Espanyol v Atletico Madrid Matched Betting Tips

Espanyol v Atletico Madrid matched betting tips for the La Liga match at RCDE Stadium on Friday 22nd December. Read the match preview and predictions for Espanyol v Atletico Madrid matched betting tips.

Los Periquitos were held to a 2-2 draw away to fellow strugglers Las Palmas in their last match. The hosts will need to improve to overcome Atletico Madrid, who kept their winning run going with a 1-0 win at home to Deportivo Alaves last time out.

Espanyol Team News

The hosts went festive with a 4-3-2-1 ‘Chrismas Tree’ formation last time out and are expected to sick with that tactic here. Javi Lopez will come in at right-back for the suspended Victor Lopez. There are no other injury concerns, so Espanyol will be largely unchanged.

Atletico Madrid Team News

The visitors have a similar clean bill of health, with Jose Giminez the only slight doubt. Right-back Sime Vrsaljko has laid on two goals in his last two matches, so will be looking to get forward from his right-back berth. Fernando Torres was on the score sheet last week and should earn a start up-front.

Espanyol v Atletico Madrid Team Predictions

Espanyol 4-3-2-1 formation; Lopez; Martin, Duarte, Hermoso, Lopez; Granero, Lopez, Darder; Garcia, Baptistao; Moreno

Atletico Madrid 4-4-2 formation; Oblak; Luis, Godin, Savic, Vrsaljko; Koke, Gabi, Fernandez, Niguez; Torres, Griezmann

Espanyol v Atletico Madrid betting stats for the last ten games:

• Espanyol – won 3, drawn 3 and lost 4
• Atletico Madrid – won 7, drawn 3 and lost 0
• Espanyol have scored an average of 0.9 goals and conceded an average of 1.2 goals per game
• Atletico Madrid have scored an average of 1.7 goals and conceded an average of 0.3 goals per game
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 3 of Espanyol’s previous 10 matches
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 3 of Atletico Madrid’s previous 10 matches

Espanyol v Atletico Madrid Goalscorer

Espanyol Leading Scorers

G Moreno – appearances 16, scored 7, first goal 4
L Baptistao – appearances 15, scored 3, first goal 2
P Piatti – appearances 15, scored 1, first goal 0

Atletico Madrid Leading Scorers

A Griezmann – appearances 13, goals 5, first goals 1
A Correa – appearances 16, goals 4, first goal 3
K Gameiro – appearances 10, goals 3, first goal 2

Espanyol v Atletico Madrid Predictions

Espanyol missed their chance to get back to winning ways in what looked an easy enough match on paper. The draw at Las Palmas followed defeats at home to Girona and away to Eibar and this looks an even tougher assignment. One positive is that having struggled for goals of late, they did score twice in Tenerife.

With Valencia dropping points, Atletico Madrid have emerged as the main challengers to La Liga leaders Barcelona. With El Clasico taking place on Saturday, Atletico Madrid will be in the strange situation of hoping that their city rivals get the win. However, they must do a professional job in this match first.

Los Colchoneros are unbeaten in twenty away matches in La Liga. They are notoriously hard to break down but have defended so well that no team has scored past them for five matches when they have been away from home. This should be a  routine win for the visitors.