Villarreal beat Atletico Madrid 5-1 as A. Perez scores twice

La Liga · Sun, 24 May 2026 · 19:00UTC

Villarreal

Score 5 - 1

FTHT 4-1

Atletico Madrid

Estadio de la Ceramica · Referee: M. Sesma

Villarreal vs Atletico Madrid head-to-head record

Match report

Villarreal beat Atletico Madrid 5-1 as A. Perez scores twice

Villarreal beat Atletico Madrid 5-1 in La Liga matchday 38 on Sunday, 24 May 2026 at Estadio de la Ceramica. D. Parejo (30' pen), A. Perez (34', 54'), G. Mikautadze (40') and P. Gueye (45') scored for Villarreal, while M. Pubill (43') found the net for Atletico Madrid. It was 4-1 at half-time.

Villarreal had 48% of the ball and 14 shots (8 on target) against Atletico Madrid’s 9 (4 on target). Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal) was the top-rated player with 9.5. The result leaves Villarreal 9th in the La Liga table on 8 points and Atletico Madrid 2nd on 16.

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Form, table and head-to-head

Villarreal

9th · 8 points · P 7 W 2 D 2 L 3

Form

Atletico Madrid

2nd · 16 points · P 7 W 5 D 1 L 1

Form

La Liga table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Barcelona	7	+24	21
2	Atletico Madrid	7	+9	16
3	Real Betis	7	+2	16
8	Real Sociedad	7	-4	10
9	Villarreal	7	+1	8
10	Athletic Club	6	+1	8

Full La Liga table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sun, 23 Aug 2026, Atletico Madrid 2-2 Villarreal

Full Villarreal vs Atletico Madrid head-to-head

Match events

27'yellow cardGiuliano SimeoneYellow Card
30'penaltyD. ParejoPenalty
34'goalA. PerezNormal Goal
40'goalG. MikautadzeAssist: A. Perez
43'goalM. PubillAssist: A. Griezmann
45'goalP. GueyeAssist: N. Pepe
46'substitutionG. SimeoneOff: A. Sorloth
46'substitutionM. PubillOff: M. Ruggeri
46'substitutionD. HanckoOff: A. Puric
54'goalA. PerezAssist: N. Pepe
61'substitutionA. LookmanOff: J. Bonar
61'substitutionA. BaenaOff: J. Morcillo
66'substitutionD. ParejoOff: A. Diatta
67'substitutionA. PedrazaOff: S. Cardona
75'substitutionP. GueyeOff: L. Costa
75'substitutionA. PerezOff: P. Cabanes
89'substitutionG. MikautadzeOff: C. Macia

Lineups

Villarreal

Formation 4-4-2 · Coach Marcelino

Starting XI

Substitutes

Atletico Madrid

Formation 4-3-3 · Coach Diego Simeone

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

48%Possession52%
2.48Expected goals (xG)1.16
14Total shots9
8Shots on target4
1Shots off target5
5Blocked shots0
10Shots inside the box7
4Shots outside the box2
5Corners9
0Offsides1
3Fouls12
0Yellow cards1
–Red cards–
3Goalkeeper saves3
502Passes529
433Accurate passes467
86%Pass accuracy88%
-1.56Goals prevented-1.56

Player statistics

Villarreal

Villarreal player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
25Arnau TenasG	90	6.3				33 · 64%
4Rafa MarínD	90	7.3				47 · 96%	2	3	7/7
6Pau NavarroD	90	6.6				42 · 90%		2	4/6
15Santiago MouriñoD	90	7.7				75 · 89%	1	2	7/9
24Alfonso PedrazaD	67	6.6				24 · 67%	1	1	3/6
10Dani ParejoM	66	7.7	1		1 (1)	52 · 98%	1	3	4/5
18Pape GueyeM	75	8.0	1		1 (1)	49 · 86%		2	2/5
19Nicolas PépéM	90	8.2		2	2 (1)	55 · 87%	2		3/4
20Alberto MoleiroM	90	6.5				28 · 82%	1		3/7
9Georges MikautadzeF	89	8.2	1		3 (3)	21 · 90%	2		1/3
22Ayoze PérezFTop rated	75	9.5	2	1	2 (2)	23 · 78%	1		4/11
1Luiz JúniorG	–	–
2Logan CostaD	15	6.9				14 · 93%		1	1/1
3Alexander FreemanD	–	–
5Willy KambwalaD	–	–
23Sergi CardonaD	23	6.9				12 · 83%			1/1
12Renato VeigaM	–	–
37Carlos MaciáM	1	–				1 · 0%
38Alassane DiattaM	24	7.2				21 · 86%		1	3/3
11Alfon GonzálezF	–	–
17Tajon BuchananF	–	–
21Tani OluwaseyiF	–	–
33Pau CabanesF	15	6.5				5 · 80%			0/1

Atletico Madrid

Atletico Madrid player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Juan MussoG	90	5.7				18 · 94%			1/2
14Marcos LlorenteD	90	5.3				57 · 95%		1	1/4
15Clément LengletD	90	6.0				57 · 93%		5	7/12
17Dávid HanckoD	45	5.6				22 · 91%			0/1
18Marc PubillD	45	6.7	1		1 (1)	42 · 93%		1	1/1
6KokeM	90	6.9				87 · 87%	3		0/2
10Alex BaenaM	61	5.9			2 (0)	38 · 84%			0/5
21Obed VargasM	90	6.9			1 (0)	38 · 84%		3	4/6
7Antoine GriezmannF	90	6.5		1	2 (1)	44 · 84%	2		2/6
20Giuliano SimeoneF	45	6.2			2 (1)	19 · 89%		1	2/5
22Ademola LookmanF	61	6.2				22 · 82%		2	4/10
13Jan OblakG	–	–
31Salvi EsquivelG	–	–
3Matteo RuggeriD	45	6.3				29 · 79%			1/2
32Javier BoñarD	29	6.6				16 · 88%	1		1/3
40Aleksa PurićD	45	6.2				16 · 88%		1	2/5
34Julio DíazM	–	–
47Javi MorcilloM	29	6.6				18 · 94%			0/1
9Alexander SørlothF	45	6.2			1 (1)	6 · 67%			0/4
29Rayane BelaidF	–	–
37Iker LuqueF	–	–
61Miguel CuboF	–	–