Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, February 24, 2019
Villarreal DDWWD 0
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Atlético Madrid WLLWW 2
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VIL000
ATM112
Riyadh Air Metropolitano · 58,832 att.

Match Report

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Alvaro Morata finally scores for Atletico Madrid in win over Villarreal

Alvaro Morata scored his first goal for Atletico Madrid in a 2-0 win at home to Villarreal on Sunday which cut the gap behind Barcelona.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
7
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
3
48.9
Possession
51.1
14
SHOTS
15
3
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
408
Accurate Passes
448
476
Passes
514
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
5
21
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.4
56
Long Balls
64
32
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
6
15
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
8
14
Effective Clearances
25
14
Clearances
25

Head to Head

VIL leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

ATM · 4-4-2

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 24José María GiménezCD-L
  3. 15Stefan SavicCD-R
  4. 3Filipe LuísLB
  5. 4Santiago AriasRB
  6. 14RodriCM-L
  7. 6KokeCM-R
  8. 11Thomas LemarLM
  9. 8Saúl ÑíguezRM
  10. 22Álvaro MorataCF-L
  11. 7Antoine GriezmannCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23VitoloSUB
  2. 10Ángel CorreaSUB
  3. 2Diego GodínSUB
  4. 19Diego CostaSUB
  5. 5Thomas ParteySUB
  6. 20JuanfranSUB
  7. 1Antonio AdánSUB

VIL · 3-5-2

  1. 1Sergio AsenjoG
  2. 4Ramiro Funes MoriCD
  3. 6Víctor RuizCD-L
  4. 3Álvaro GonzálezCD-R
  5. 19Santi CazorlaCM-L
  6. 10Vicente IborraCM-R
  7. 5Santiago CaseresAM
  8. 16Alfonso PedrazaLM
  9. 2MarioRM
  10. 9Carlos BaccaCF-L
  11. 17Karl Toko EkambiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Andrés FernándezSUB
  2. 30Samuel ChukwuezeSUB
  3. 11Jaume CostaSUB
  4. 18Javi FuegoSUB
  5. 8Pablo FornalsSUB
  6. 7Gerard MorenoSUB
  7. 28Manu MorlanesSUB

Timeline

  1. 31' Goal! Atlético de Madrid 1, Villarreal 0. Álvaro Morata (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Filipe Luís.
  2. 56' Substitution, Villarreal. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Ramiro Funes Mori.
  3. 58' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Diego Costa replaces Álvaro Morata.
  4. 64' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Thomas Partey replaces Thomas Lemar.
  5. 66' Álvaro González (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 68' Substitution, Villarreal. Gerard Moreno replaces Carlos Bacca.
  7. 70' Santiago Cáseres (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 76' Substitution, Villarreal. Pablo Fornals replaces Santiago Cáseres.
  9. 79' Víctor Ruiz (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 88' Goal! Atlético de Madrid 2, Villarreal 0. Saúl Ñíguez (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Diego Costa.
  11. 90' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Vitolo replaces Koke.

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