La Liga
The club's record series of 15 consecutive wins ended in the last round with a 0-1 defeat as a guest to Leganes. This was the second loss for the team this season in La Liga, with the other also being away with 0-1, but against Betis in the autumn. So Atletico gave up the first place and is now two points behind. However, on Tuesday Diego Simeone and company once again showed character and staged a comeback for a 2-1 home win against Bayer Leverkusen, playing for a long time with one man less. It remains to be seen if they will quickly return to winning ways in the championship as well.
In fifth place is Villarreal, who has slightly lost form, but exploded with a convincing 4-0 home win against Mallorca in the last round. This is one of the very few clean sheets for Villarreal this season, as they still do not have one as a guest and mainly play high-scoring matches. However, they lost 0-1 to Real Sociedad in their last visit and have only won one of their last five matches away.
Prediction: Atletico Madrid to win, both teams to score: YESAtletico Madrid will try not to fall behind from the top spot, from which they were dethroned in the last round. Villarreal, however, is not an easy opponent and exploded with a good win in the last round. Still, I think the hosts will reach the victory, but I do not rule out Villarreal scoring and putting up a fight.
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