Atletico Madrid vs Valencia Preview

 

Atletico Madrid vs Valencia

Competition – Spanish Primera

Stadium – Wanda Metropolitano

Date: 4th February 2018

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT

These two sides come into this game as 3rd and 2nd in the league table and both will expect to at least finish inside the top four this season.

Atletico have the upper hand in this game as they have not lost a game at home this season and Valencia seem to have lost some of their early season form and could be undone here.

Atleti had been a lot more adventurous earlier in the season but it did not pay off well for them so they are back to winning games by 2-0 and 1-0 score lines.

80% of their home games this season has ended in under 2.5 goals scored.

They have conceded a lowly 0.43 goals per game this season although they have also scored just 1.4 goals on average per home game also.

Valencia have been more attacking and entertaining in their play this season however in their 1-0 loss to Barcelona in the Copa del Rey they showed that they can also hold their own when they want to and their fans will be hoping for the same resilient performance here.

Valencia need a strategy that will help them hold the host while also breaking them down on the counter.

Valencia had lost 4 consecutive games against Atletico Madrid before their 0-0 draw when the teams met at the Mestalla last year.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Atletico Madrid

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Atletico Madrid 3-0 Las Palmas 28 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División
L Sevilla FC 3-1 Atletico Madrid 23 Jan, 2018 Spanish Copa del Rey
D Atletico Madrid 1-1 Girona 20 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División
L Atletico Madrid 1-2 Sevilla FC 17 Jan, 2018 Spanish Copa del Rey
W Eibar 0-1 Atletico Madrid 13 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División

Valencia

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Valencia 1-4 Real Madrid 27 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División
L Alavés 2-1 Valencia 24 Jan, 2018 Spanish Copa del Rey
L Las Palmas 2-1 Valencia 20 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Valencia 2-1 Alavés 17 Jan, 2018 Spanish Copa del Rey
W Deportivo La Coruña 1-2 Valencia 13 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Valencia 0-0 Atletico Madrid 9 Sep, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Atletico Madrid 3-0 Valencia 5 Mar, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Valencia 0-2 Atletico Madrid 2 Oct, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Valencia 1-3 Atletico Madrid 6 Mar, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Atletico Madrid 2-1 Valencia 25 Oct, 2015 Spanish Primera División

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

May 4, 2024
Real Sociedad 13:00 Las Palmas
Real Madrid 15:15 Cadiz
Girona 17:30 Barcelona
Mallorca 20:00 Atlético de Madrid
May 5, 2024
Osasuna 13:00 Real Betis
Celta Vigo 15:15 Villarreal
Valencia 17:30 Alaves
Rayo Vallecano 20:00 Almeria
Sevilla 20:00 Granada
May 10, 2024
Alaves 20:00 Girona
May 11, 2024
Mallorca 13:00 Las Palmas
Villarreal 15:15 Sevilla
Granada 17:30 Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao 20:00 Osasuna
May 12, 2024
Cadiz 13:00 Getafe
Atlético de Madrid 15:15 Celta Vigo
Valencia 17:30 Rayo Vallecano
Real Betis 20:00 Almeria
May 13, 2024
Barcelona 20:00 Real Sociedad

Spanish Primera Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Real Madrid 33 26 6 1 71 22 +49 84
2 Barcelona 33 22 7 4 68 39 +29 73
3 Girona 33 22 5 6 69 40 +29 71
4 Atlético de Madrid 33 20 4 9 62 39 +23 64
5 Athletic Bilbao 34 17 10 7 55 33 +22 61
6 Real Sociedad 33 13 12 8 46 35 +11 51
7 Real Betis 33 12 13 8 41 39 +2 49
8 Valencia 33 13 8 12 37 38 -1 47
9 Villarreal 33 12 9 12 54 55 -1 45
10 Getafe 34 10 13 11 41 47 -6 43
11 Osasuna 33 11 6 16 37 49 -12 39
12 Alaves 33 10 8 15 31 38 -7 38
13 Sevilla 33 9 11 13 42 46 -4 38
14 Las Palmas 33 10 7 16 30 41 -11 37
15 Rayo Vallecano 33 7 13 13 27 42 -15 34
16 Mallorca 33 6 14 13 27 39 -12 32
17 Celta Vigo 33 7 10 16 37 50 -13 31
18 Cadiz 33 4 14 15 23 46 -23 26
19 Granada 33 4 9 20 36 61 -25 21
20 Almeria 33 1 11 21 32 67 -35 14

Spanish Primera Results

May 3, 2024
Getafe 0 - 2 Athletic Bilbao
April 29, 2024
Barcelona 4 - 2 Valencia
April 28, 2024
Real Betis 1 - 1 Sevilla
Villarreal 3 - 0 Rayo Vallecano
Granada 3 - 0 Osasuna
Cadiz 1 - 1 Mallorca
April 27, 2024
Atlético de Madrid 3 - 1 Athletic Bilbao
Alaves 3 - 0 Celta Vigo
Almeria 1 - 3 Getafe
Las Palmas 0 - 2 Girona
April 26, 2024
Real Sociedad 0 - 1 Real Madrid
April 22, 2024
Sevilla 2 - 1 Mallorca
April 21, 2024
Real Madrid 3 - 2 Barcelona
Alaves 2 - 0 Atlético de Madrid
Almeria 1 - 2 Villarreal
Getafe 1 - 1 Real Sociedad
April 20, 2024
Girona 4 - 1 Cadiz
Valencia 1 - 2 Real Betis
Rayo Vallecano 2 - 1 Osasuna
Celta Vigo 4 - 1 Las Palmas

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