It’s not often it happens but this week’s most interesting game in La Liga is the Monday night fixture. Villarreal take on Atletico Madrid in a match which will be a battle of the two meanest defences in the Primera Division.
The Yellow Submarine come into the game in patchy form. Although they finished off their Europa League group stage campaign in style with a 2-1 home win over Steaua Bucharest, they’ve lost two of their last five games at home in all competitions and have only taken seven points from a possible 18 in the league.
SamuCastillejo is out of this game with a hamstring issue, which could see Jonathon Dos Santos play on the right hand side. Mateo Musacchio picked up a knock to his hamstring in the win over Steaua and might not be risked.
Atletico Madrid have a similar record to Villareal, having also taken seven points from their last six games in the league. They’ve won two of their last five games away in all competitions. Their defence is incredibly mean however, having only conceded one goal in the last five matches.
Filipe Luis probably won’t make it back into the team after injury, meaning Lucas Hernandez will keep his place after impressing against Bayern last week. However, Jose Gimenez and Juanfran should return in defence.
Atletico start this game as favourites at 1.90 which probably reflects the quality of the squads over recent form.
I’m expecting a tight game which befits two defences which have conceded a combined total of 21 goals in La Liga so far, and as such under 1.5 goals at 2.46 looks a great deal.
Here is my record:
https://www.protipster.com/tipster/scorerthief
