Atl. Madrid – Las Palmas Prediction & Preview and Betting Tips (28.01.2018)

Atlético Madrid and Las Palmas face at La Peineta Stadium, in a match for the 21st round of the First Division. Atlético Madrid won out (1-5) the last time they met in this edition of the league, on 08-26-2017. The record of direct confrontations of the last 3 years is favorable to the home team, which in the last 7 matches won 6 and lost 1.

Atlético Madrid:

The home team is currently in the 2 nd position, with 43 points won, after 12 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Eibar, by (0-1). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Girona by (1-1). In the last match they played, for the Copa del Rey, they lost with Sevilla out by (3-1).

For this competition, he does not lose in his stadium 9 games ago. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (5 out of 9 matches). Defensive consistency has been one of their best features, as they have only conceded goals in 3 of the last 10 matches, and their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 8 of the last 9 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. There are 2 periods that stand out in the last 20 home matches for all competitions: they scored 12 of their 30 goals between minutes (61′-75 ‘); He suffered 6 of his 13 goals between the minutes (76’-90 ‘).

Atlético de Madrid has had a good performance in La Liga, is among the first classified and is the team that lost least in the competition. The good campaign can be explained, mainly, by the optimal performance of the defensive system, which suffered only 9 goals and is the strongest in the national championship, while the attack has been behaving in a reasonable manner, with 29 goals scored, with seventh most effective in La Liga. Atlético de Madrid is one of the two teams that has not yet lost, in addition to having the strongest defense in the local team condition, with only 4 goals suffered in 9 games. For the game against Las Palmas, coach Simeone will not be able to count on right-back Vrsaljko, for suspension, and striker Diego Costa, due to injury.

Las Palmas:

After 4 wins, 2 draws and 14 losses, the away team is currently in the 19 th position of the league, with 14 points won. In the last match, they won in a home match against Valencia by (2-1), after in the previous match they lost out in a match against Girona, by (6-0). In the last 10 away matches for the championship, Las Palmas have 1 win, 1 draw and 8 losses, so they have won 4 points out of 30 possible.

For this competition, they have not won any of the last 8 away matches. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (4 out of 10 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 20 matches in this competition, they only got 1 comeback in the 14 matches in which they suffered the first goal.

The Las Palmas are having a terrible performance in the Spanish Championship, where he is among the last classified, and has finished a series of 5 games without winning with a good win in the last day, so he wants to keep the road of victories for try to decrease the difference of 4 points for Levante, the first team outside the relegation zone. The terrible campaign can be explained by the very low performance, both offensive and defensive, as it scored only 16 goals, being the worst attack of the national championship, and suffered 47 goals, having the worst defense, problems that need to be corrected urgently. Playing as a visitor, as in this Sunday’s game, Las Palmas has the second worst campaign in the entire La Liga, it is the team that won least in the status of visitor and it is important to underline that scored goals in only 1 of the last 8 games away from their domains. For the difficult match against Atlético de Madrid, coach Paco Jémez will not be able to count on Peñalba and midfielder Momo, both injured.