Villarreal v Atletico Madrid: How to watch, TV channel, kick-off time, head-to-head stats and team news

Villarreal and Atletico Madrid will be the final two La Liga teams to kick off the new league season in Spain when they meet on Monday night.

How to watch Villarreal v Atletico Madrid, TV channel and Live Stream

Villarreal v Atletico Madrid will be shown live on bet365's Live Streaming Service.

This La Liga fixture will be broadcast on Premier Sports 1 and LaLiga TV in the UK.

Villarreal v Atletico Madrid kick-off time, date and venue

Villarreal v Atletico Madrid kicks off at 20:30 BST on Monday 19th August and the match will be played at the Estadio de la Ceramica in Villarreal, Spain.

Villarreal v Atletico Madrid stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

Neither team has dominated the previous fixtures between these teams with Atletico Madrid just having the better of their clashes. Atleti have won 13 of their 36 encounters, with Villarreal successful 11 times with 12 draws.

Atletico won both of the teams' La Liga meetings last season, coming from behind to win 3-1 at home in November and scoring a late winner in a 2-1 victory at El Madrigal in April.

However, the Madrid team had not won any of the teams' previous four meetings, which were three draws and one Villarreal success.

Villarreal finished eighth in the league last season, winning seven of their 19 home games, while Atletico came fourth, but only eight of their 24 league wins were achieved on the road.

Villarreal v Atletico Madrid head-to-head record (H2H)

Villarreal wins	11
Draws	12
Atletico Madrid wins	13

*H2H stats refer to all competitions

Villarreal v Atletico Madrid team news

Villarreal team news

Denis Suarez, Juan Foyth and Alfonso Pedraza will all miss the match for Villarreal but new signings Ayoze Perez and Willy Kambwala could make their debuts.

Villarreal's summer departures included last season's top goalscorer Alexander Sorloth, who was sold to Atletico, and goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen, who is now at Chelsea.

Atletico Madrid team news

Atletico are set to include new arrivals Julian Alvarez, Robin Le Normand and Alexander Sorloth in their squad.

Alvaro Morata, Saul Niguez and Memphis Depay are the major players to have left in the off-season. Joao Felix is also not expected to play as he negotiates a move away from the club.