On Sunday afternoon, Elche hosts Atletico Madrid at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero as the visitors look to seal second place in La Liga this season.
Elche form guideAfter a genuinely woeful campaign in the Spanish top flight, the home team has already been relegated to the Segunda. They head into this game after just one win in their last nine matches in La Liga, having suffered seven defeats in their previous eight outings in the Spanish top flight.
Elche ended a five-game winless home run by recording a 4-0 win over Rayo Vallecano. However, Sebastian Beccacece’s team have suffered defeat in four of their previous six league games on home soil.
Atletico Madrid form guideDiego Simeone’s team are on an excellent recent run of form in La Liga, having won nine of their last ten games in the Spanish top flight. The good recent run of form has moved Atletico up to second place in the table, a point above third-place arch-rivals Real Madrid.
Atletico’s recent good form has been based on their superb attacking play of late in the Spanish top flight, as the visitors have scored at least two goals in five of their last six matches in La Liga.
The Colchoneros have a strong recent away record in the Spanish top flight, having won five of their last seven league games on their travels. Their recent away games in La Liga have been low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in seven of their previous nine league games on their travels.
Latest team newsElche will be without Jon Alamo, Jose Angel Carmona and Omar Mascarell through various injury issues. Atletico have a host of likely injury absentees, including Reinildo, Jan Oblak, Marcos Llorente, Stefan Savic and Memphis Depay.
What am I backing?Atletico are in top form going to Elche, and I am backing the visitors to continue their recent good league form.
