Atletico Madrid vs Villarreal Prediction, 8/21/2022 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 8/15/2022

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Game: Atletico Madrid vs Villarreal

Date: Sunday, August 21, 2022

Location: Estadio Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Atletico Madrid (-118) Villarreal (+320)

Atletico Madrid (21-8-9 last year) hosts Villarreal (16-11-11 last season) at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday. Villarreal are priced at +320 while Atletico Madrid are priced -118. Villarreal are priced at +320 while Atletico Madrid are priced -118. The starting goalkeepers are Jan Oblak Atletico Madrid and Geronimo Rulli Villarreal.

Atletico Madrid surrendered 43 goals while allowing 1.13 goals per 90 min, and opposing teams compiled 96 shots on target against them. They had a total of 12 clean sheets, which had them sitting at a % of 31.6 during the previous year. Atletico Madrid accumulated 111 yellow cards in the previous season and 7 red cards. The Red and Whites were ranked 6th in regard to expected goals having 52.8, and their expected goals against were at 33.7. For the previous campaign, the club finished with an average of 1.87 pts per contest (71 pts) and they also ranked 4th in the league with 45 assists. This team's goal differential was 22 with the help of 65 goals notched and also 43 goals given up. Atletico Madrid earned 62 saves and they had a SV percentage of 62.5 last year.

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The Submarino Amarillos put together an average of 1.6 pts/match while earning 51 assists and 1 red card. Villarreal earned a clean sheet rate of 36.8 over the course of last year in addition to 81 yellow card warnings. Villarreal sat at 3rd in relation to goals surrendered with 37, and their goal difference was 26. On the season, Villarreal CF had a save rate of 73.4 (124 SoTA), and also had a rank of 7th in La Liga with 59 points. Their goals against/90 min was at 0.97 in addition to 89 saves, and they recorded 14 clean sheets. Villarreal had 63 goals and the team's expected goals last year was sitting at 62.6.

The guy protecting the net for Atletico Madrid is Jan Oblak. Oblak has seen the field a total of 29,247 mins and has earned 773 stops so far in his career. His goals against per 90 minutes is 0.81 (263 total goals allowed) and he is the owner of a save % of .767. The goalkeeper from Slovenia has had 1,008 shots sent his way in 326 starting assignments. Oblak (186-77-62 mark during his career) has accumulated 156 shutouts, which leaves him with a 47.9% shutout percentage.

Geronimo Rulli will be residing in front of the goal for Villarreal. So far in his career, Rulli has given up 262 goals while totaling 579 stops in 208 starts. He has surrendered 1.26 goals per 90 mins while holding a mark of 84-54-70. He sports a save percentage of .707 and his clean sheet rate sits at 30.3%. Rulli has accumulated 63 shutouts while seeing 819 shots attempted against him in 18,671 career mins.

Joao Felix is one guy who can be a force on the pitch for Atletico Madrid. The forward born in Portugal has earned 36 goals in 6,305 professional minutes played. Felix has started 69 outings so far in his career and he tallies 0.51 goals per 90 minutes. He has accounted for 17 assists while earning 17 yellow cards so far in his career.

Villarreal stars Gerard Moreno, who is known to give defenses fits. The forward from Spain has been on the pitch for 22,086 mins while scoring 116 goals. He is currently averaging 0.47 G/90 and has been a starter in 248 games in his career. He has tallied 31 yellow card cautions in his career and has helped a teammate on a goal 34 times.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Atletico Madrid (-118)

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