Footballpedia.net - Atletico Madrid are determined to return to competition La Liga title this season. Los Rojibalancos will now be aiming for victory at home to Valencia at the Vicente Calderon on Sunday (5/3) evening.
Atletico itself lately achieve poor results. They only won one draw and one defeat in their last two matches in La Liga. As a result they had to settle for fourth stuck in La Liga standings, which stood at 46 points, 11 points behind the top standings while Barcelona. In order to maintain their championship chances, then they should not lose any more points in the remaining La Liga games this season.
Los Rojiblancos itself is scheduled to meet with Valencia in La Liga Jornada 26 later. Record of meeting their own counter-Valencia can be quite good, where they have only lost one of their last six meetings against Los Che. Their home record also has a perfect record at home, where they are not touched by the defeat in the last six home games against Valencia, so they are still favored to win this game.
While they have a good record of meeting the contra Valencia, it does not mean stronghold Los Colchoneros could underestimate Valencia.Los Che indeed suffered a bad phase at the beginning of the season, but slowly but surely they managed to rise in the Champions league. They recorded only won three defeats in their last nine games. With this positive trend, the stronghold of Los Rojiblancos have to be extra careful in the match.
Ahead of this important match, coach Diego Simeone was troubled by the absence of several key players in this match. Names like Juanfran, Tiago, and Augusto Fernandez certainly absent in this match because of injury. Fernando Torres who suffered concussion against Deportivo La Coruna are also expected to remain sidelined in this fight, while Saul Niguez also be absent as it gets accumulated cards.
Under these conditions, Simeone 4-4-2 scheme is likely to decrease in the face of Valencia, where the duo Antoine Griezmann and Kevin Gameiro will be played as a clerk knocked them in this match. Saul's absence will open up space for Angel Correa played on the wing alongside Yannick-Fereira Carrasco. Jan Oblak will be back guarding Los Colchoneros in this fight, in which he will be escorted by Stefan Savic and Diego Godin in their defense.
On the side of the visitors, coach Salvador Gonzalez will be without a number of key players in a visit to the Spanish capital. Noted Luis Nani, Martin Montoya, Rodrigo and Santi Mina certainly absent in this match because of injury.
Voro himself predicted would play a 4-3-3 scheme where Simone Zaza was plotted as their spearhead in this match. Zakaria Bakkali predicted to occupy the position of Luis Nani on the wing Los Che along with Munir El-Haddadi. The Trio Dani Parejo, Enzo Perez and Carlos Soler will regulate the flow of the ball Los Che in this fight, while Diego Alves will be re-assigned as a doorstop their last in this match.
Estimated Composition Player:
Atletico Madrid (4-4-2): Oblak; Luis, Godin, Savic, Vrsaljko; Carrasco, Koke, Gabi, Correa; Griezmann, Gameiro
Valencia (4-3-3): Alves; Style, Mangala, Garay, Cancelo; Parejo, Perez, Soler; Bakkali, Zaza, Munir
Head to Head Atletico Madrid vs Valencia:
02/10/16 Valencia 0 - 2 Atlético Madrid (La Liga)
07/03/16 Valencia 1 - 3 Atlético Madrid (La Liga)
26/10/15 Atlético Madrid 2 - 1 Valencia (La Liga)
09/03/15 Atlético Madrid 1 - 1 Valencia (La Liga)
04/10/14 Valencia 3 - 1 Atlético Madrid (La Liga)
Last Five Matches Atletico Madrid:
13/02/17 Atlético Madrid 3-2 Celta Vigo (La Liga)
18/02/17 Sporting Gijon 1-4 Atletico Madrid (La Liga)
22/02/17 Bayer Leverkusen 2-4 Atletico Madrid (UCL)
02/26/17 Atlético Madrid 1-2 Barcelona (La Liga)
03/03/17 Deportivo La Coruna 1-1 Atletico Madrid (La Liga)
Last Five Matches Valencia:
11/02/17 Real Betis 0 - 0 Valencia (La Liga)
19/02/17 Valencia 2 - 0 Athletic Bilbao (La Liga)
23/02/17 Valencia 2 - 1 Real Madrid (La Liga)
25/02/17 Deportivo Alavés 2 - 1 Valencia (La Liga)
01/03/17 Valencia 1 - 0 Leganés (La Liga)
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