Atletico Madrid vs Elche Prediction: The home team needs a solid win

Prediction for the match between Atletico Madrid and Elche, which will take place on December 29. Check the team conditions and choose several betting options.

After a series of failures in La Liga and the Champions League, we will remind you that they dropped not only from the Champions League but also from the European Cups in general; Atletico achieved two victories in the Spanish Cup and won a friendly against the club Ponferradina. After the failure in the international arena, it is evident that the capital team will concentrate on domestic tournaments. However, it is difficult to imagine that they can win La Liga, considering the gap of 13 points from the leading Real Madrid. In other words, Atletico will do everything to finish the season in the top 4 of La Liga and win the Spanish Cup. The Madrid team needs to work on their home statistics, while Atletico is only 13th in the division with 8 points after six games.

Elche has an utterly different task for the season than Atletico Madrid, namely, to keep their place in the Spanish elite. And so far the visitors are doing very poorly in this regard. After 14 games, Elche has only 4 points, eight points less than Celta, holding the 17th place. Elche lost their last three matches in the Primera, conceding at least two goals per game. But the visitors have won two Cup games in a row against Alсor and Guadalajara and a friendly against West Bromwich. Elche's away stats are 19th in the division, +0=2-5, 6:18 goal difference. On average, Elche concedes almost 2.5 goals during an away game. Also, note that Elche is quite logically among the five most aggressive teams in La Liga.

Goal difference in La Liga is not even of secondary importance. However, this does not mean that the home team will not try to achieve a confident victory over the championship outsider on Thursday. First and foremost, Madrid needs a sure win because the capital team scored only one point over the last three rounds. Second, a minimal advantage is always the risk of running into a counterattack and losing the essential points. In this round, two direct rivals of Atletico will play with each other, which will motivate the capital club to win over Elche. Also, we noted that Atletico won the last three games against Elche without a score. We won't be surprised if this trend continues.

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