LaLiga: Atletico Madrid vs Elche – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the LaLiga round 2 match between Atletico Madrid and Elche and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

As the early season favourites, Atletico Madrid will look to justify their title credentials this coming Saturday when they take on Elche for a round 2 match in the LaLiga.

Atletico Madrid will be hopeful of getting on the board after an unlucky opening game to the new LaLiga campaign which left them empty-handed.

Form: Atletico Madrid vs Elche

Atletico Madrid Form

Atletico Madrid are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Seattle Sounders FC by 1-3, before beating Botafogo RJ by 1-0. The winning streak came to an end against Espanyol, who ran out 2-1 winners. Atletico Madrid have been in potent form at Riyadh Air Metropolitano, winning no less than five of the past six LaLiga matches here. They also hammered in 18 goals, while letting in seven as they also lost once.

Elche Form

Elche look well suited to take on any opponent presently, as their last three matches saw them gaining two victories and a draw. They ran out 2-0 and 0-4 winners against Malaga and Deportivo La Coruna, respectively. Their winning streak came to an end against Real Betis, as the match resulted in a 1-1 draw. Elche only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the LaLiga. In these six matches they drew one and lost four as well as being outscored by eight goals to four.

Betting stats for Atletico Madrid and Elche

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Atletico Madrid and Elche. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players in form: Atletico Madrid vs Elche

Alexander Soerloth found the target seven times in his previous six matches, whereas German Valera just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Betting markets: Atletico Madrid vs Elche

Full-time result

In their last 10 matches at Riyadh Air Metropolitano across all tournaments Atletico Madrid won seven times, drew one and lost two times. Elche claimed four wins, three draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Elche didn’t lose any of their 6 most recent games. Atletico Madrid have beaten Elche in 8 consecutive home league meetings

Both teams to score

Atletico Madrid scored the first goal in seven out of their last ten games. Elche scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Atletico Madrid managed four wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. Atletico Madrid have scored in 8 consecutive home meetings with Elche.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Atletico Madrid, who scored an average of 1.9 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Elche, who managed to score 1.6 times in those matches. Elche scored at least once in their previous 8 matches on the bounce.