La Liga match preview: SD Eibar believed to be the weaker party when Atlético Madrid pays a visit

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Thu 21.January
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa (7083 seats)

The visiting Atlético Madrid side should be favourites in this visit to SD Eibar, as the away team holds a 22 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.

Insights:
  • SD Eibar has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid has the fewest conceded goals (6) in La Liga

Eibar have less rest than Atlético Madrid in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Del Rey game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Navalcarnero, so at least SD Eibar are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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SD Eibar form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the La Liga this season. SD Eibar, who have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in La Liga, have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa.

Eibar lost their last game at Navalcarnero after a 1-3 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Eibar lost 1-2 at Levante's place.

There will be little rest for SD Eibar after this match as they are travelling to Celta de Vigo for a La Liga game in only three days.

The lack of attacking qualities in SD Eibar means that they have only scored 4 goals in 9 league home games, less than half a goal per match. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. SD Eibar are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

Atlético Madrid, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in La Liga, have an excellent away record in the La Liga so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games. Atlético have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Atlético Madrid, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Atlético had fun at their own home (Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa) last time out, beating Sevilla 2-0. Ángel Correa and Saúl Ñíguez scored. It was a Copa Del Rey defeat before that one as the away game against Cornellà wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

A quick return to home after this game, as Atlético are hosting Valencia in the La Liga only three days away.

Atlético find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Atlético as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Eibar victory, three draws and six Atlético Madrid wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MadridL. Suárez Díaz
L. Suárez Díaz
9 goals
Atlético MadridM. Llorente Moreno
M. Llorente Moreno
6 goals
EibarE. García Martínez
E. García Martínez
5 goals

SD Eibar missing players

Atlético Madrid missing players

SD Eibar Atlético Madrid
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 4 7 16
4 1 0 Won W 3 5 13
7 4 0 Drew D 1 1 2
7 4 1 Lost L 0 1 1
15 4 1 Scored S 6 10 31
18 8 3 Conceded C 2 4 6
78% 56% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 88%
67% 44% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 69%
33% 22% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 31%
6% 11% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 14% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
50% 22% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 25%
39% 56% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 57% 69%
33% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.7 2.4
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 11.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.4 11.1
3.4 3.4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.7 4.3
25% 13% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 38% 45%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Atlético Madrid has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid has the fewest conceded goals (6) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid has the fewest points from losing position (0) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid has the most clean sheets (11) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid has the most scored goals in the second half (21) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid has the the best goal difference (+25) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Atlético Madrid have scored more than double the goals of SD Eibar.
  • Atlético Madrid is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • SD Eibar has the fewest scored goals (4) at home in La Liga
  • SD Eibar has the most dropped points from leading position (13) 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 16 13 2 1 31 6 9 8 1 0 21 2 7 5 1 1 10 4 25 41
2 Real Madrid 18 11 4 3 30 15 8 6 0 2 15 5 10 5 4 1 15 10 15 37
3 Barcelona 18 10 4 4 37 17 9 5 3 1 21 10 9 5 1 3 16 7 20 34
4 Villarreal 18 8 8 2 26 17 9 5 4 0 14 7 9 3 4 2 12 10 9 32
5 Real Sociedad 19 8 6 5 29 16 9 3 4 2 12 7 10 5 2 3 17 9 13 30
6 Sevilla 17 9 3 5 21 15 8 5 1 2 12 7 9 4 2 3 9 8 6 30
7 Granada 18 8 3 7 21 29 10 6 2 2 16 13 8 2 1 5 5 16 -8 27
8 Celta de Vigo 18 6 5 7 22 28 9 5 0 4 14 16 9 1 5 3 8 12 -6 23
9 Cadiz 18 6 5 7 15 22 9 2 3 4 7 11 9 4 2 3 8 11 -7 23
10 Real Betis 18 7 2 9 22 31 8 3 2 3 10 11 10 4 0 6 12 20 -9 23
11 Levante 17 5 6 6 23 24 8 4 3 1 14 10 9 1 3 5 9 14 -1 21
12 Athletic Club 18 6 3 9 21 22 9 5 0 4 13 8 9 1 3 5 8 14 -1 21
13 Getafe 17 5 5 7 15 18 9 3 2 4 8 8 8 2 3 3 7 10 -3 20
14 Valencia 18 4 7 7 24 25 9 2 4 3 14 13 9 2 3 4 10 12 -1 19
15 SD Eibar 18 4 7 7 15 18 9 1 4 4 4 8 9 3 3 3 11 10 -3 19
16 Deportivo Alaves 18 4 6 8 16 23 9 2 4 3 7 9 9 2 2 5 9 14 -7 18
17 Real Valladolid 18 4 6 8 16 25 9 2 3 4 9 14 9 2 3 4 7 11 -9 18
18 Elche 16 3 7 6 14 21 9 1 5 3 8 13 7 2 2 3 6 8 -7 16
19 Osasuna 18 3 6 9 15 27 9 2 3 4 8 13 9 1 3 5 7 14 -12 15
20 Huesca 18 1 9 8 14 28 9 1 4 4 5 10 9 0 5 4 9 18 -14 12

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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.