⚽️ Match: Valencia – Atletico Madrid
⚽️ Competition: La Liga
🗓 Date: 28.11.2020

Ateltico Madrid wants to continue its almost perfect form in the championship, but the mission is not an easy one. Valencia is in some form, and in the last match on its own field, it managed to defeat the champion Real Madrid, score 4-1.

Valencia: current form, latest results, statistics

Valencia is on a rather disappointing place in the championship, 9, but the players have certainly gained a lot of confidence in their own strengths, thanks to the last two disputes. First, the “bats” managed a great match with Real Madrid, 4-1, it’s really helped by the 3 penalties received and converted by Soler. It was for the first time in history when Real received 3 shots from 11 meters against him. Then, last weekend, after the international break, Javier Gracia Carlos’ team returned from 0-2 on the field of Alaves, to snatch a draw. As such, footballers can only be with excellent morale, and this can be a turning point this season. True, the specialists did not anticipate a good season for the “bats”, but in the end, they should have the strength to fight for a place in the Europa League. Valencia is not bad offensively, but the big problem is the defense. In the last 5 La Liga games, at least three goals have always been scored in the Mestalla team’s disputes. If we look at the statistics, we will notice that Valencia is in a rather difficult moment, even if in the last rounds the team showed signs of recovery. From 2000 until now, only two bats “bats” had fewer points accumulated than this season (at the current time of the season). Atletico Madrid has proved in recent years a real “black beast” for the current team of Javier Gracia Carlos. Since 2014 (11 matches), Valencia has not defeated its opponent since Saturday. During all this period, 5 draws and 6 victories of the so-called “los colchoneros” were recorded.

• Absent from hosts in Valencia – Atletico Madrid: Cillessen, Diakhaby, Gaya, Gomez.

Ateltico Madrid: current form, latest results, statistics

Simeone’s team goes perfectly in the championship, being undefeated (6 wins and two draws). Atletico Madrid comes after a great victory, 1-0 with Barcelona, ​​but the fatigue and frustration created by the match with Lokomotiv Moscow, in the Champions League, could have its say. As good as the Atletico team did in La Liga, so unconvincing were the confrontations played in the Champions League. The draw with the Russians, 0-0, on Wednesday (Ateltico also had a goal canceled by VAR), complicated the situation, but the team from the Spanish capital remains the favorite to get the second place in the group, after Bayern. On Tuesday he will receive the visit of the Bavarians, so Simeone will certainly think in perspective, the duel with Valencia being able to be relegated to the background. However, Ateltico seems unstoppable in the championship, being probably the leader if it had not had two games less than Real Sociedad, occupying first place in La Liga. Simeone has the best defense in the top 5 European championships, receiving an average of 0.25 goals/match. The defense helped the Atletico group to tick, against Barcelona, ​​the 24th game in a row without defeat at home, the 4th longest series of the group in its history.

• Absent guests in Valencia – Atletico Madrid: Diego Costa, Herrera, Sanchez, Luis Suarez, Torreira, Vrsaljko.

Valencia vs Atletico Madrid Picks

Even though it received, on average, over 1.5 goals/match played at Mestalla this season, Valencia went undefeated in 4 of the 5 disputes played “at home”. Saturday’s host team is a team that acts excellently under pressure and is able to overcome difficult moments. She won 8 points in the current season after being led, more than any other team in the Spanish championship. Atletico Madrid suffers offensively without Diego Costa and Luis Suarez, so he will have to make the most of the opportunities he creates if he wants to leave with all the points on the Mestalla. We anticipate a balanced match and, considering that the guests will also be thinking about the dispute with Bayern, there are premises for not succeeding in a very good match. Atletico scores quite a bit, so a draw at the break or at the end seems like an excellent betting option.

Our Prediction: Draw

Odds: 1.81