Spanish LALIGA

Atlético vs Villarreal 2022-23 LaLiga

  • Red Card 90'+4': Nahuel Molina
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0 - 2
  • 73': Yeremy Pino
  • 90'+7': Gerard Moreno

Villarreal sink Atletico Madrid behind stellar goalkeeping from Geronimo Rulli

Villarreal goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli made a series of brilliant saves to keep out Atletico Madrid and help his side to a 2-0 away win on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Atletico Madrid 0, Villarreal 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Atletico Madrid 0, Villarreal 0.
  • 48': João Félix (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 62': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Rodrigo de Paul replaces Thomas Lemar.
  • 62': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Antoine Griezmann replaces Marcos Llorente.
  • 69': Substitution, Villarreal. Francis Coquelin replaces Etienne Capoue.
  • 70': Substitution, Villarreal. Álex Baena replaces Giovani Lo Celso.
  • 70': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Matheus Cunha replaces Álvaro Morata.
  • 70': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Ángel Correa replaces João Félix.
  • 73': Goal! Atletico Madrid 0, Villarreal 1. Yeremi Pino (Villarreal) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 76': Substitution, Villarreal. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Yeremi Pino because of an injury.
  • 76': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. José Giménez replaces Stefan Savic.
  • 84': Substitution, Villarreal. José Morales replaces Nicolas Jackson.
  • 90': José Giménez (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+3': Daniel Parejo (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+4': Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  • 90'+5': Álex Baena (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+7': Goal! Atletico Madrid 0, Villarreal 2. Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alfonso Pedraza following a fast break.
  • 90'+9': Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  • 90'+9': Second Half ends, Atletico Madrid 0, Villarreal 2.

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Cívitas Metropolitano
Location: Madrid, Spain
Attendance: 57,033

Spanish LALIGA Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+44 Real Madrid 29 72 1
+26 Barcelona 29 64 3
+25 Girona 29 62 5
+24 Athletic Club 29 56 5
Full Table

Statistics

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11 Fouls 8
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1
1 Offsides 2
6 Corner Kicks 5
5 Saves 3
49.8 Possession 50.2
19 SHOTS 13
5 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
443 Accurate Passes 410
491 Passes 473
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 7
9 Crosses 30
0.3 Cross % 0.2
58 Long Balls 35
37 Accurate Long Balls 16
0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
9 Blocked Shots 2
2 Effective Tackles 15
6 Tackles 18
0.3 Tackle % 0.8
12 Interceptions 2
31 Effective Clearances 10
31 Clearances 10

Line-Ups

ATM Atlético Madrid (3-1-4-2)

No. Name
13 Jan Oblak (GK)
20 Axel Witsel
23 Reinildo Mandava
15 Stefan Savic
6 Koke
11 Thomas Lemar
14 Marcos Llorente
21 Yannick Carrasco
16 Nahuel Molina Red Card
7 João Félix Yellow Card
19 Álvaro Morata

VIL Villarreal (4-4-2)

No. Name
13 Gerónimo Rulli (GK)
4 Pau Torres
3 Raúl Albiol
24 Alfonso Pedraza
8 Juan Foyth
10 Dani Parejo Yellow Card
6 Étienne Capoue
17 Giovani Lo Celso
21 Yeremy Pino
26 Nicolas Jackson
7 Gerard Moreno

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