Athletic Club vs Atlético Madrid betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 15.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: San Mamés Barria (53289 seats)

A fast pace is likely at San Mamés Barria when Athletic Club meet Atlético Madrid in what looks to be a superb match. Read more!

Insights:
  • Athletic Club have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have not yet lost a game away.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only three days ago.

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Athletic Club form and stats

Overall La Liga statistics at home this season for Athletic Club are 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Club has recorded two wins in a row here at San Mamés Barria, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Athletic Club drew their last game, 1-1 away at Sevilla (placed 18th). Vesga was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Sevilla after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfielder Muniain was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Muniain hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 46 successful passes (of 51 total).

Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Almeria.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Club have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Athletic Club as they are travelling to their away game against Getafe in the La Liga. That match is three days after this one.

Club have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at San Mamés Barria with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Athletic Club have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

Playing away, Atlético Madrid have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the La Liga this season.

Atlético Madrid delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Club Brugge in their previous match; a Champions League duel. Kondogbia got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, top player of the team. Kondogbia had 69 successful passes (of 78 total).

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Girona in the La Liga.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Atlético Madrid in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Atlético Madrid, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rayo Vallecano in just three days.

Atlético has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. Atlético Madrid are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {1 goals} away.

Head 2 Head

Athletic Club have won at least one point in the last 4 games (3-1-0) versus Atlético Madrid.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MadridÁ. Morata
Á. Morata
4 goals
Athletic ClubO. Sancet Tirapu
O. Sancet Tirapu
3 goals
ClubA. Berenguer
A. Berenguer
3 goals

Athletic Club missing players

Atlético Madrid missing players

Athletic Club Atlético Madrid
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 5 0 Played P 1 4 8
5 3 0 Won W 0 3 5
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 2
17 8 0 Scored S 1 7 14
5 3 0 Conceded C 1 1 7
88% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 88%
50% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 50%
50% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
25% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
38% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 25% 50%
50% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 75% 38%
25% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 12%
 
6 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.2 5.8
3.2 3.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.2 4.8
1.4 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.5 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
18.8 18.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 18 16.5 14.9
6.8 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9 7.8 6.8
31% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 23% 26%
 
9.2 9.6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12 12.1
2.9 2.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 3.5 3.5
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Athletic Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Athletic Club have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have not yet lost a game away.
  • Atlético Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Atlético Madrid have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Atlético Madrid 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 8 7 1 0 20 1 4 3 1 0 8 0 4 4 0 0 12 1 19 22
2 Real Madrid 8 7 1 0 19 7 3 2 1 0 7 3 5 5 0 0 12 4 12 22
3 Athletic Club 8 5 2 1 17 5 5 3 1 1 8 3 3 2 1 0 9 2 12 17
4 Atlético Madrid 8 5 1 2 14 7 4 2 0 2 7 6 4 3 1 0 7 1 7 16
5 Real Betis 8 5 1 2 10 5 4 4 0 0 7 1 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 16
6 Real Sociedad 8 5 1 2 13 11 4 2 1 1 5 6 4 3 0 1 8 5 2 16
7 Valencia 8 4 1 3 14 8 4 3 0 1 9 2 4 1 1 2 5 6 6 13
8 Osasuna 8 4 1 3 9 8 5 3 0 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 13
9 Villarreal 8 3 3 2 10 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 6 2 2 2 5 2 7 12
10 Rayo Vallecano 8 3 1 4 10 12 3 2 0 1 4 4 5 1 1 3 6 8 -2 10
11 Celta de Vigo 8 3 1 4 9 14 4 2 1 1 7 6 4 1 0 3 2 8 -5 10
12 Mallorca 8 2 3 3 7 9 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 1 2 1 4 5 -2 9
13 Real Valladolid 8 2 2 4 6 13 4 1 1 2 1 4 4 1 1 2 5 9 -7 8
14 Girona 8 2 1 5 11 14 4 2 0 2 8 8 4 0 1 3 3 6 -3 7
15 Almeria 8 2 1 5 7 12 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 0 1 3 1 7 -5 7
16 Getafe 8 2 1 5 8 16 5 1 1 3 4 8 3 1 0 2 4 8 -8 7
17 Espanyol 8 1 3 4 11 16 4 0 1 3 5 10 4 1 2 1 6 6 -5 6
18 Sevilla 8 1 3 4 8 14 4 0 2 2 2 7 4 1 1 2 6 7 -6 6
19 Cadiz 8 1 2 5 3 16 5 0 2 3 2 11 3 1 0 2 1 5 -13 5
20 Elche 8 0 2 6 4 19 4 0 2 2 3 7 4 0 0 4 1 12 -15 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.