La Liga game preview: Girona versus Atlético Madrid

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Mon 13.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi (14286 seats)

La Liga: Two squads in decent form get together for this game. Atlético Madrid have a slight advantage with their 3rd spot in the table?

Insights:
  • Girona have the most points from losing position (12) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Girona and Atlético Madrid should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Girona form and stats

6 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Girona have to build on here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi in the La Liga. Two home wins in a row for Girona bring valid hopes of a third.

Girona lost their last game at Getafe (placed 18th) after a 2-3 scoreline. Attacking player Castellanos bested all the other players in that game and managed a match rating of 7.62 out of 10. Castellanos scored one goal.

In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Athletic Club.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 21 latest league games highlights that 17 of them had goals from both teams.

Girona have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi with 23 goals in 12 league matches. Girona's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

Atlético Madrid have an excellent away record in the La Liga so far with 7-3-2 from 12 games.

The followers enjoyed Atlético's previous game versus Sevilla (placed 16th), a 6-1 win played at home. As mentioned above, Atlético Madrid was the only team on the pitch versus Sevilla in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task. Griezmann, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.24. Griezmann scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 46 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Real Madrid.

A tale of few goals? 10 of this team's latest 12 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Atlético have scored 16 goals in 12 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

Atlético Madrid have pulled off a sequence of 7 consecutive matches without losing (2-5-0) when facing Girona.

This was the result when the squads faced each other previously this season; Atlético Madrid - Girona 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MadridÁ. Morata Martín
Á. Morata Martín
9 goals
Atlético MadridA. Griezmann
A. Griezmann
8 goals
GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
6 goals

Girona missing players

Atlético Madrid missing players

Girona Atlético Madrid
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 4 12 24
8 6 0 Won W 3 7 13
6 3 0 Drew D 0 3 6
10 3 2 Lost L 1 2 5
38 23 3 Scored S 3 16 38
38 17 6 Conceded C 1 8 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 58% 71%
58% 58% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 33%
33% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 12%
21% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
75% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 42% 50%
4% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 50% 38%
21% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 8% 12%
 
3.7 4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.2 5.2
4.4 3.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.2 4.3
2.5 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.9 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 7
 
13.2 15.7 13 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 13 14.3
5 6.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 5.3 5.5
32% 31% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 25% 29%
 
12 10.6 10 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 13.4 11.6
4.6 4.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.9 3.1
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Atlético Madrid have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Atlético Madrid haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Girona have the most points from losing position (12) in La Liga
  • Girona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 24 20 2 2 46 8 12 10 2 0 25 1 12 10 0 2 21 7 38 62
2 Real Madrid 24 16 5 3 47 18 11 7 4 0 23 8 13 9 1 3 24 10 29 53
3 Atlético Madrid 24 13 6 5 38 19 12 6 3 3 22 11 12 7 3 2 16 8 19 45
4 Real Sociedad 24 13 5 6 32 23 12 5 4 3 13 12 12 8 1 3 19 11 9 44
5 Real Betis 24 12 5 7 32 25 12 6 3 3 18 12 12 6 2 4 14 13 7 41
6 Villarreal 24 11 4 9 28 23 11 7 1 3 16 9 13 4 3 6 12 14 5 37
7 Rayo Vallecano 24 9 8 7 29 25 12 5 4 3 16 12 12 4 4 4 13 13 4 35
8 Osasuna 24 9 7 8 22 23 12 6 1 5 12 11 12 3 6 3 10 12 -1 34
9 Athletic Club 24 9 6 9 33 26 12 6 2 4 18 10 12 3 4 5 15 16 7 33
10 Mallorca 24 9 4 11 21 25 12 6 2 4 12 9 12 3 2 7 9 16 -4 31
11 Girona 24 8 6 10 38 38 12 6 3 3 23 17 12 2 3 7 15 21 0 30
12 Celta de Vigo 24 7 7 10 26 34 12 4 4 4 16 14 12 3 3 6 10 20 -8 28
13 Espanyol 24 6 9 9 30 36 12 3 4 5 16 20 12 3 5 4 14 16 -6 27
14 Real Valladolid 24 8 3 13 18 34 12 6 2 4 11 10 12 2 1 9 7 24 -16 27
15 Cadiz 24 6 8 10 18 35 12 4 5 3 12 15 12 2 3 7 6 20 -17 26
16 Sevilla 24 6 7 11 27 39 12 4 3 5 14 15 12 2 4 6 13 24 -12 25
17 Almeria 24 7 4 13 28 42 13 7 1 5 20 17 11 0 3 8 8 25 -14 25
18 Getafe 24 6 7 11 23 32 13 4 4 5 14 16 11 2 3 6 9 16 -9 25
19 Valencia 24 6 5 13 27 28 12 5 2 5 19 12 12 1 3 8 8 16 -1 23
20 Elche 24 2 6 16 18 48 12 1 3 8 10 20 12 1 3 8 8 28 -30 12

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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.