Day: March 17, 2018

Villarreal have been one of the teams that does not like getting beat up Atletico over the past few seasons, but this season has seen a huge gap in terms of quality and Atleti could easily take all three points from this game.

The Yellow Submarines are not on their best form at the moment as they have only 2 wins from their last 9 games in all competitions, however, their 2-0 win at Las Palmas last weekend would have boosted their morale ahead of this game. They would now hope to at least finish in a European place at the end of the season. They have not been so good defensively this season with only 3 clean sheets from their last 15 games. They are unbeaten in their last 5 games against Atleti.

The visitors have to get a win here if they want to close the 8 points gap between them and Barcelona with 10 games left to play. They, however,  come into this on a good run of form. Their 5-1 win over Lokomotiv Moscow in Russia in midweek means they have won 11 of their last 12 games, the only loss being to Barcelona. They responded well to that loss by winning their last three games on the spin, scoring at least three goals in those games. Both teams have netted in 4 of their last 6 games on the road.

Both Leipzig and Bayern Munich are on a good run of form at the moment although Bayern Munich have been on the longest good run of form.

Leipzig secured passage into the quarterfinal of Europa  League football in the midweek win an aggregate win over Zenith Saint Petersburg to give themselves hope of winning a trophy this season. They are currently 6^th on the Bundesliga table, but only four points separate them from the last Champions League spot. They have lost each of their last four matches against Bayern Munich, but they have been one of the Bavarians’ toughest opponents and they would look to get their first victory in this game.

Bayern Munich are looking to wrap up the league title by Sunday if other results go their way. The Bavarians are currently 20 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga and they could win the league here if other teams on their trail succumbed to unlikely losses. A win here would take them closer to winning the league and help them turn all their energy towards winning the Champions League. They have won 12 of their last 13 league games. They have scored 3 or more goals in 4 of their last 5 games and they face a Leipzig side that has kept just 1 clean sheet in their last 7 home games. They have scored Leipzig ten times in their last 3 Bundesliga meetings together, which the highest number of goals they have been scored.