Espanyol vs Atletico Madrid, 22:15 March 29: 'Hungry Tiger' hunts prey

Prediction Espanyol vs Atletico Madrid

In two weeks, Atletico's goals have slipped away from them. Diego Simeone's team lost to Getafe in La Liga, were eliminated from the Champions League by Real Madrid and most recently lost at home to Barcelona. At this point, Atletico have completely lost the title race.

The red half of Madrid has been widened to 7 points by Barca in the leading position. With the current situation, Atletico has very little chance of winning the championship. They can only aim to win all the remaining matches and wait for Barca and Real to stumble. Tonight, Espanyol is an easy opponent for Atletico to find joy again.

Espanyol is currently ranked 15th on the table. In the last 5 matches in La Liga, Espanyol has only won 1, drawn 2 and lost 2. The only support for Espanyol is the home field advantage. And in all other aspects, Atletico is clearly the upper hand.

A win against Espanyol is of great significance to Atletico at this time. Not only winning to maintain their position in the top 3 of La Liga and continue to compete for the championship, Atletico needs to regain their spirit after a series of crisis matches. Immediately after that, Atletico will face Barca again in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-finals.

Another bad result, Simeone and his students will raise the white flag in La Liga.

Form, head to head record Espanyol vs Atletico Madrid

In the last 5 meetings, Atletico did not win against Espanyol. However, Simeone and his team cannot underestimate their opponents, because in the last 3 matches between Atletico and Espanyol, the results were all draws. When visiting Espanyol, in 3 matches, Atletico only won 1 and drew 2.

This season, Atletico were also held to a 0-0 draw at home by Espanyol. Atletico's bad luck when facing Espanyol is still something difficult to explain. Statistics show that matches between the two teams often have few goals, or have a narrow winning score.

Team information Espanyol vs Atletico Madrid

Espanyol are without Jose Gragera. Atletico are without Angel Correa through suspension. Both Gragera and Correa are substitutes, so their absences are not a big deal.

In terms of squad, Atletico is at a disadvantage, as their key players have just returned from the national team training camp, including many players who flew a long way from South America. Just a few days later, Atletico will face Barca, so coach Simeone will definitely have to rotate the squad to conserve energy.

Expected lineup:

Espanyol: Garcia, Hilali, Kumbulla, Cabrera, Romero, Carreras, Kral, Gonzalez, Lozano, Puado, Fernandez.

Atletico: Oblak, Llorente, Lenglet, Normand, Azpilicueta, Simeone, Barrios, Gallagher, Lino, Sorloth, Griezmann.

Score prediction: Espanyol 0-1 Atletico.

Huong Ly

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