Atletico Madrid will be bidding to record their first La Liga victory of the season when they welcome Villarreal to Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday night for an intriguing affair.
Diego Simeone's side have only picked up two points from their opening three matches of the season, which has left them down in 17th spot in the La Liga table, while the visitors are up in third on seven points.
Atletico's main focus for this season will be to get closer to Barcelona and Real Madrid in the table, with third once again the minimum requirement, but it has been a poor start to the campaign for the Red and Whites.
Simeone's side were beaten 2-1 by Espanyol in their season opener, before drawing back-to-back matches against Elche and Alaves, with two points from three matches leaving them down in 17th spot in the table.
There is certainly pressure on Atletico to bounce back in this match, and a number of their summer signings need to step up after making underwhelming starts to their careers at the club.
Atletico have only actually won 16 of their previous 48 matches against Villarreal, though, and both league games between the two sides during the 2024-25 campaign finished level.
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