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Eibar vs Atl. Madrid Prediction & Betting tips
Vice-leader Atletico Madrid is going to visit Eibar this weekend, which this season in its own Ipurua is virtually unbeatable. This time too, the home club undoubtedly smells blood, because visitors have to do without star player Antoine Griezmann.
Eibar:
The season is almost over for Eibar. Thanks to the 1-1 draw last week, a visit to fellow countryman Real Sociedad, the Basques reached the magic limit of forty points, the number of points where you are normally assured of a new season at the highest level.
So Eibar can work towards the last six rounds of this year with a calm feeling. Atletico Madrid-home is of course one of the highlights of the season for the fans, so Eibar will want to show its best side on Saturday afternoon. Los Armeros only had to give in three times in their own Ipurua, but coach Jose Luis Mendilibar has to miss several important forces this weekend. Ivan Ramis, Ruben Pena, Anaitz Arbilla and Pape Diop are normally regular base players, but are currently all in the rag basket.
Atletico Madrid:
Atletico Madrid also only plays for the sporting honor this season. The league title for FC Barcelona is of course only a matter of time, so second place is the maximum attainable this season for the men of trainer Diego Simeone. With six games to go, Los Colchoneros is four points above fellow-villager Real Madrid. If the red and white manage to hold on to second place, they can enter the Spanish Supercopa at the start of the season – an excellent opportunity to start the new season with a prize right away.
However, it is not yet that far. Atletico Madrid plays pretty stiff, and needed a feline rescue of Jan Oblak last week against low-flyer Celta de Vigo (2-0 win) with a 0-0 score to prevent a backlog. In addition, Simeone has to miss his entire vanguard this weekend, as both Diego Costa and Antoine Griezmann have been suspended. Costa nowadays only gets headlines with his misconduct, but of course Griezmann is worth gold for the Madrilenians. Since coming to Madrid in the summer of 2014, Grizzy only had to let go of 23 competition duels. Of those 23 games, Atletico Madrid won only fourteen, so the team could also get pretty hard against Eibar. Also in the back Simeone probably has to puzzle, because there is a good chance that both Diego Godin and Stefan Savic have to let go.
Eibar vs Atl. Madrid head to head matches
15.09.18 LL Atl. Madrid Eibar 1 : 1
20.05.18 LL Atl. Madrid Eibar 2 : 2
13.01.18 LL Eibar Atl. Madrid 0 : 1
06.05.17 LL Atl. Madrid Eibar 1 : 0
25.01.17 CDR Eibar Atl. Madrid 2 : 2