Prediction: Atletico Madrid to win 3-0
Best Odds: 18/1
Elche and Atletico Madrid will face each other in La Liga this week. The match between Eder Sarabia’s side and Diego Simeone’s team will be held at Estadio Martinez Valero and is scheduled to kick off at 6pm UK time on Wednesday.
Elche
Elche are a modest club in Spain whose main aim is to stay in La Liga. They were playing in the Segunda Division last season and won promotion to the top flight of Spanish football after finishing second in the standings.
Eder Sarabia’s side are struggling in La Liga at the moment. Elche are currently third from bottom in the standings with 32 points from 31 matches, a point behind 17th-placed Alaves.
Elche will head into the La Liga match against Atletico Madrid at home on the back of a 1-0 victory over Valencia in front of their fans in the league. It came after a 1-0 defeat to Rayo Vallecano on the road in La Liga, which followed a 2-1 win against Real Mallorca at Estadio Martinez Valero in the league.
Team News:
Elche are likely to line up in a 3-4-1-2 formation against Atletico Madrid. Matias Dituro will be in goal for the home team and will have Buba Sangare, David Affengruber and Leo Petrot in front of him in defence. Jose Antonio Morente, Aleix Febas, Gonzalo Villar and Germen Valera will be the four midfielders. Martim Neto will be deployed in attacking midfield. Rafa Mir and Andre Silva will be the two centre-forwards.
Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid are one of the biggest clubs in Spain and regularly compete for La Liga and the UEFA Champions League. Diego Simeone’s side finished third in the league last season and have reached the semi-finals of Europe’s premier club competition in the 2025-26 campaign.
Los Rojiblancos are currently fourth in the La Liga table with 57 points from 31 matches, four points behind third-from-bottom Villarreal. The league is over for Atletico, who are now focused on winning the UEFA Champions League, where they will face Arsenal in the semi-finals.
Atletico will head into the La Liga match against Elche away from home at Estadio Martinez Valero this week on the back of a defeat to Real Sociedad in the final of the Copa del Rey. Simeone’s side lost to Barcelona 2-1 at home in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final tie last week, but they still progressed to the semi-finals 3-2 on aggregate.
Team News:
Atletico Madrid are likely to line up in a 4-4-2 formation against Elche. Juan Musso will be in goal for the Spanish club and will have Nahuel Molina, Marc Pubill, Robin Le Normand and Matteo Ruggeri in front of him in defence. Giuliano Simeone, Marcos Llorente, Koke and Ademola Lookman will be the four midfielders. Antoine Griezmann and Julian Alvarez will lead the line for Atletico.
Key Factors to Consider
- Elche has won 2 of their last 6 La Liga matches.
- Elche has lost 3 of their last 6 La Liga matches.
- Atletico Madrid have lost their last 3 La Liga games.
- Atletico Madrid have won 3 of their last 6 La Liga games.
- Atletico Madrid have scored 51 goals and conceded 32 goals in 31 La Liga games this season.
Conclusion
Elche are third from bottom in La Liga at the moment, and it is hard to see them troubling Atletico Madrid. Although Atletico have not been in great form in the league in recent matches, Diego Simeone’s side should still have more than enough to ease past Elche in this particular La Liga match.
Prediction: Atletico Madrid to win 3-0
Best Odds: 18/1
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