Early weight of the money hint to Atlético Madrid edge against Valencia No home advantage expected for La Liga battle between Atlético Madrid and Valencia

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Civitas Metropolitano (67829 seats)

Only three points will be enough for the Atlético Madrid supporters in this Estadio Civitas Metropolitano battle with Valencia, as they enjoy a robust lead on them in the La Liga table.

Insights:
  • Atlético Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Valencia have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in La Liga

Both teams have had enough days rest since their last match. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated fixture!

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

6-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga numbers at home for Atlético Madrid so far this season. Atlético Madrid has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A good away victory last time out for Atlético, who won 1-0 against Girona (placed 12th). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Simeone when Morata scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute. Oblak, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.65 out of 10 in that game. Oblak topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the 6-1 home victory against Sevilla.

Not much happening? In this club's last 13 league games, 11 have produced two goals or less.

The Atlético Madrid fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 12 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 11 from 12 matches.

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Valencia form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Valencia so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-8 (win-draw-lose). A depressing six defeats in a row for Valencia in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Real Sociedad.

Impressive finishing from Kluivert secured the home win 1-0 against Osasuna in their previous game. The attacker Kluivert got a match rating of 7.42 in that game. Kluivert scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.

A 0-1 defeat away at Barcelona before that.

Low on goals? 8 of this team's latest 10 league fixtures have had two or less goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Valencia as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 16 goals have been conceded by Valencia in these games.

Head 2 Head

Atlético Madrid have put together a sequence of 16 consecutive matches without losing (10-6-0) when playing Valencia.

This isn't the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Valencia - Atlético 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MadridÁ. Morata Martín
Á. Morata Martín
10 goals
Atlético MadridA. Griezmann
A. Griezmann
8 goals
Atlético MadridÁ. Correa
Á. Correa
5 goals

Atlético Madrid missing players

Valencia missing players

Atlético Madrid Valencia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 12 25
14 6 2 Won W 0 1 7
6 3 2 Drew D 1 3 5
5 3 0 Lost L 3 8 13
39 22 7 Scored S 2 8 28
19 11 2 Conceded C 6 16 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 58% 56%
32% 42% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 44%
12% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 16%
12% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
48% 58% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 44%
40% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
12% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 36%
 
5.2 6.2 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.2 6
4.2 3.4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.8 4.6
2.7 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2.3 2.7
7 4 1 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
14.3 15.6 17 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 12.1 12.9
5.5 5.8 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3.2 4
28% 32% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 21% 28%
 
11.4 9.8 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 14.7 11.5
3.2 2.3 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.5 4.3
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 Valencia have scored away.
  • Atlético Madrid have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Atlético Madrid haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Valencia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Valencia have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in La Liga
  • Valencia 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 Barcelona 25 21 2 2 47 8 12 10 2 0 25 1 13 11 0 2 22 7 39 65
2 Real Madrid 25 17 5 3 50 19 12 8 4 0 26 9 13 9 1 3 24 10 31 56
3 Atlético Madrid 25 14 6 5 39 19 12 6 3 3 22 11 13 8 3 2 17 8 20 48
4 Real Sociedad 25 13 6 6 33 24 12 5 4 3 13 12 13 8 2 3 20 12 9 45
5 Real Betis 25 12 6 7 33 26 12 6 3 3 18 12 13 6 3 4 15 14 7 42
6 Villarreal 25 11 5 9 29 24 12 7 2 3 17 10 13 4 3 6 12 14 5 38
7 Rayo Vallecano 25 9 8 8 29 28 12 5 4 3 16 12 13 4 4 5 13 16 1 35
8 Osasuna 25 9 7 9 22 24 12 6 1 5 12 11 13 3 6 4 10 13 -2 34
9 Athletic Club 25 9 6 10 33 27 13 6 2 5 18 11 12 3 4 5 15 16 6 33
10 Mallorca 25 9 5 11 22 26 13 6 3 4 13 10 12 3 2 7 9 16 -4 32
11 Celta de Vigo 25 8 7 10 29 34 13 5 4 4 19 14 12 3 3 6 10 20 -5 31
12 Girona 25 8 6 11 38 39 13 6 3 4 23 18 12 2 3 7 15 21 -1 30
13 Sevilla 25 7 7 11 29 40 13 5 3 5 16 16 12 2 4 6 13 24 -11 28
14 Real Valladolid 25 8 4 13 19 35 12 6 2 4 11 10 13 2 2 9 8 25 -16 28
15 Espanyol 25 6 9 10 31 39 12 3 4 5 16 20 13 3 5 5 15 19 -8 27
16 Cadiz 25 6 9 10 20 37 13 4 6 3 14 17 12 2 3 7 6 20 -17 27
17 Valencia 25 7 5 13 28 28 13 6 2 5 20 12 12 1 3 8 8 16 0 26
18 Getafe 25 6 8 11 25 34 13 4 4 5 14 16 12 2 4 6 11 18 -9 26
19 Almeria 25 7 4 14 29 44 13 7 1 5 20 17 12 0 3 9 9 27 -15 25
20 Elche 25 2 7 16 19 49 13 1 4 8 11 21 12 1 3 8 8 28 -30 13

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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.