Match ends, Atlético de Madrid 1, Villarreal 0.
Atl MadridAtlético Madrid1VillarrealVillarreal0
Leaders Atletico Madrid remain on course for the La Liga title as Raul Garcia's 14th-minute header gave them victory over Villarreal.
The midfielder connected with Koke's corner to lift Atletico to 79 points with six games remaining.
Champions Barcelona beat Real Betis 3-1 to remain a point behind while Real Madrid have 76 points following their 4-0 win at Real Sociedad.
Atletico, coached by Diego Simeone, last won La Liga in 1996.
They host Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday, having drawn the first leg 1-1.
The sides also meet at the Nou Camp on the final day of the season.
Diego Costa missed Saturday's win at Vicente Calderon with a hamstring problem, while playmaker Arda Turan has a groin injury.
Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said: "From here on out we are going to suffer in each game because we are at the end of the season, but we have to keep going."
Line-ups
Atl Madrid
Formation 4-4-2
- 13Courtois
- 20Torres Belén
- 3Filipe Luís
- 4SuárezBooked at 80mins
- 12Alderweireld
- 2Godín
- 8Garcia EscuderoBooked at 69mins
- 6KokeBooked at 67mins
- 9VillaSubstituted forLópez Álvarezat 61'minutes
- 21Ribas da CunhaSubstituted forSosaat 70'minutes
- 11RodríguezSubstituted forCardoso Mendesat 57'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Aranzubia
- 5Cardoso Mendes
- 7López Álvarez
- 22Insúa
- 23Miranda
- 24Sosa
- 38Sáiz
Villarreal
Formation 4-1-4-1
- 1Asenjo
- 2M Gaspar
- 3Jokic
- 21Bruno
- 20GabrielBooked at 42mins
- 6Pantic
- 12Román OlléSubstituted forAquinoat 63'minutes
- 14Trigueros MuñozSubstituted forPereiraat 69'minutes
- 7Perbet
- 4Pina
- 10Gracia CalmacheSubstituted forGómez Bardonadoat 82'minutes
Substitutes
- 17Aquino
- 24Pereira
- 25Sánchez Martínez
- 27Gómez Bardonado
- 37Blázquez Robles
- 38Jiménez López
- 44Leiva
- Referee:
- Jesús Gil Manzano
- Attendance:
- 50,000
Match Stats
Home TeamAtl MadridAway TeamVillarreal
- Possession
- Home49%
- Away51%
- Shots
- Home6
- Away8
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away1
- Corners
- Home4
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home13
- Away16
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Second Half ends, Atlético de Madrid 1, Villarreal 0.
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Foul by Gabriel Paulista (Villarreal).
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Raúl García (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Moi Gómez (Villarreal).
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Juanfran (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Toby Alderweireld.
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Juanfran (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Moi Gómez (Villarreal).
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Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Koke.
Substitution
Substitution, Villarreal. Moi Gómez replaces Cani.
Booking
Mario Suárez (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Mario Suárez (Atlético de Madrid).
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Cani (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Tiago (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jérémy Perbet (Villarreal).
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Attempt missed. Tiago (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
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Offside, Atlético de Madrid. Raúl García tries a through ball, but Adrián is caught offside.
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José Sosa (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Bojan Jokic (Villarreal).
