Ace Football previews the LaLiga game between Athletic Club and Atletico Madrid who meet up on Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Atletico Madrid head over to the San Mames this coming Saturday to face title favourites Athletic Club in a round 4 match in the LaLiga.
A look at the LaLiga standings shows that four points and nine places currently separate the two teams.
Team form: Athletic Club vs Atletico Madrid
Athletic Club Form
Athletic Club suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches, as they were run over by Sevilla in a 1-3 defeat. Barcelona also proved too hard to handle, as they won 2-0, before Athletic Club were able to strike back last time out in a 0-2 win against Celta Vigo. Athletic Club claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the LaLiga. They also drew one and lost three, scored six goals and conceded eight.
Atletico Madrid Form
In their last three matches, Atletico Madrid beat Malaga 2-0, drew 2-2 with Villarreal and beat Sevilla by 1-3. Atletico Madrid won half their previous six away matches in the LaLiga, as well as seeing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored 11 goals whilst conceding 12.
Betting facts for Athletic Club and Atletico Madrid
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Athletic Club and Atletico Madrid played across all tournaments.
- In 17 of the last 19 Athletic Club home matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Athletic Club have lost 5 of the last 6 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 8 of the last 9 Athletic Club home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Athletic Club matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Athletic Club matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 6 Atletico Madrid away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 7 of the last 8 Atletico Madrid matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 6 of the last 7 Atletico Madrid away matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Atletico Madrid have won 3 of the last 4 matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 3 of the last 4 Atletico Madrid matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was over 3.5
Players in form: Athletic Club vs Atletico Madrid
As the new LaLiga campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Athletic Club and Atletico Madrid this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.
Betting markets: Athletic Club vs Atletico Madrid
Full-time result
Athletic Club claimed four wins, drew one and lost five of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Atletico Madrid won four, drew zero and lost six of their last 10 games away.
Both teams to score
Athletic Club scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Atletico Madrid scored the opening goal in six of the last ten away from home. Athletic Club managed four wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Athletic Club, who scored an average of 1.5 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for Atletico Madrid, who managed to hit the net 1.9 times on average in these games.
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