La Liga: Atlético Madrid expected to win home fixture vs Athletic Club

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Wanda Metropolitano (67829 seats)

Look at this appealing match in the La Liga. Atlético Madrid is in the 3rd position from featuring in four matches. They welcome Athletic Club who are placed 5th from four games.

Insights:
  • Athletic Club have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in La Liga

The hosts Atlético saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Champions League. This match was also played here at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Athletic Club have had more rest.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

Only two La Liga home games for Atlético Madrid so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Atlético, who played 0-0 against Porto. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Wanda Metropolitano). José Giménez, defender, was given a rating of 7.63/10 in that game, top of the team. Giménez won 9 of 11 duels.

In the game before, an away victory in the La Liga match versus Espanyol with a 2-1 scoreline.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Atlético's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played seven games, won five matches, drawn two 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 Getafe in only three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Atlético Madrid's 2 home games: 3 goals, 2 conceded.

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Athletic Club form and stats

Four points from two away games for Athletic Club, meaning one draw and one victory in the La Liga so far.

195 minutes! That's how long the Athletic Club goalkeeper Unai Simon Mendibil and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Impressive finishing from Iñaki Williams and Daniel Vivian secured the home win 2-0 against Mallorca in their previous game. Midfielder Iker Muniain was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.84. Muniain signed up for two assists, hit seven key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Celta de Vigo at their stadium, the result 1-0.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Athletic Club playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.

After this away game Club return home for a La Liga game against Rayo Vallecano. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Athletic Club have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MadridÁ. Correa
Á. Correa
3 goals
Athletic ClubI. Williams Arthuer
I. Williams Arthuer
2 goals
Atlético MadridT. Lemar
T. Lemar
1 goals

Atlético Madrid missing players

Athletic Club missing players

Atlético Madrid Athletic Club
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
7 3 0 Scored S 0 1 4
4 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 75%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
6.5 9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 8
2.2 0.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.5 3.8
4 3.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.8 16 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 13
3.8 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4.5
47% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 22%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Athletic Club have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in La Liga
  • Athletic Club have the most clean sheets (2) away in La Liga
Atlético Madrid Last season Athletic Club
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
26 15   Won W   3 11
8 3   Drew D   7 13
4 1   Lost L   9 14
67 41   Scored S   17 46
25 11   Conceded C   23 42
89% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
74% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 71%
42% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 39%
21% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 21%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 5%
45% 42%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
47% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 24%
18% 11%   Failed to Score F T   37% 32%
 
5.2 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.2
4.2 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 4.1
2.6 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.2
0 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11.9 13.2   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 10.5
5 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.3
35% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 37%

  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 Madrid 4 3 1 0 13 6 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 2 1 0 8 4 7 10
2 Valencia 4 3 1 0 9 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 5 2 7 10
3 Atlético Madrid 4 3 1 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 10
4 Real Sociedad 4 3 0 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 9
5 Athletic Club 4 2 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 8
6 Sevilla 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 7
7 Barcelona 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 7
8 Mallorca 4 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 7
9 Real Betis 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 5
10 Elche 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 5
11 Osasuna 4 1 2 1 4 6 3 0 2 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 -2 5
12 Rayo Vallecano 4 1 1 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 2 1 5 0 4
13 Villarreal 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 3
14 Levante 4 0 3 1 5 6 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 3
15 Espanyol 4 0 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 2
16 Cadiz 4 0 2 2 4 7 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 2
17 Granada 4 0 2 2 2 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 4 -5 2
18 Celta de Vigo 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 1
19 Getafe 4 0 0 4 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -4 0
20 Deportivo Alaves 3 0 0 3 1 8 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 -7 0
Last season 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 38 26 8 4 67 25 19 15 3 1 41 11 19 11 5 3 26 14 42 86
2 Real Madrid 38 25 9 4 67 28 19 13 3 3 33 13 19 12 6 1 34 15 39 84
3 Barcelona 38 24 7 7 85 38 19 11 5 3 44 20 19 13 2 4 41 18 47 79
4 Sevilla 38 24 5 9 53 33 19 14 1 4 27 11 19 10 4 5 26 22 20 77
5 Real Sociedad 38 17 11 10 59 38 19 9 6 4 34 21 19 8 5 6 25 17 21 62
6 Real Betis 38 17 10 11 50 50 19 10 5 4 27 21 19 7 5 7 23 29 0 61
7 Villarreal 38 15 13 10 60 44 19 8 6 5 29 23 19 7 7 5 31 21 16 58
8 Celta de Vigo 38 14 11 13 55 57 19 9 3 7 30 30 19 5 8 6 25 27 -2 53
9 Granada 38 13 7 18 47 65 19 9 4 6 25 25 19 4 3 12 22 40 -18 46
10 Athletic Club 38 11 13 14 46 42 19 8 6 5 29 19 19 3 7 9 17 23 4 46
11 Osasuna 38 11 11 16 37 48 19 7 5 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 16 25 -11 44
12 Cadiz 38 11 11 16 36 58 19 5 5 9 17 30 19 6 6 7 19 28 -22 44
13 Valencia 38 10 13 15 50 53 19 8 7 4 34 23 19 2 6 11 16 30 -3 43
14 Levante 38 9 14 15 46 57 19 5 9 5 27 30 19 4 5 10 19 27 -11 41
15 Getafe 38 9 11 18 28 43 19 6 6 7 15 13 19 3 5 11 13 30 -15 38
16 Deportivo Alaves 38 9 11 18 36 57 19 6 6 7 21 25 19 3 5 11 15 32 -21 38
17 Elche 38 8 12 18 34 55 19 5 8 6 18 23 19 3 4 12 16 32 -21 36
18 Huesca 38 7 13 18 34 53 19 5 7 7 17 21 19 2 6 11 17 32 -19 34
19 Real Valladolid 38 5 16 17 34 57 19 3 7 9 19 30 19 2 9 8 15 27 -23 31
20 Eibar 38 6 12 20 29 52 19 2 7 10 12 21 19 4 5 10 17 31 -23 30

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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.