Valencia vs Atletico Madrid Prediction: Betting on the guests

Saturday pool of the fifth round of the Spanish Football Championship will continue the match between Valencia and Atletico, in which bookmakers favor the club from Madrid. The capital team is in the Champions League competition, while, Levantians after two starting victories lost the next two matches and dropped into the middle of the La Liga standings.

Valencia started the La Liga tournament with a 2:1 win over Sevilla and a 1:0 win over Las Palmas. It was a great start, but the continuation did not follow. The Levantines on their home field first lost to Osasuna 1:2. Then, on the road, they lost to Alaves 0:1. Before the start of the fifth round, they occupied 11th place in the standings of La Liga, had 6 points with a goal difference of 4:4. It should be noted that the average number of goals scored in matches involving Valencia is exactly two.

Unlike Valencia, Atletico Madrid has played only three games in La Liga and never lost. Victories over Granada 3:1 at home, Rayo Vallecano 7:0 away, and a 0:0 draw in Sevilla against Betis. Before the fifth round, the asset of Madrid, 7 points, was in fourth place and behind the leading Real Madrid at five points with one game in reserve. In the match against Rayo, Madrid played with a 1-5-3-2 formation with strikers Griezmann and Depay.

Valencia has become a convenient opponent for Atletico in recent seasons. Madrid has beaten the Levantines in three head-to-head meetings and five matches out of the last six. Also note the fact that Valencia, before the international break, lost two matches to Alaves and Osasuna, far from the top Spanish clubs, and the guests beat Rayo Vallecano 7:0 at Vallecas. Before Madrid for the season are the maximum tasks in La Liga, the fight for the title, and Atletico is already behind the leading Real Madrid by five points, however, having in reserve one game. Madrid is going to Valencia for a victory, and there is no doubt about it, so the first bet is W2. As for the total, we do not expect a very productive match. The capital team has an excellent defense, one of the best in Europe, and Valencia, with its two goals per game on average, can hardly be called a top team.