Once again, Atletico Madrid faces the usual double burden. During the week, the second round of the Champions League was on – a 2-0 win could be retracted at Lok Moscow. The mood is good at Atletico Madrid. In the Champions League, the team around coach Diego Simeone is on a solid second place with four points from two games and has every opportunity.
Also in the league Atletico Madrid is characterized by the dreaded defensive qualities. Atletico has been holding zero for four games already. On the other hand, the team behaves quite sparingly with own scoring successes. Bottom line, the narrow victories are sufficient for a current third place in the table.
The host of the Madrilenes on Sunday is Valladolid. A team that also acts mostly out of a compact defensive and has a fairly manageable number of goals scored. It can be expected a low-chance encounter.
Valladolid:
Valladolid has exceeded expectations so far. It is in tenth place in the table with a balanced record of two wins, three draws and two defeats. A small sensation has succeeded against the current first place finisher in La Liga – Real Madrid. Valladolid scored two points for the Royal on matchday two. The hosts proved their defensive qualities for the first time. The game ended 1-1 draw.
Seven goals scored only face eight goals. This is a very handsome achievement for the under-resourced squad. They started the season with a surprising 1: 2 away win at Betis Sevilla. On Matchday 3, Valldolid lost 2-0 to Levante.
The other two draws were scored against Granada and against Osasuna with 1: 1. The 0-2 defeat away against a strong Villarreal is well to cope. Last weekend, Valladolid again drew 3-1 against Espanyol with a solid 2-0 victory.
The team around coach Sergio is characterized by constant performance.
Atletico Madrid:
Legs will be hard for Atletico Madrid players – three games to complete in eight days. The high load leaves traces. Also in the first Champions League week, Atletico Madrid could not prevail in the league against a weakened Celta de Vigo after a tough game against Juventus.
In this game against Celta was clearly felt that the team was already significantly weakened after the 60th minute game. Who wants to blame them, at the running high demands of the coach to the players. That’s how Atletico Madrid works – a product of the now over seven-year collaboration with successful coach Diego Simeone.
A certain amount of routine and confidence can hardly be denied at Atletico Madrid. Apart from the fact that defeats over seasons are a real rarity, it is usually possible to win the game by a skilful move.
So on the third matchday at the score of 2: 2 against Eibar paid off the substitution of the rather defensive oriented player Tomas for offensive talent Joao Felix. The decision to substitute a defensive player for an offensive player seems questionable to the neutral observer when playing for victory. But Tomas scored in the 90th minute, the 3-2 winner.
So far, 14 counters are on the account of Atletico Madrid. In the offensive, the team is as usual quite stingy. Seven games were scored from seven games – with only a total of four goals. Only against Real Sociedad was it a defeat to accept. The currently high burden could be groundbreaking for the upcoming appearance.
Possibly the forces are missing, in order to come to the anyway elaborate work against the ball to notable gate closures. For Valladolid against Atletico Madrid, the prognosis for a low-chance game on both sides. Logically, the bookmakers rate Valladolid’s Atletico Madrid betting odds for Untertor betting relatively low.
