Comments and predictions for Atletico Madrid vs Valencia: The away team is lackluster
The match between Atletico Madrid vs Valencia in La Liga takes place at 2:00 a.m. on September 16. Nghe An Newspaper compiles statistics, analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score of this match.
Latest Atletico Madrid vs Valencia squad information
Atletico midfielder Pablo Barrios will be out for three weeks with a muscle injury picked up while training with Spain U21s.
Defender Reinildo Mandava also has injury problems from international duty but could be fit for the weekend. Goalkeeper Jan Oblak, who missed the win over Athletic due to illness, will return for Sunday's game.
Cesar Azpilicueta, Rodrigo De Paul, and Alexander Sorloth are expected to start, while Julian Alvarez could be benched.
Valencia have announced disciplinary action against Rafa Mir following his arrest over alleged sexual assault. Mir has been banned for two matches and could be out of the squad for longer.
Coach Baraja is without four injured players: Jaume Domenech, Mouctar Diakhaby, Hugo Duro, and Jose Gaya. Gaya could be out for at least another month. Dani Gomez, who recently broke his nose, is expected to wear a mask for the first start of the season.
Latest expected lineup Atletico Madrid vs Valencia
Atletico Madrid:
Oblak; Le Normand, Gimenez, Azpilicueta; Llorente, Koke, De Paul, Lino; Griezmann, Gallagher; Sorloth
Valencia:
Mamardashvili; Correia, Mosquera, Tarrega, Vazquez; Guillamon, Pepelu; Lopez, Almeida, Rioja; Gomez
Latest football commentary on Atletico Madrid vs Valencia
Atletico Madrid entered the weekend in impressive form, sitting third and four points behind Barcelona. They had two wins and two draws in their first four games. After drawing with Villarreal, beating Girona 2-0, and holding Espanyol to a goalless draw, Atletico finally got their first away win of the season thanks to Angel Correa's goal against Athletic Bilbao.
Under Diego Simeone, Atletico have kept three consecutive clean sheets and are yet to concede in the second half this season. They have also kept clean sheets in their last two home games against Valencia, winning 3-0 and 2-0.
Valencia, on the other hand, finished tenth last season and have struggled with just one draw and three defeats in their opening four games. They started the season with three straight defeats and only picked up their first points with a 1-1 draw at Villarreal. Valencia are also winless in their last 15 away games against Atletico.
With good form and home advantage, Atletico are expected to continue their unbeaten record and win three points this weekend.
Score prediction Atletico Madrid vs Valencia
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Atletico Madrid vs Valenciaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Atletico Madrid 2-0 Valencia
- WhoScore:Atletico Madrid 1-0 Valencia
- Our newspaper predicts:Atletico Madrid 2-0 Valencia
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