Comments and predictions for Atletico Madrid vs Espanyol: Home team wins by a large margin
The match between Atletico Madrid vs Espanyol in La Liga takes place at 2:30 a.m. on August 29. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes the performance, makes football comments and predicts the score of this match.
Latest information before the match Atletico Madrid vs Espanyol
Atletico have reported no new injury problems, ensuring that coach Simeone will have the majority of his squad available for Wednesday's home game.
Simeone is likely to make some changes to his squad, with Alex Witsel, Nahuel Molina, Koke and Sorloth all likely to be considered for a starting spot. Gallagher is also pushing for his first start after coming off the bench last weekend.
New signing Clement Lenglet could feature in the squad after completing his loan from Barcelona.
Meanwhile, Espanyol midfielder Edu Exposito continues his recovery from an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Leandro Cabrera was forced to withdraw from Monday's training session due to fitness concerns and will need to be assessed ahead of Wednesday's game. If Cabrera is unavailable, Sergi Gomez could be brought into the heart of Espanyol's defence.
Latest expected lineup Atletico Madrid vs Espanyol
Atletico Madrid: Oblak; Gimenez, Witsel, Le Normand; Llorente, Gallagher, Koke, Lino; Griezmann, Alvarez; Sorloth
Espanyol: Garcia; Tejero, El Hilali, Kumbulla, Gomez, Romero; Kral, Gragera, Milla; Veliz, Puado
Latest football commentary Atletico Madrid vs Espanyol
Atletico Madrid could be dreaming of a serious title challenge after making some notable additions in the summer transfer window. Robin Le Normand and Conor Gallagher have bolstered their respective defences and midfield, while Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth have been brought in to bolster Diego Simeone's attacking options.
After strengthening their squad, Atleti made a promising start to the new season with four points from their opening two games. They came back twice to draw 1-1 with Villarreal and then won 3-0 at Girona with goals from Antoine Griezmann, Marcos Llorente and Koke.
Atleti will now turn their attention to their first meeting with Espanyol since a dramatic 3-3 draw in May 2023, looking to extend their unbeaten run in the head-to-head meetings to six games. Espanyol, who won promotion from the Segunda Division, began the season without last season's top scorer Martin Braithwaite, who left to sign for Gremio. Braithwaite's absence has had a marked impact on Espanyol's attacking output, as they struggled to create goalscoring chances and suffered back-to-back 1-0 defeats to Real Valladolid and Real Sociedad.
Manolo Gonzalez's side will need to work hard to pick up their first points of the season when they travel to the Metropolitano on Wednesday, but they can draw on the 1-1 draw they drew with Atleti in November 2022. Atleti will come into the game with confidence from their impressive win over Girona and will be keen to produce another strong performance at home to maintain their unbeaten record and hand Espanyol a third successive defeat.
Score prediction Atletico Madrid vs Espanyol
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Atletico Madrid vs Espanyolas follows:
- Sportsmole:Atletico Madrid 2-0 Espanyol
- WhoScore:Atletico Madrid 2-1 Espanyol
- Our newspaper predicts:Atletico Madrid 3-1 Espanyol
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