La Liga: Valencia vs Atletico Madrid live
Preview
Atletico Madrid will be looking to make it back-to-back victories in La Liga as the travel to the Mestalla Stadium to take on Valencia today. The match which will be officiated by Cesar Soto with kick off at 15:15 GMT as the 13th round of La Liga matches continue.
The home team, Valencia, have won four, drawn four and lost four of their 12 La Liga fixtures this season, languishing in 10th place on the league table and 6 pts behind the opponents for today. Notwithstanding, Valencia can be dangerous when playing before home fans. They had made a positive start to the season but went on a seven-game winless run in the league between September 19 and October 27 before their recent victory over Villarreal this past weekend. The last time they won against Atletico Madrid was in November 2020 when they won by a goal to nil.
Atletico Madrid are unbeaten in their last four matches in La Liga scoring at least two goals in each of them. They have avoided defeat in their last six visits to Valencia in the La Liga and have never gone seven away without losing against Valencia in the top-flight. Their main objective coming into this season La Liga competition is to defend their title but it has been a mixed start to the campaign for them, as they currently sit at the fourth position with 22 points. Atletico won their last meeting with Valencia by 3 goals to 1 and will be hoping to repeat same.
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Head-to-head
Atletico have won 13 out of their last 26 meetings with Valencia and have drawn in nine games with Valencia losing four games. Their last two meetings have seen both teams pick a win.
Prediction
Valencia have struggled in their recent games with Atletico and Atletico are also desperate to bounce back from their disappointment this past Wednesday in the Champions League. With this, the defending champions are likely to pick up a win at Mestalla in today’s game.
Lineup
Valencia XI: Cillessen; Diakhaby, Guillamon, Alderete, Foulquier, Soler, Racic, Wass, Gaya; Guedes, Costa
Atletico Madrid XI: Oblak; Savic, Gimenez, Hermoso; Trippier, De Paul, Koke, Carrasco; Correa, Suarez, Griezmann
