Atlético Madrid greet Cádiz as clear favourites: Big match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 01.Oct
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Civitas Metropolitano (67829 seats)

Atlético Madrid are positioned 5th, while Cádiz are bringing up the rear 4 points behind in the standings. Can they trim the gap?

Insights:
  • Atlético Madrid have the fewest conceded goals (5) in La Liga
  • Cádiz have yet to win a game away.

It's no vacation for neither Atlético Madrid nor Cádiz as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

As mentioned below, Atlético Madrid are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 La Liga games.

A strong away win for Atlético Madrid against Osasuna the last match, as Riquelme and Griezmann were on target. Lino was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.9 out of 10. The defender Lino served one assist, hit two key passes and won 3 of 10 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Real Madrid in a game that was won 3-1.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Atlético Madrid home games with this odds we find 12 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 9 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Champions League game versus Feyenoord in only three days. This game is also played here at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano.

Atlético Madrid has scored {6 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Cádiz form and stats

The La Liga season is young and Cádiz have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.

Cádiz's last game was the home draw against Rayo Vallecano (0-0). Ledesma was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.03. The agile goalkeeper Ledesma topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 1-1 draw at Real Betis's stadium before that.

You'll want to know how Cádiz managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 6 similar matches resulting in 2 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.

Goals are few and far between in Cádiz's away league games. Only {1 goals} from 3 travels.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Atlético Madrid six wins, three draws and Cádiz one victory. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MadridÁ. Morata Martín
Á. Morata Martín
5 goals
Atlético MadridA. Griezmann
A. Griezmann
3 goals
AtléticoM. Llorente Moreno
M. Llorente Moreno
2 goals

Atlético Madrid missing players

Cádiz missing players

Atlético Madrid Cádiz
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 2 0 Played P 2 3 7
4 2 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
1 0 0 Lost L 2 2 2
15 6 0 Scored S 0 1 6
5 2 0 Conceded C 5 6 8
83% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
83% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 71%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 29%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 43%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 43%
 
4.8 4.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.7 4.4
6 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 8.7 5.4
2.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.3 3.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.3 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 6.7 10
4.5 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2 2.7
56% 60% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 32%
 
13 13.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 22 21.7 13.7
3.7 4.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9.5 8.7 5.3
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • All of Atlético Madrid's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • All of Cádiz's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Atlético Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Atlético Madrid have scored more than double the goals of Cádiz.
  • Atlético Madrid have the fewest conceded goals (5) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Cádiz have yet to win a 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 Barcelona 8 6 2 0 19 8 4 4 0 0 11 2 4 2 2 0 8 6 11 20
2 Girona 7 6 1 0 18 8 3 3 0 0 9 3 4 3 1 0 9 5 10 19
3 Real Madrid 7 6 0 1 13 6 3 3 0 0 6 2 4 3 0 1 7 4 7 18
4 Athletic Club 7 4 2 1 13 6 4 2 1 1 9 6 3 2 1 0 4 0 7 14
5 Atlético Madrid 6 4 1 1 15 5 2 2 0 0 6 2 4 2 1 1 9 3 10 13
6 Real Sociedad 7 3 3 1 13 10 4 2 2 0 11 8 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 12
7 Rayo Vallecano 7 3 2 2 7 9 3 1 1 1 3 8 4 2 1 1 4 1 -2 11
8 Valencia 7 3 1 3 9 7 4 2 0 2 5 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 10
9 Cádiz 7 2 3 2 6 8 4 2 2 0 5 2 3 0 1 2 1 6 -2 9
10 Real Betis 7 2 3 2 7 12 3 1 2 0 2 1 4 1 1 2 5 11 -5 9
11 Getafe 7 2 2 3 10 13 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 0 1 3 6 11 -3 8
12 Sevilla 7 2 1 4 11 10 4 2 0 2 8 5 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 7
13 Villarreal 7 2 1 4 10 13 4 1 0 3 7 9 3 1 1 1 3 4 -3 7
14 Osasuna 7 2 1 4 7 10 4 0 1 3 1 6 3 2 0 1 6 4 -3 7
15 Deportivo Alavés 7 2 1 4 6 10 3 2 0 1 5 5 4 0 1 3 1 5 -4 7
16 Mallorca 7 1 3 3 9 12 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 7 9 -3 6
17 Celta de Vigo 7 1 2 4 7 11 4 0 1 3 1 5 3 1 1 1 6 6 -4 5
18 Las Palmas 7 1 2 4 2 6 3 1 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 4 0 5 -4 5
19 Granada 7 1 1 5 10 18 4 1 1 2 6 9 3 0 0 3 4 9 -8 4
20 Almería 7 0 2 5 8 18 4 0 1 3 5 10 3 0 1 2 3 8 -10 2

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.