Villarreal vs Atletico Madrid Prediction: Villarreal is already lacking tournament motivation

Villarreal will face Atletico Madrid in round 38 of the Spanish championship. Villarreal is already lacking tournament motivation, while the team from the capital still have a chance of beating Real Madrid to win the Spanish capital's absentee championship.

After three successive victories over Athletic, Girona, and Cadiz, Villarreal lost away to Rayo Vallecano 1:2 in the last round of the Spanish league. At the start of the 38th round of La Liga, Villarreal sits in fifth place with 63 points, five points less than Real Sociedad and four more than Betis. So, no matter how the upcoming match ends, Villarreal cannot escape from fifth place. The Yellow Submarine's home statistics are fourth in the division with 38 points from 18 meetings, +12=2-4, 34:16 goal difference.

The Spaniards have won two of their last three matches and had only one draw away against Espanyol. Atletico Madrid is in third place in the division. They won't go any lower but could climb up to second place if they score more points than Real Madrid in Sunday's game against Atletico Madrid. Atletico's away statistics are third in the division, +10=4-4, 27:16 goal difference. It should be noted that the Indians only picked up one point in their last two away games.

Despite Villarreal's lack of tournament motivation, we believe the Yellows will be careless in their upcoming game against the team from the capital. The opponent is quite fundamental, plus the match is at home before the long pause; the Submariners will try to please their fans with a positive result. Atletico is still motivated, but not everything depends on the Magpies. If Real Madrid beats Atletico in the parallel match, it won't make any difference if they beat Villarreal. We expect the teams to play quality and result-oriented football.

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