Villarreal plays to a goalless draw against Atlético de Madrid at Estadio de La Ceramica

Game between Villarreal and Atlético de Madrid ended on a goalless draw at Estadio de La Ceramica. Villarreal and Atlético de Madrid arrived at this match after suffering a defeat in their previous league game. Villarreal wanted to improve their position in the tournament after losing against Valencia 2-1 while Atlético de Madrid fell defeated by 0-1 in the last match they played against Barcelona. Villarreal is 12th in the LaLiga table with 19 points from 16 matches, while Atlético de Madrid sits 6th with 26 points after 16 matches.

There were no goals during the first half of the game.

The second 45 minutes ended with little further action at either end and goalless.

At the end of the match, both teams made 3 substitutions each. For Villarreal, Karl Toko Ekambi, Manu Morlanes and Javier Ontiveros came on for Moi Gomez, Vicente Iborra and Samuel Chukwueze, while Atlético brought on Vitolo, Kieran Trippier and Marcos Llorente to replace Thomas Partey, Santiago Arias and Hector Herrera.

The referee booked Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa and Manu Trigueros from Villarreal, while for Atlético de Madrid Alvaro Morata saw a yellow card as well.

Villarreal will play against Sevilla at away stadium, while Atlético de Madrid will face Osasuna at home stadium.