La Liga: Villarreal and Atlético Madrid draw 2-2 on Sunday
VILLARREAL. Villarreal manages to recover against Atlético Madrid with a goal on the A. Correa 11' and a goal on the G. Kondogbia 68'.
VILLARREAL. Villarreal manages to recover against Atlético Madrid with a goal on the A. Correa 11′ and a goal on the G. Kondogbia 68′. Villarreal couldn’t win even though he was superior in terms of holding the ball possession (58%)
G. Moreno missed a decisive penalty (23′). That would have allowed Villarreal to win the match.
G. Moreno missed 1 penalty (23′) for Villarreal.
The match was played at the Estadio de la Cerámica stadium in Villarreal on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Javier Alberola Rojas who had the assistance of Teodoro Sobrino Magán and Iván Hernández Ramos. The 4th official was Lluís Bestard Servera. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.43 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 32%.
Match Statistics
Villarreal was in firm control of the ball 58% while Atlético Madrid was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Villarreal was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Villarreal to win the match.
Villarreal shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Atlético Madrid shot 7 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
No yellow cards were issued to Villarreal. On the other side, Atlético Madrid received 1 yellow card (G. Kondogbia).
Also, Atlético Madrid didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after G. Kondogbia (Atlético Madrid) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (90′).
After this encounter, Villarreal will have 28 points like Valencia to stay in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Atlético Madrid will have 32 points like FC Barcelona to stay in the 5th place.
Match Events
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11'11'
A. Correa
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23'23'
G. Moreno
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24'24'
D. Parejo Muñoz (Goal Disallowed)
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29'29'
P. Torres
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58'58'
A. Moreno
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62'62'
Joao Felix
R. De Paul
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62'62'
Koke
M. Cunha
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63'63'
S. Vrsaljko
Renan Lodi
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68'68'
G. Kondogbia
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72'72'
G. Kondogbia
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75'75'
Alfonso Pedraza
M. Trigueros
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75'75'
Y. Pino
A. Moreno
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81'81'
V. Iborra
E. Capoue
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86'86'
N. Jackson
P. Estupinan
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90'90'
G. Kondogbia
Next match
In the upcoming La Liga match, Villarreal will play away against Elche on the 16th of January with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of Villarreal (5 draws).
Atlético Madrid will host Valencia on the 22nd of January with a 17-9 head to head statistic in favor of Atlético Madrid (15 draws).
Villarreal: Formation and Lineups
Villarreal adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Unai Emery Etxegoien chose to play with the following team: Gerónimo Rulli , Juan Foyth , Raúl Albiol , Pau Torres , Pervis Estupiñán , Moi Gómez , Étienne Capoue , Dani Parejo , Alberto Moreno , Gerard Moreno and Manu Trigueros .
Substitutes
Villarreal made 4 changes: M. Trigueros for Alfonso Pedraza (75′), A. Moreno for Y. Pino (75′), E. Capoue for V. Iborra (81′) and P. Estupinan for N. Jackson (86′).
Top player: Pau Torres
Probably the most impressive player in Villarreal was Pau Torres.
His rating is with 1 goal, 85 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3.
Atlético Madrid: Formation and Lineups
Also Atlético Madrid adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the opposite side, Diego Pablo Simeone played with: Jan Oblak , Marcos Llorente , Felipe , Mario Hermoso , Renan Lodi , Yannick Carrasco , Rodrigo de Paul , Geoffrey Kondogbia , Thomas Lemar , Matheus Cunha and Ángel Correa .
Substitutes
Atlético Madrid made 3 changes: R. De Paul for Joao Felix (62′), Renan Lodi for S. Vrsaljko (63′) and M. Cunha for Koke (63′).
Top player: Geoffrey Kondogbia
The player who no doubt impressed Atlético Madrid the most was Geoffrey Kondogbia.
His rating is with 1 goal, 43 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13.
Results of the day
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