La Liga preview and numbers: Atlético Madrid - Cádiz at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Wed 03.May
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Civitas Metropolitano (67829 seats)

We should have a noteworthy gap in quality between these sides based on the matches played so far, with Atlético Madrid ahead of Cádiz by 31 points.

Insights:
  • Atlético Madrid is in the best form (5-0-1) in La Liga
  • Cádiz have the fewest points from losing position (2) in La Liga

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Atlético Madrid and Cádiz.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano as Atlético Madrid have scored 31 goals to get 33 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the La Liga are 10-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Getafe here at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano, Atlético has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

It's back home for Atlético Madrid, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Real Valladolid away with the result 5-2. Giménez, Depay, Molina and Morata found the net in that victory. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Giménez, defender, was given a rating of 8.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Giménez scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.

Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Mallorca.

Atlético Madrid 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 11 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 8, drew 1 and lost 2.

The Atlético fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 16 league matches. Atlético Madrid are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 16 matches.

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Cádiz form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cádiz so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-7 (win-draw-lose).

Cádiz go into this game after a win, the home game against Valencia that ended 2-1. That victory felt nice as this club had gone three league fixtures without winning. Espino was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.62. The defender Espino served one assist, hit one key pass and won 11 of 16 duels.

A 0-1 loss hosting Osasuna before that.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Cádiz played away with similar odds. This revealed 5 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 2 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 2 times.

Few goals the story here? 10 of this club's latest 12 league matches have seen two goals or less.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cádiz as they have only managed to score 9 times from 15 away games in the league. Cádiz have conceded 21 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head meeting ended Cádiz - Atlético 3-2, earlier this season. Atlético Madrid-Cádiz H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Atlético Madrid six wins, Cádiz one win, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MadridÁ. Morata Martín
Á. Morata Martín
12 goals
Atlético MadridA. Griezmann
A. Griezmann
11 goals
Atlético MadridÁ. Correa
Á. Correa
6 goals

Atlético Madrid missing players

Cádiz missing players

Atlético Madrid Cádiz
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 4 15 32
20 10 4 Won W 1 3 8
6 3 2 Drew D 1 5 11
6 3 0 Lost L 2 7 13
55 31 12 Scored S 3 9 25
25 13 3 Conceded C 4 21 44
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 84%
69% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 60% 66%
41% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 27% 31%
16% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 22%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 9%
50% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 33% 34%
38% 31% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 34%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 47% 47%
 
4.9 6.1 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 2.6 3.7
4.3 3.4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.7 5.4
2.6 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.2 2.8
7 4 1 Red cards R C 0 5 7
 
14.5 16.1 16.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 9.5 10.3
5.6 6.1 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.6 3.1
31% 32% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 23% 26%
 
11.1 8.8 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 16.5 15.5
3.1 2.1 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.5 5.8
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Atlético Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atlético Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Atlético Madrid have scored more than double the goals of Cádiz.
  • Atlético Madrid have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Atlético Madrid haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Atlético Madrid is in the best form (5-0-1) in La Liga
  • Cádiz have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Cádiz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cádiz have the fewest points from losing position (2) in La Liga
  • Cádiz have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 32 25 4 3 59 11 16 13 3 0 32 2 16 12 1 3 27 9 48 79
2 Real Madrid 32 21 5 6 69 30 16 11 4 1 40 14 16 10 1 5 29 16 39 68
3 Atlético Madrid 32 20 6 6 55 25 16 10 3 3 31 13 16 10 3 3 24 12 30 66
4 Real Sociedad 32 17 7 8 41 29 15 8 4 3 19 13 17 9 3 5 22 16 12 58
5 Villarreal 32 16 5 11 46 33 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 6 3 7 19 18 13 53
6 Real Betis 32 14 7 11 39 37 16 8 4 4 22 15 16 6 3 7 17 22 2 49
7 Athletic Club 31 13 7 11 42 31 16 7 3 6 20 12 15 6 4 5 22 19 11 46
8 Osasuna 32 12 8 12 29 34 16 8 1 7 17 19 16 4 7 5 12 15 -5 44
9 Rayo Vallecano 32 11 10 11 38 41 16 7 5 4 23 18 16 4 5 7 15 23 -3 43
10 Girona 31 11 8 12 48 45 16 9 3 4 31 21 15 2 5 8 17 24 3 41
11 Sevilla 31 11 8 12 38 45 15 6 4 5 20 19 16 5 4 7 18 26 -7 41
12 Mallorca 31 11 7 13 30 34 15 7 4 4 16 11 16 4 3 9 14 23 -4 40
13 Celta de Vigo 32 10 9 13 38 45 16 6 5 5 22 17 16 4 4 8 16 28 -7 39
14 Cádiz 32 8 11 13 25 44 17 5 6 6 16 23 15 3 5 7 9 21 -19 35
15 Real Valladolid 32 10 5 17 29 55 16 7 3 6 18 21 16 3 2 11 11 34 -26 35
16 Almeria 32 9 6 17 40 57 16 8 2 6 24 21 16 1 4 11 16 36 -17 33
17 Valencia 32 9 6 17 35 39 16 7 3 6 23 16 16 2 3 11 12 23 -4 33
18 Espanyol 32 7 10 15 38 53 16 4 5 7 19 25 16 3 5 8 19 28 -15 31
19 Getafe 32 7 10 15 29 42 16 5 5 6 17 18 16 2 5 9 12 24 -13 31
20 Elche 32 3 7 22 24 62 16 2 4 10 15 27 16 1 3 12 9 35 -38 16

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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.