Athletic Club fights Atlético Madrid in La Liga battle

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 25.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: San Mamés Barria (53289 seats)

Athletic Club will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 35 points behind Atlético Madrid.

Insights:
  • Athletic Club have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have the fewest conceded goals (20) in La Liga

It's no vacation for neither Athletic Club nor Atlético Madrid 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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Athletic Club form and stats

The story so far in the La Liga for Athletic Club at their home stadium (San Mamés Barria) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Club are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of five drawn games in a row. Athletic Club have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Athletic Club are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 185 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by A. Villalibre). Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Unai Simon Mendibil not having conceded a league goal in 181 minutes.

Club travelled for their previous game, a trip to Real Betis that ended 0-0. Before that game, the home loss against Barcelona with the scoreline 0-4.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Athletic Club, as the La Liga home game vs Real Valladolid is only three days away.

Club have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at San Mamés Barria with 23 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, Club have conceded only 13 goals.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

Atlético Madrid, who have the fewest conceded goals (20) in La Liga, have an excellent away record in the La Liga so far with 9-4-2 from 15 games.

Atlético have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jan Oblak. It's been 250 minutes since they last conceded in La Liga.

Atlético Madrid won their last game, 2-0 versus Huesca played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 5-0 vs Eibar.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Atlético have scored 22 goals in 15 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Atlético Madrid are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Atlético Madrid - Club 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Club victory, two draws and seven Atlético Madrid wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MadridL. Suárez Díaz
L. Suárez Díaz
19 goals
Atlético MadridM. Llorente Moreno
M. Llorente Moreno
11 goals
Athletic ClubA. Berenguer Remiro
A. Berenguer Remiro
7 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
31 15 4 Played P 6 15 32
9 7 2 Won W 5 9 22
11 4 0 Drew D 1 4 7
11 4 2 Lost L 0 2 3
39 23 8 Scored S 14 22 59
33 13 5 Conceded C 5 11 20
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 91%
74% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 75%
39% 33% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 38%
19% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 13% 25%
6% 13% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 7% 9%
55% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 47% 41%
26% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 50%
29% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.1 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 11.9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 10.3 11.4
3.4 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.3 5
38% 43% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 34% 37%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Athletic Club have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Atlético Madrid have the fewest conceded goals (11) away in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have the fewest conceded goals (20) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have the most clean sheets (16) in La Liga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlético Madrid 32 22 7 3 59 20 17 13 3 1 37 9 15 9 4 2 22 11 39 73
2 Real Madrid 32 21 7 4 56 24 15 11 1 3 27 10 17 10 6 1 29 14 32 70
3 Sevilla 32 21 4 7 47 25 15 11 1 3 23 9 17 10 3 4 24 16 22 67
4 Barcelona 30 20 5 5 72 27 15 10 4 1 37 14 15 10 1 4 32 12 45 65
5 Real Sociedad 32 13 11 8 50 34 17 7 6 4 28 20 15 6 5 4 22 14 16 50
6 Real Betis 32 14 7 11 42 45 17 8 5 4 24 20 15 6 2 7 18 25 -3 49
7 Villarreal 32 12 13 7 49 36 15 6 6 3 21 17 17 6 7 4 28 19 13 49
8 Granada 31 12 6 13 40 51 16 9 3 4 24 20 15 3 3 9 16 31 -11 42
9 Osasuna 32 10 10 12 30 37 17 6 5 6 18 20 15 4 5 6 12 17 -7 40
10 Athletic Club 31 9 11 11 39 33 15 7 4 4 23 13 16 2 7 7 16 20 6 38
11 Celta de Vigo 32 9 11 12 42 50 15 6 3 6 23 26 17 3 8 6 19 24 -8 38
12 Levante 32 9 11 12 38 45 17 5 7 5 22 25 15 4 4 7 16 20 -7 38
13 Cádiz 32 9 9 14 27 48 17 4 5 8 14 26 15 5 4 6 13 22 -21 36
14 Valencia 32 8 11 13 40 47 15 6 6 3 24 18 17 2 5 10 16 29 -7 35
15 Getafe 31 7 10 14 23 37 17 5 6 6 13 11 14 2 4 8 9 23 -14 31
16 Deportivo Alaves 32 7 9 16 27 48 17 5 5 7 15 21 15 2 4 9 12 27 -21 30
17 Real Valladolid 31 5 13 13 28 42 15 3 5 7 16 24 16 2 8 6 12 18 -14 28
18 Huesca 32 5 12 15 31 48 15 3 6 6 15 19 17 2 6 9 16 29 -17 27
19 Elche 32 5 12 15 28 49 15 3 8 4 15 20 17 2 4 11 13 29 -21 27
20 Eibar 32 4 11 17 23 45 15 1 6 8 8 18 17 3 5 9 15 27 -22 23

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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 Atlético Madrid 32 22 7 3 59 20 17 13 3 1 37 9 15 9 4 2 22 11 39 73
2 Real Madrid 32 21 7 4 56 24 15 11 1 3 27 10 17 10 6 1 29 14 32 70
3 Sevilla 32 21 4 7 47 25 15 11 1 3 23 9 17 10 3 4 24 16 22 67
4 Barcelona 30 20 5 5 72 27 15 10 4 1 37 14 15 10 1 4 32 12 45 65
5 Real Sociedad 32 13 11 8 50 34 17 7 6 4 28 20 15 6 5 4 22 14 16 50
6 Real Betis 32 14 7 11 42 45 17 8 5 4 24 20 15 6 2 7 18 25 -3 49
7 Villarreal 32 12 13 7 49 36 15 6 6 3 21 17 17 6 7 4 28 19 13 49
8 Granada 31 12 6 13 40 51 16 9 3 4 24 20 15 3 3 9 16 31 -11 42
9 Osasuna 32 10 10 12 30 37 17 6 5 6 18 20 15 4 5 6 12 17 -7 40
10 Athletic Club 31 9 11 11 39 33 15 7 4 4 23 13 16 2 7 7 16 20 6 38
11 Celta de Vigo 32 9 11 12 42 50 15 6 3 6 23 26 17 3 8 6 19 24 -8 38
12 Levante 32 9 11 12 38 45 17 5 7 5 22 25 15 4 4 7 16 20 -7 38
13 Cádiz 32 9 9 14 27 48 17 4 5 8 14 26 15 5 4 6 13 22 -21 36
14 Valencia 32 8 11 13 40 47 15 6 6 3 24 18 17 2 5 10 16 29 -7 35
15 Getafe 31 7 10 14 23 37 17 5 6 6 13 11 14 2 4 8 9 23 -14 31
16 Deportivo Alaves 32 7 9 16 27 48 17 5 5 7 15 21 15 2 4 9 12 27 -21 30
17 Real Valladolid 31 5 13 13 28 42 15 3 5 7 16 24 16 2 8 6 12 18 -14 28
18 Huesca 32 5 12 15 31 48 15 3 6 6 15 19 17 2 6 9 16 29 -17 27
19 Elche 32 5 12 15 28 49 15 3 8 4 15 20 17 2 4 11 13 29 -21 27
20 Eibar 32 4 11 17 23 45 15 1 6 8 8 18 17 3 5 9 15 27 -22 23

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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.