Atlético Madrid vs Villarreal, 2026-27 LALIGA

· Spanish LALIGA

Atlético Madrid

59': Marc Pubill
76': Robin Le Normand
85': Giuliano Simeone

FT
2 - 2

Villarreal

66': Gerard Moreno (P)
78': Georges Mikautadze (P)

Giuliano Simeone salvages a point for 10-man Atlético Madrid against Villareal

Robin Le Normand of Atletico de Madrid receives a red card. [1296x729]

A chaotic second half saw Marc Pubill put Atlético ahead and Gerard Moreno quickly level from the spot before the hosts were reduced to 10 men.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Attempt missed. Lee Kang-In (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Morten Hjulmand.
2': Attempt saved. Alejandro Grimaldo (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal). Assisted by Morten Hjulmand.
3': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Luiz Júnior.
3': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Santi Comesaña.
4': Attempt blocked. Koke (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
5': Attempt blocked. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolas Pepe.
6': Attempt missed. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
7': Foul by Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal).
7': Koke (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
7': Foul by Santi Comesaña (Villarreal).
7': Ademola Lookman (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
9': Attempt blocked. Rodrigo Mendoza (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ademola Lookman.
11': Attempt blocked. Nicolas Pepe (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alberto Moleiro.
14': Delay in match because of an injury Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal).
15': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
16': Attempt blocked. Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lee Kang-In.
16': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Juan Foyth.
18': Foul by Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal).
18': Ademola Lookman (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Foul by Santi Comesaña (Villarreal).
22': Koke (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Attempt saved. Rodrigo Mendoza (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal). Assisted by Ademola Lookman.
26': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Morten Hjulmand.
27': Delay in match for a drinks break.
29': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
31': Nicolas Pepe (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Lee Kang-In (Atletico Madrid).
31': Delay in match because of an injury Nicolas Pepe (Villarreal).
32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
33': Attempt blocked. Ademola Lookman (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
35': Carlos Romero (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Foul by Rodrigo Mendoza (Atletico Madrid).
35': Attempt missed. Lee Kang-In (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Koke.
36': Attempt missed. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Santiago Mouriño.
37': Attempt saved. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid). Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
38': Lee Kang-In (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38': Foul by Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal).
39': Attempt missed. Morten Hjulmand (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
41': Dávid Hancko (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Foul by Pape Gueye (Villarreal).
42': Attempt missed. Lee Kang-In (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Morten Hjulmand following a fast break.
44': Rodrigo Mendoza (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
44': Foul by Renato Veiga (Villarreal).
45': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Lee Kang-In (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Koke.
45'+1': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Juan Foyth.
45'+4': Attempt saved. Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid). Assisted by Georges Mikautadze with a through ball.
45'+4': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Jan Oblak.
45'+5': Offside, Villarreal. Santi Comesaña is caught offside.
45'+6': First Half ends, Atletico Madrid 0, Villarreal 0.
45': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Álex Baena replaces Rodrigo Mendoza.
45': Second Half begins Atletico Madrid 0, Villarreal 0.
46': Foul by Marc Pubill (Atletico Madrid).
46': Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
49': Attempt blocked. Lee Kang-In (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Morten Hjulmand.
50': Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
51': Attempt saved. Nicolas Pepe (Villarreal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid). Assisted by Carlos Romero.
51': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Jan Oblak.
53': Attempt missed. Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lee Kang-In.
54': Attempt blocked. Lee Kang-In (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Giuliano Simeone.
54': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Juan Foyth.
54': Foul by Álex Baena (Atletico Madrid).
54': Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
54': Álex Baena (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
56': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Ademola Lookman is caught offside.
57': Attempt blocked. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
57': Attempt missed. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
59': Goal! Atletico Madrid 1, Villarreal 0. Marc Pubill (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Giuliano Simeone.
61': Substitution, Villarreal. Gerard Moreno replaces Alberto Moleiro.
61': Substitution, Villarreal. Tajon Buchanan replaces Ayoze Pérez.
61': Foul by Álex Baena (Atletico Madrid).
61': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Koke (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
62': Foul by Santi Comesaña (Villarreal).
62': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Álex Baena is caught offside.
64': Penalty conceded by Morten Hjulmand (Atletico Madrid) after a foul in the penalty area.
64': Penalty Villarreal. Tajon Buchanan draws a foul in the penalty area.
66': Goal! Atletico Madrid 1, Villarreal 1. Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
66': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Marcos Llorente replaces Koke.
66': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Pablo Barrios replaces Lee Kang-In.
66': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Julián Alvarez replaces Marc Pubill.
67': Ademola Lookman (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Foul by Santi Comesaña (Villarreal).
69': Foul by Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid).
69': Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
70': Delay in match for a drinks break.
72': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
73': Penalty Villarreal. Georges Mikautadze draws a foul in the penalty area.
73': Penalty conceded by Robin Le Normand (Atletico Madrid) after a foul in the penalty area.
74': Delay in match (Atletico Madrid). VAR checking.
75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
75': VAR Decision: Penalty Villarreal.
76': Robin Le Normand (Atletico Madrid) is shown the red card.
76': Morten Hjulmand (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
78': Goal! Atletico Madrid 1, Villarreal 2. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
79': Substitution, Villarreal. Ilias Akhomach replaces Georges Mikautadze.
79': Substitution, Villarreal. Carlos Maciá replaces Nicolas Pepe.
79': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. José María Giménez replaces Ademola Lookman.
80': Attempt blocked. Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Morten Hjulmand.
81': Attempt blocked. Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Julián Alvarez.
82': Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Foul by Alejandro Grimaldo (Atletico Madrid).
83': Foul by Gerard Moreno (Villarreal).
83': Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Substitution, Villarreal. Tani Oluwaseyi replaces Santi Comesaña.
85': Goal! Atletico Madrid 2, Villarreal 2. Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álex Baena with a through ball.
88': Carlos Romero (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid).
89': Attempt saved. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid). Assisted by Juan Foyth.
89': Foul by Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal).
89': Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Foul by Gerard Moreno (Villarreal).
90': Morten Hjulmand (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90': Fourth official has announced 9 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Attempt blocked. Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Álex Baena.
90'+1': Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Foul by José María Giménez (Atletico Madrid).
90'+1': José María Giménez (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+5': Delay in match because of an injury Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid).
90'+6': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+7': Foul by Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal).
90'+7': Morten Hjulmand (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+7': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+7': Foul by Álex Baena (Atletico Madrid).
90'+8': Attempt blocked. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gerard Moreno.
90'+9': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Giuliano Simeone is caught offside.
90'+10': Second Half ends, Atletico Madrid 2, Villarreal 2.
90'+10': Juan Foyth (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
0': Match ends, Atletico Madrid 2, Villarreal 2.

