Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Atlético Madrid welcomes Huesca

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Thu 22.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Wanda Metropolitano (67829 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Atlético Madrid leading Huesca by 43 points.

Insights:
  • Atlético Madrid have the fewest conceded goals (20) in La Liga
  • Huesca have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in La Liga

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

39 points is a decent return from 16 La Liga games here at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano for Atlético Madrid. The data says 12 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Atlético are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Real Betis the opponent.

As mentioned above, Atlético Madrid "killed" SD Eibar in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Atlético 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 eleven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won ten, drew one 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 Athletic Club in only three days.

Goals decide football matches and Atlético are scoring many of them at home; 35 on target from 16 league matches. Atlético have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Huesca form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Huesca so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-8 (win-draw-lose).

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Elche.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Huesca played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.

A new game in only three days for Huesca, the La Liga home match versus Getafe. Busy days.

Huesca find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Huesca have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Atlético and Huesca have met before this season: Huesca - Atlético Madrid 0-0. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - one - zero (Atlético Madrid wins - draws - Huesca wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MadridL. Suárez Díaz
L. Suárez Díaz
19 goals
HuescaR. Mir Vicente
R. Mir Vicente
12 goals
AtléticoM. Llorente Moreno
M. Llorente Moreno
11 goals

Atlético Madrid missing players

Huesca missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Atlético Madrid Huesca
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 16 6 Played P 4 16 31
21 12 6 Won W 0 2 5
7 3 0 Drew D 1 6 12
3 1 0 Lost L 3 8 14
57 35 15 Scored S 3 16 31
20 9 2 Conceded C 10 27 46
90% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 87%
74% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 68%
39% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 35%
26% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 29%
10% 12% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 19%
42% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 62% 55%
48% 56% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 19%
19% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.2 12 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 9.7 10
4.7 5.1 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.4
39% 43% 52% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 30%
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 at least twice as many goals at home as Huesca have scored away.
  • 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 (15) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have the most points (39) at home in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have the the best goal difference (+26) at home in La Liga
  • Huesca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Huesca have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) 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 31 21 7 3 57 20 16 12 3 1 35 9 15 9 4 2 22 11 37 70
2 Real Madrid 31 20 7 4 53 24 15 11 1 3 27 10 16 9 6 1 26 14 29 67
3 Barcelona 30 20 5 5 69 26 15 10 4 1 37 14 15 10 1 4 32 12 43 65
4 Sevilla 31 20 4 7 46 25 15 11 1 3 23 9 16 9 3 4 23 16 21 64
5 Villarreal 31 12 13 6 48 34 15 6 6 3 21 17 16 6 7 3 27 17 14 49
6 Real Betis 31 14 6 11 42 45 16 8 4 4 24 20 15 6 2 7 18 25 -3 48
7 Real Sociedad 31 12 11 8 48 33 16 6 6 4 26 19 15 6 5 4 22 14 15 47
8 Granada 30 11 6 13 36 50 15 8 3 4 20 19 15 3 3 9 16 31 -14 39
9 Levante 31 9 11 11 38 44 16 5 7 4 22 24 15 4 4 7 16 20 -6 38
10 Celta de Vigo 31 9 11 11 41 48 15 6 3 6 23 26 16 3 8 5 18 22 -7 38
11 Osasuna 31 9 10 12 27 36 16 5 5 6 15 19 15 4 5 6 12 17 -9 37
12 Athletic Club 30 9 10 11 39 33 15 7 4 4 23 13 15 2 6 7 16 20 6 37
13 Cadiz 31 9 9 13 27 45 16 4 5 7 14 23 15 5 4 6 13 22 -18 36
14 Valencia 31 8 11 12 39 44 15 6 6 3 24 18 16 2 5 9 15 26 -5 35
15 Getafe 31 7 10 14 22 34 17 5 6 6 13 11 14 2 4 8 9 23 -12 31
16 Deportivo Alaves 31 6 9 16 25 47 16 4 5 7 13 20 15 2 4 9 12 27 -22 27
17 Huesca 31 5 12 14 31 46 15 3 6 6 15 19 16 2 6 8 16 27 -15 27
18 Real Valladolid 30 5 12 13 27 41 15 3 5 7 16 24 15 2 7 6 11 17 -14 27
19 Elche 31 5 11 15 27 48 14 3 7 4 14 19 17 2 4 11 13 29 -21 26
20 SD Eibar 31 4 11 16 22 41 15 1 6 8 8 18 16 3 5 8 14 23 -19 23

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 Atlético Madrid 31 21 7 3 57 20 16 12 3 1 35 9 15 9 4 2 22 11 37 70
2 Real Madrid 31 20 7 4 53 24 15 11 1 3 27 10 16 9 6 1 26 14 29 67
3 Barcelona 30 20 5 5 69 26 15 10 4 1 37 14 15 10 1 4 32 12 43 65
4 Sevilla 31 20 4 7 46 25 15 11 1 3 23 9 16 9 3 4 23 16 21 64
5 Villarreal 31 12 13 6 48 34 15 6 6 3 21 17 16 6 7 3 27 17 14 49
6 Real Betis 31 14 6 11 42 45 16 8 4 4 24 20 15 6 2 7 18 25 -3 48
7 Real Sociedad 31 12 11 8 48 33 16 6 6 4 26 19 15 6 5 4 22 14 15 47
8 Granada 30 11 6 13 36 50 15 8 3 4 20 19 15 3 3 9 16 31 -14 39
9 Levante 31 9 11 11 38 44 16 5 7 4 22 24 15 4 4 7 16 20 -6 38
10 Celta de Vigo 31 9 11 11 41 48 15 6 3 6 23 26 16 3 8 5 18 22 -7 38
11 Osasuna 31 9 10 12 27 36 16 5 5 6 15 19 15 4 5 6 12 17 -9 37
12 Athletic Club 30 9 10 11 39 33 15 7 4 4 23 13 15 2 6 7 16 20 6 37
13 Cadiz 31 9 9 13 27 45 16 4 5 7 14 23 15 5 4 6 13 22 -18 36
14 Valencia 31 8 11 12 39 44 15 6 6 3 24 18 16 2 5 9 15 26 -5 35
15 Getafe 31 7 10 14 22 34 17 5 6 6 13 11 14 2 4 8 9 23 -12 31
16 Deportivo Alaves 31 6 9 16 25 47 16 4 5 7 13 20 15 2 4 9 12 27 -22 27
17 Huesca 31 5 12 14 31 46 15 3 6 6 15 19 16 2 6 8 16 27 -15 27
18 Real Valladolid 30 5 12 13 27 41 15 3 5 7 16 24 15 2 7 6 11 17 -14 27
19 Elche 31 5 11 15 27 48 14 3 7 4 14 19 17 2 4 11 13 29 -21 26
20 SD Eibar 31 4 11 16 22 41 15 1 6 8 8 18 16 3 5 8 14 23 -19 23

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