Champions League betting and spectator preview: Atlético Madrid and Lokomotiv Moskva meet at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Atlético Madrid form and stats
Atlético was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Champions League.Overall La Liga stats at home this season for Atlético Madrid are 4-1-0 (wins-draw-losses). On the other hand, in the Champions League, Atlético Madrid has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. Atlético has a nice streak going on as they have played 24 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Real Madrid defeat 298 days ago. In general it's been a long time since Atlético tasted defeat here at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano, as they have taken at least one point from their last 16 home games in the league.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jan Oblak not having conceded a league goal in 190 minutes.
Atlético's previous game was a La Liga match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Barcelona. The home side are looking to build on that result. Previous to that game, a La Liga home match hosting Cadiz in a game that was won 4-0.
Atlético are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 13 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won twelve, drew one and lost zero.
The manager D. Simeone will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Valencia in only three days.
Atlético Madrid are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano in their league games, having scored an impressive 13 goals in 5 matches. Defensively Atlético Madrid have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
Lokomotiv Moskva was sent out of Champions League in the group stage last season.Playing away, Lokomotiv Moskva have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away. Lokomotiv seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Impressive finishing from Anton Miranchuk secured the home win 1-0 against Arsenal Tula in their previous game. A 1-5 defeat away at Dinamo Moskva before that.
A heroic performance from Lokomotiv in their game against Arsenal Tula last time out. Things got complicated when Vedran Ćorluka was sent off in the 45th minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 1-0 victory!
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Lokomotiv played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected zero times.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Lokomotiv manager M. Nikolić as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Akhmat Grozny.
Lokomotiv are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 7 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Lokomotiv have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Lokomotiv Moskva - Atlético Madrid 1-1, played this season. Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Atlético, two draws and zero wins for Lokomotiv Moskva. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Sequeira 5 goals |  L. Suárez Díaz 5 goals |  M. Llorente Moreno 3 goals |
Atlético Madrid missing players
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
| Atlético Madrid | Lokomotiv Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 48 | 26 | Scored | S | 13 | 28 | ||
| 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 13 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 298 | 161 | Total Shots | T S | 111 | 315 | ||
| 106 | 56 | Shots on Target | S O | 38 | 111 | ||
| 45% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 25% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 4 | Salzburg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 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 Sociedad | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 20 |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 20 |
| 3 | Villarreal | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Granada | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 6 | Cadiz | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Sevilla | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Elche | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Real Betis | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 10 | Barcelona | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 11 | Valencia | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | Getafe | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Osasuna | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | Athletic Club | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Deportivo Alaves | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Eibar | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 17 | Levante | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Huesca | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 7 |
| 19 | Celta de Vigo | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 7 |
| 20 | Real Valladolid | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zenit | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 31 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Akhmat Grozny | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| 7 | Sochi | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Rostov | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Krasnodar | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 21 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Ural | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Arsenal Tula | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -10 | 13 |
| 13 | Tambov | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Khimki | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -16 | 7 |
| 16 | Ufa | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -19 | 7 |