Statistics

VIL		ATM
13	Fouls	12
2	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	1
1	Offsides	3
3	Corner Kicks	5
2	Saves	4
48	Possession	52
13	SHOTS	19
6	ON GOAL	4
0.5	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
2	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
440	Accurate Passes	459
498	Passes	520
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	7
5	Crosses	20
0.2	Cross %	0.4
34	Long Balls	43
17	Accurate Long Balls	23
0.5	Long Balls %	0.5
4	Blocked Shots	10
9	Effective Tackles	17
11	Tackles	26
0.8	Tackle %	0.7
10	Interceptions	11
26	Effective Clearances	8
26	Clearances	8

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Riyadh Air Metropolitano
Location: Madrid, Spain
Attendance: 61,978

LALIGA Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Barcelona	7	+24	21
2	Atlético Madrid	7	+9	16
3	Real Betis	7	+2	16
4	Real Madrid	7	+10	15

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Atlético Madrid (4-4-2)

No.	Name
13	Jan Oblak (GK)
17	Dávid Hancko
24	Robin Le Normand
22	Alejandro Grimaldo
18	Marc Pubill
23	Morten Hjulmand
6	Koke
4	Rodrigo Mendoza
20	Giuliano Simeone
7	Lee Kang-In
11	Ademola Lookman

Atlético Madrid Substitutes:

Juan Musso, Johnny Cardoso, Jorge Domínguez, Pablo Barrios, Carlos Martín, Julián Álvarez, José María Giménez, Jorge Castillo, Daniel Martinez, Álex Baena, Marcos Llorente, Arnau Ortiz.

Villarreal (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Luiz Júnior (GK)
12	Renato Veiga
8	Juan Foyth
20	Carlos Romero
15	Santiago Mouriño
18	Pape Gueye
14	Santi Comesaña
10	Alberto Moleiro
19	Nicolas Pépé
9	Georges Mikautadze
22	Ayoze Pérez

Villarreal Substitutes:

Logan Costa, Péter Gulácsi, Tani Oluwaseyi, Nizar El Jmili Ben Hamou, Tajon Buchanan, Carlos Macià, Alex Freeman, Sergi Cardona, Cheikh Ahmad Tidiane Thiam, Pau Navarro, Ilias Akhomach, Gerard Moreno.

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