Valencia will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Atlético Madrid.
- Valencia has the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in La Liga
- Atlético Madrid has the fewest conceded goals (2) in La Liga
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only three days ago.
Valencia form and stats
Valencia have collected 8 points from their La Liga home games so far after 2-2-1.
The home team returns to Estadio de Mestalla after being equal after 90 minutes with Deportivo Alaves (placed 15th) on their last time out; the La Liga game ended 2-2. Ahead of that match, Valencia won a home game hosting Real Madrid (4-1).
Valencia salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Deportivo Alaves, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Hugo Guillamón equalizing.
Goals decide football matches and Valencia are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Valencia defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Atlético Madrid form and stats
The seven points Atlético Madrid have gathered from their first three away trips in the La Liga is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Valencia. Momentum is building for Atlético in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
The Atlético Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 190 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Atlético Madrid played 0-0 against Lokomotiv Moskva in their previous match. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Barcelona in the La Liga.
A new game in only three days for Atlético Madrid, the Champions League home match versus Bayern München. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Atlético's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. The Atlético Madrid defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 3 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Valencia victories, four draws and six Atlético Madrid wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Sequeira 5 goals |  L. Suárez Díaz 5 goals |   C. Soler Barragán 4 goals |
Valencia missing players
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| Valencia | Atlético Madrid | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 70% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 40% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 20% | 40% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 7.6 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.3 | 12.5 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 44% | 55% | 133% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 46% |
- All of Valencia's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Atlético Madrid has the fewest conceded goals (1) away in La Liga
- Atlético Madrid has the fewest conceded goals (2) in La Liga
- Atlético Madrid has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in La Liga
- Atlético Madrid have not yet lost a game.
- Atlético Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Valencia has the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in La Liga
- Valencia has the most points from losing position (8) in La Liga
- Valencia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Valencia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Atlético Madrid have scored away.
- 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 | Real Sociedad | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 23 |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 20 |
| 3 | Villarreal | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Cadiz | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 6 | Granada | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
| 7 | Sevilla | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Valencia | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Elche | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Getafe | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 | Real Betis | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 12 |
| 13 | Barcelona | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 14 | Osasuna | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 11 |
| 15 | Deportivo Alaves | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 16 | Eibar | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 10 |
| 17 | Real Valladolid | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 18 | Levante | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 19 | Huesca | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 7 |
| 20 | Celta de Vigo | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 7 |