La Liga prediction: Home win expected when Atlético Madrid takes on Elche

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Wanda Metropolitano (67829 seats)

League round two of the La Liga season and the contenders have done their adjustments after the first match. Here's the Atlético Madrid - Elche preview:

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

Last season, Atlético Madrid's league stats were 26 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses, results that produced 1st position in the La Liga. In these 38 matches they scored 67 goals and let in 25. Playing as the home side in the previous season Atlético Madrid generated 15-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with 41 goals and 11 conceded.

Happy days for Atlético in their previous game, a La Liga match away at Celta de Vigo (placed 16th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Attacking player Ángel Correa bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.11 out of 10. Correa scored two goals and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that match, a win away at Real Valladolid.

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Elche form and stats

Let's have a look at how Elche performed last season in the La Liga: They landed a 17th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 12 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded 55 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 12 with 16/32 goals scored/conceded.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Elche goalkeeper Francisco Casilla Cortes is eager to challenge this, with his 255 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

There were no winners in Elche's previous match, a La Liga home game that ended 0-0 vs Athletic Club (placed 10th). Midfielder Johan Mojica was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.34. Mojica hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Athletic Club.

The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Elche we find two games. Results are zero Elche wins, zero draws and two defeats.

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's seven Atlético victories, one draw and zero Elche wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AtléticoÁ. Correa
Á. Correa
2 goals

Atlético Madrid missing players

Elche missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Atlético Madrid Elche
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 8
5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
67% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Atlético Madrid Last season Elche
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
26 15   Won W   3 8
8 3   Drew D   4 12
4 1   Lost L   12 18
67 41   Scored S   16 34
25 11   Conceded C   32 55
89% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
74% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 76%
42% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 39%
21% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 24%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
45% 42%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
47% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 18%
18% 11%   Failed to Score F T   37% 34%
 
5.2 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 3.6
4.2 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4 4.3
2.6 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.6
0 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
11.9 13.2   Shots (avg) S (   7.5 7
5 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 2.3
35% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 39%

  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 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Sevilla 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 FC Barcelona 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Atlético Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Valencia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cadiz 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Levante 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Real Betis 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Athletic Club 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Elche 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Granada 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Osasuna 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Villarreal 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Celta de Vigo 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Real Sociedad 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
19 Deportivo Alaves 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 FC 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

Atlético Madrid:
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 Real Madrid 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Sevilla 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 FC Barcelona 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Atlético Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Valencia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cadiz 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Levante 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Real Betis 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Athletic Club 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Elche 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Granada 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Osasuna 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Villarreal 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Celta de Vigo 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Real Sociedad 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
19 Deportivo Alaves 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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