La Liga: High-profile against not good enough, at least based on the league table. Atlético Madrid - Espanyol. Home win or a shock?
- Atlético Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Espanyol have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Atlético Madrid and Espanyol should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Atlético Madrid form and stats
When playing at home in the La Liga, Atlético Madrid have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.
The club members are hoping that Atlético Madrid will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Champions League fixture against Porto. The first defeat after going undefeated in five league games.
A La Liga defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Cadiz.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Atlético as they are travelling to their away game against Mallorca in the La Liga. That match is three days after this one.
Atlético Madrid have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano with 8 goals in 5 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Espanyol form and stats
Espanyol have only collected 6 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-3-2 (6 played).
Espanyol has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Mallorca for a 1-1 draw. The draw against Mallorca came from a losing position. The Espanyol manager Penas brought on Lazo as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfield player Expósito was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.42/10. Expósito hit one key pass.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Elche.After this away game Espanyol return home for a La Liga game against Villarreal. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Espanyol have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. 8 goals have been conceded by Espanyol in these games.
Head 2 Head
Atlético Madrid have avoided defeat in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) facing Espanyol.Top Goalscorers
  J. Sanmartín Mato 7 goals |   Á. Morata 5 goals |  A. Griezmann 5 goals |
Atlético Madrid missing players
Espanyol missing players
| Atlético Madrid | Espanyol | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 | 8 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 17% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 58% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 17% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 4.8 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.7 | 4.8 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13.5 | 13 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10 | 12.2 |
| 6.1 | 5.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 27% | 29% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | 37% |
| 12.7 | 12.6 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 12.7 | 12.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
- All of Atlético Madrid's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Atlético Madrid have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Atlético Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atlético Madrid haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Espanyol have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Espanyol 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 | Real Madrid | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 32 |
| 2 | FC Barcelona | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 25 | 31 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Real Betis | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 21 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Valencia | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 | Real Valladolid | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Almería | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Getafe | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Espanyol | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Celta de Vigo | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 11 |
| 17 | Girona | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 18 | Sevilla | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -16 | 10 |
| 20 | Elche | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 4 |
