La Liga
Espanyol fulfilled their main goal of staying in the elite league last season, upon their return. The team relied on their home games and even took points from Real and Atletico on their own turf. Specifically against Atletico, they only lost one of their last six home games. They did not lose any friendlies over the summer and also brought in some new names in an attempt to improve their performance.
Atletico Madrid was active again in the transfer marketLast summer, Atletico spent a lot of money on new signings, but still could not seriously compete for the title. This summer, Simeone and his team were once again active in the market. For example, Rodrigo de Paul left, but they brought in Alex Baena from Villarreal, Thiago Almada from Botafogo, Jonny Cardoso from Betis, David Concha from Feyenoord, Giacomo Raspadori from Napoli, and Mateo Ruggeri from Atalanta. Overall, there are new players in every line.
Prediction: under 2.5 goalsIt is possible that Espanyol could once again cause problems for Atletico at home. "The Budgerigars" have quite a few new names in their squad and Simeone hopes they will help him compete for the title this time. We will have to see if that happens, but at this stage, I would simply choose under 2.5 goals in the match against Espanyol.
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