Game preview for La Liga: Athletic Club - Atlético Madrid at San Mamés Barria

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: San Mamés Barria (53289 seats)

Athletic Club will plan to make use of their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opposition. The host team are currently 13 points behind Atlético Madrid.

Insights:
  • Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atlético Madrid have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in La Liga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Athletic Club form and stats

Athletic Club have collected 27 points from their La Liga home games so far after 8-3-5.

A strong away win for Athletic Club against Cadiz the last match, as Muniain, García and Vesga were on target. Simón loved the game against Cadiz. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-2 victory. Midfield player Muniain got a match rating of 8.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Muniain scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 25 successful passes (of 28 total).

Ahead of that match, Club lost 0-2 at home to Celta de Vigo.

A decent goal production from Athletic Club in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 16 league matches. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

As the visiting team in La Liga matches, Atlético Madrid have produced an overall stat of 7-3-6 so far.

There were no winners in Atlético Madrid's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Granada (placed 18th). Hermoso was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.85. The defender Hermoso hit one key pass and won 13 of 14 duels.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Espanyol.

The travelling fans enjoy Atlético Madrid's attacking play in away games, having scored 28 goals in 16 league matches away. Atlético have conceded 24 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have played each other before in this season, with the match result Atlético Madrid - Athletic Club 0-0 written in the official records. Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Athletic Club won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Atlético Madrid managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MadridL. Suárez Díaz
L. Suárez Díaz
11 goals
Atlético MadridÁ. Correa
Á. Correa
11 goals
Atlético MadridJ. Sequeira
J. Sequeira
8 goals

Athletic Club missing players

Atlético Madrid missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Athletic Club Atlético Madrid
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
12 8 2 Won W 3 7 18
12 3 1 Drew D 2 3 7
9 5 2 Lost L 0 6 8
39 25 9 Scored S 12 28 59
34 18 6 Conceded C 7 24 39
85% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
64% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 76%
39% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 64%
24% 25% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 38% 33%
9% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 18%
52% 62% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 69% 58%
30% 19% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 30%
33% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 18%
 
6 7.1 8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 4.8 5.6
4.3 3 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 4.2 3.8
2.4 2.2 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 3.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 7
 
13 14.7 14.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 11.3 12.6
4.7 5.6 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 3.9 4.2
25% 28% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 52% 44% 42%
 
12 9.1 10.6 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.4 9.2
3.8 3.6 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.2 2.8
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Athletic Club have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Atlético Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Atlético Madrid have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 33 24 6 3 69 29 16 11 4 1 34 13 17 13 2 2 35 16 40 78
2 Barcelona 32 18 9 5 61 32 15 10 2 3 32 14 17 8 7 2 29 18 29 63
3 Sevilla 33 17 12 4 49 27 16 11 4 1 34 16 17 6 8 3 15 11 22 63
4 Atlético Madrid 33 18 7 8 59 39 17 11 4 2 31 15 16 7 3 6 28 24 20 61
5 Real Betis 33 17 6 10 56 38 17 9 2 6 31 20 16 8 4 4 25 18 18 57
6 Real Sociedad 33 15 10 8 32 31 17 9 5 3 12 7 16 6 5 5 20 24 1 55
7 Villarreal 33 14 10 9 53 31 17 10 5 2 38 15 16 4 5 7 15 16 22 52
8 Athletic Club 33 12 12 9 39 34 16 8 3 5 25 18 17 4 9 4 14 16 5 48
9 Osasuna 33 12 8 13 34 44 17 5 6 6 16 23 16 7 2 7 18 21 -10 44
10 Valencia 33 10 12 11 44 48 16 5 7 4 23 20 17 5 5 7 21 28 -4 42
11 Celta de Vigo 33 10 9 14 36 37 17 5 4 8 21 23 16 5 5 6 15 14 -1 39
12 Espanyol 33 10 9 14 37 45 17 9 4 4 23 17 16 1 5 10 14 28 -8 39
13 Elche 33 10 8 15 36 44 16 6 5 5 20 17 17 4 3 10 16 27 -8 38
14 Rayo Vallecano 32 10 7 15 33 38 16 8 4 4 22 12 16 2 3 11 11 26 -5 37
15 Getafe 33 8 11 14 31 37 16 7 4 5 21 15 17 1 7 9 10 22 -6 35
16 Mallorca 33 8 8 17 29 54 17 6 6 5 16 18 16 2 2 12 13 36 -25 32
17 Cadiz 33 6 13 14 29 46 17 2 8 7 15 23 16 4 5 7 14 23 -17 31
18 Granada 33 6 12 15 36 56 16 4 5 7 20 28 17 2 7 8 16 28 -20 30
19 Levante 33 5 10 18 41 65 17 3 7 7 23 28 16 2 3 11 18 37 -24 25
20 Deportivo Alaves 33 6 7 20 26 55 16 5 4 7 13 18 17 1 3 13 13 37 -29 25

Athletic Club:
Atlético Madrid:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 33 24 6 3 69 29 16 11 4 1 34 13 17 13 2 2 35 16 40 78
2 Barcelona 32 18 9 5 61 32 15 10 2 3 32 14 17 8 7 2 29 18 29 63
3 Sevilla 33 17 12 4 49 27 16 11 4 1 34 16 17 6 8 3 15 11 22 63
4 Atlético Madrid 33 18 7 8 59 39 17 11 4 2 31 15 16 7 3 6 28 24 20 61
5 Real Betis 33 17 6 10 56 38 17 9 2 6 31 20 16 8 4 4 25 18 18 57
6 Real Sociedad 33 15 10 8 32 31 17 9 5 3 12 7 16 6 5 5 20 24 1 55
7 Villarreal 33 14 10 9 53 31 17 10 5 2 38 15 16 4 5 7 15 16 22 52
8 Athletic Club 33 12 12 9 39 34 16 8 3 5 25 18 17 4 9 4 14 16 5 48
9 Osasuna 33 12 8 13 34 44 17 5 6 6 16 23 16 7 2 7 18 21 -10 44
10 Valencia 33 10 12 11 44 48 16 5 7 4 23 20 17 5 5 7 21 28 -4 42
11 Celta de Vigo 33 10 9 14 36 37 17 5 4 8 21 23 16 5 5 6 15 14 -1 39
12 Espanyol 33 10 9 14 37 45 17 9 4 4 23 17 16 1 5 10 14 28 -8 39
13 Elche 33 10 8 15 36 44 16 6 5 5 20 17 17 4 3 10 16 27 -8 38
14 Rayo Vallecano 32 10 7 15 33 38 16 8 4 4 22 12 16 2 3 11 11 26 -5 37
15 Getafe 33 8 11 14 31 37 16 7 4 5 21 15 17 1 7 9 10 22 -6 35
16 Mallorca 33 8 8 17 29 54 17 6 6 5 16 18 16 2 2 12 13 36 -25 32
17 Cadiz 33 6 13 14 29 46 17 2 8 7 15 23 16 4 5 7 14 23 -17 31
18 Granada 33 6 12 15 36 56 16 4 5 7 20 28 17 2 7 8 16 28 -20 30
19 Levante 33 5 10 18 41 65 17 3 7 7 23 28 16 2 3 11 18 37 -24 25
20 Deportivo Alaves 33 6 7 20 26 55 16 5 4 7 13 18 17 1 3 13 13 37 -29 25

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