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What the record shows
The available record does not support a clear cross-team pattern. No second pattern clears the sample and coverage gates. Limitation: At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
History
Head-to-head
Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.
1Atletico Madrid
0Draws
1Villarreal
Villarreal — Atletico Madrid · La Liga5–1
Atletico Madrid — Villarreal · La Liga2–0
Season-opening preview
Current-season evidence is still building.
This competition's new season has only just started, so PitchMath does not yet hold enough completed matches for a current-season grade. The comparison below is last season's recorded data, shown as historical context.
0 / 2 matches toward the first current-season grade
Previous-season context
Recorded season totals from the source competition. Not current form.
Both clubs played the same competition and season, so these values are directly comparable.
Atletico Madrid
- Competition
- La Liga
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 38 matches
- Profile grade
- A
- Data cutoff
- 24 May 2026
- Goals scored1.63 goals/match
- Goals allowed1.16 goals/match
- Expected goals1.42 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed1.69 xG/match
- Shots13.1 shots/match
- Shots allowed11.6 shots/match
- Shots on target5.05 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed3.71 shots/match
- Possession53.3%
- Corners6.47 corners/match
- Corners allowed4.29 corners/match
- Cards2.28 cards/match
- Fouls11.1 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency37%
- Scoring frequency87%
Villarreal
- Competition
- La Liga
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 38 matches
- Profile grade
- A
- Data cutoff
- 24 May 2026
- Goals scored1.89 goals/match
- Goals allowed1.21 goals/match
- Expected goals1.49 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed1.1 xG/match
- Shots12 shots/match
- Shots allowed12.8 shots/match
- Shots on target4.53 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed3.87 shots/match
- Possession44.5%
- Corners4.18 corners/match
- Corners allowed4.89 corners/match
- Cards2.44 cards/match
- Fouls11.9 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency21%
- Scoring frequency84%
Evidence quality
How much supports this analysis
Grade D · Unavailableunavailable
Season samples0 / 0home / away teams
Recent samples0 / 0last-five windows
FreshnessUnavailablestale at cutoff
- At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
- At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
- Paired coverage is below the configured metric threshold.
- At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.
- Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.
Known unknowns
- Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
- Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
- The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
- The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.
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