Atletico Madrid-Espanyol is a match valid for the third day of La Liga and is played on Wednesday at 9:30 pm: odds, prediction, live TV and streaming.
Atletico Madrid wants to return to prominence in the Spanish La Liga and has shown it with an ambitious market, which brought in dowries of absolute depth players such as Alvarez, Le Normand, Gallagher and Sorloth. “Cholo” Simeone meanwhile is starting to get the first important answers from the field as well and the bombastic 3-0 thrashing on Sunday against last season’s revelation, Girona, is to be understood as an important show of strength as well as a message to the two title pretenders, Barça and Real.
The Colchoneros in the first two games shined mainly from the offensive point of view, scoring 5 total goals. Against the Catalans we also saw some progress in their own half of the field, as in the opener against Villarreal the defense had looked a bit ballistic (2-2). In the first midweek round, Simeone will try to take advantage of the field factor again and take another three points against an opponent as well within reach as Espanyol, which is right back upstairs after a season in the Segunda Division.
For the Barcelona club, it has been a truly traumatic start: Manolo Gonzalez’s men have suffered two defeats in two, and most worryingly, they have done so without managing to score a single goal (1-0 against both Real Valladolid and Real Sociedad).
In Atletico Madrid, all new signings should start from 1′, including former Chelsea midfielder Gallagher. Up front Alvarez and Sorloth will play as a pair.
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The Prediction
Implausible that Espanyol will be able to trouble a confident Atletico Madrid side that has drawn new blood from the market. The Colchoneros are also likely to keep their goal unbroken.
The likely lineups for Atletico Madrid-Espanyol
ATLETICO MADRID (5-3-2): Oblak; Marcos Llorente, Witsel, Giménez, Le Normand, Reinildo; Koke, Gallagher, Griezmann; Julián Álvarez, Sörloth.
ESPANYOL (3-4-3): Joan García; Omar El Hilali, Kumbulla, Brian Oliván; Tejero, Gragera, Král, Carlos Romero; Puado, Irvin Cardona, Alejo Veliz.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-0
