Betting tips for Villarreal vs Atl. Madrid - 18.03.2018

The Ceramic Stadium hosts one of the matches of the day, the visit of Atlético de Madrid to the Yellow Submarine. Villarreal live a very irregular season, having dropped too early both in the Copa del Rey and in Europe LEague.

The whole of Castellón occupies the 6th position in the Santander League, adding 44 points in 28 matches, to 13 of the fourth place occupied by Real Madrid, the last one that gives access to the Champions League next season.

The Castellón team took some momentum after the dismissal of Fran Escribá and the arrival of Javier Calleja to the bench. The Yellow Submarine will have something more than 180 million budget this campaign, which dreams of getting back into the Champions League. The Castellonans have invested 42 million euros in the signings of 4 players: the Portuguese defender Rubén Semedo, for which they have paid 14 million euros to Sporting CP; the Turkish forward Enes Ünal, for which they pay another 14 million to Manchester City; the midfielder Pablo Fornals, for which they have paid the 12 million euros of his clause of rescission to Malaga; and the definitive purchase of goalkeeper Andrés Fernández to FC Porto, for which they have paid 2 million euros.

The sale of Bakambu to Chinese football has meant the arrival of the team of Colombian Roger Martínez, which is not working. After drawing at the RCDE Stadium, the yellow team has scored two wins and two defeats in the next 4 matches.


 Atlético de Madrid occupies the second position in the Santander League, adding 64 of the 84 points that have been disputed (19 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses, both in Barcelona) after their victories at Ipurúa, the draw at home against the Girona (1-1), 3-0 at home against UD Las Palmas, 1-0 against Valencia at home, 0-1 at Malaga, 2-0 at Athletic Club, the win in Seville ( 2-5), the 4-0 against CD Leganés, the defeat at Nou Camp (1-0) and the victory against Celta de Vigo (3-0) last day.

The  saw its good running broken with the trip to the Pericos (1-0). Previously, those of Simeone added a tie against Villarreal, a victory in La Coruña (0-1) and another scoreless draw in the Derby of Madrid; a landslide in the Ciutat de Valencia (0-5), the comeback against Real Sociedad (2-1), the victory in Seville (0-1 against Real Betis) and the suffered victory against Deportivo Alavés (1-0) ). Last weekend, won by 2-0 at Getafe, in the reunion of Diego Costa with his fans, with the goal ... and with the expulsions.

Marked by the premiere of his new house, the set colchonero played his first three games of La Liga as a visitor, achieving two draws (in Girona 2-2 and Valencia 0-0) and a win in Las Palmas (1- 5). Its premiere in the Wanda Metropolitano (victory by the minimum against Málaga 1-0) was the start of a three-game winning streak (1-2 at San Mamés and 2-0 against Sevilla) before giving up a new draw in his visit to CD Leganés in Butarque (0-0) before the stoppage of selections.

Atleti eliminated the Russian Lokomotiv in the Europa League (1-5 on Thursday in Moscow) and will face Sporting CP in the quarterfinals. Savic, Juanfran and Filipe Luís are injured.



Villarreal have won 3 of the last 5 games, drawing the other two. However, Atleti is full and must win this game.

Villarreal vs Atl. Madrid Prediction: X/2 4.50

Villarreal vs Atl. Madrid   Betting Tip: Over  2.5 Goals @ 1.80

Villarreal vs Atl. Madrid  Score Recommendations: 1-2 10.00