Atletico Madrid vs Espanyol Live Stream & Tips - Atletico to Win to Nil in La Liga

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Last updated: 28 Aug 2024

Eddy Tora 28 Aug 2024

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Espanyol have lost to nil in their last 2 matches
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Atletico have won 3 of their last 4 home games against Espanyol (Getty)

Atletico Madrid vs Espanyol Preview

Atletico Madrid are coming off a 3-0 win against Girona and Espanyol haven’t scored in their return to La Liga. Diego Simeone’s side should be too good here and get it done with a clean sheet.

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Stats
Head to Head
Atletico Madrid Form
Atletico Madrid Injuries & Team News
Espanyol Form
Espanyol Injuries & Team News

Stats

Atletico Madrid have won to nil in 2 of their last 3 matches (La Liga).
Atletico Madrid have won 3 of their last 4 home matches against Espanyol.
Espanyol have lost to nil in their last 2 matches.

Head to Head

Atletico Madrid have a 96-53 advantage against Espanyol with 34 draws in 183 matches.

Atletico Madrid Form

Atletico Madrid finished fourth in La Liga last season, five points behind Girona and 19 points behind champions Real Madrid.

Diego Simeone remains in charge, guiding his side to a 2-2 draw at Villarreal to start the new campaign. They fell behind twice, Marcos Llorente and Alexander Sorloth on both occasions.

Atletico returned to Madrid where they beat Girona 3-0 after having 1.42-0.60 expected goals. Antoine Griezmann opened the scoring and assisted Llorente, Koke coming off the bench to score in added time.

Atletico Madrid Injuries & Team News

Simeone has a full strength squad with Alex Witsel, Koke, Conor Gallagher and Alexander Sorloth hoping to start.

Clement Lenglet has been signed on loan from Barcelona and waits for an opportunity.

Marcos Llorente has scored in Atletico’s opening two games this season.

Espanyol Form

Espanyol finished fourth in the Segunda Division last season. They came through the promotion play-offs, defeating Sporting Gijon in the semi-finals and Real Oviedo in the final.

The Barcelona club have failed to score in two defeats in their return to La Liga. They lost 1-0 at Real Valladolid where they created 0.52 expected goals.

Espanyol are coming off a 1-0 defeat to Real Sociedad where they created 1.80 expected goals. Strikers Alejo Veliz and Javi Puado had seven shots between them without finding the net.

Espanyol Injuries & Team News

Centre-back Leandro Cabrera has a calf injury and midfielder Edu Exposito remains out after suffering a cruciate ligament injury.

Sergi Gomez could replace Cabrera in central defence.

Verdict

Atletico Madrid v Espanyol

Atletico Madrid beat Girona 3-0 on Sunday and Espanyol haven’t scored in La Liga this season. This should be a comfortable victory for Diego Simeone’s side who can win to nil.

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