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Valencia vs Atl. Madrid Prediction & Betting tips
Before Bilbao and Leganes complete the first match day of the Primera Division at 19:00 CET, FC Valencia and Atletico Madrid are in the penultimate game of the match. After Spanish champions FC Barcelona beat Alaves and Real Madrid were challenged against Getafe, runner-up Atletico faces the toughest task of the league’s opening campaign. With the Valencia CF you get to do it with the fourth place in the last season. In order to celebrate a safe opening victory, you would have wished for a lighter first opponent at the Rojiblancos.
Valencia:
After a few years of their own identification phase and the associated “ups and downs” Valencia seems to have gained a foothold again. With fourth place in the preseason made the top three in Spain right fire under the Popo. So Real Madrid had at the end of the season only three points ahead of the team of coach Marcelino. Although it is an ugly title, one can rightly claim that Valencia was “Best of the Rest” in 2017/2018.
In addition, they qualified for the Champions League, which, however, in view of a 20 points behind the Spanish champions, the balance of power again appear in a different light.
In terms of transfer policy, Valencia CF had been quite active. Offensive Zaza and right-back Joao Cancelo were given away. In return, the World Cup participant Denis Cheryshev was contracted and borrowed in addition to the ex-Dortmunder Michy Batshuayi from Chelsea FC. In addition, Kevin Gameiro will be equal to the league start to meet his former employer. Whether this affects the betting odds for the match Valencia against Atletico Madrid, we do not know. It is certain, however, that the motivation against the former club to get a good performance, should be very high.
Atletico Madrid:
On Wednesday, Atletico Madrid was able to prove once again that they will be among the Top 3 again this year. Even before the league start, the Rojiblancos won the UEFA Supercup and thus the first title of the season. However, the icing on the cake was that city rivals Real Madrid had to leave the pitch as losers.
In the last season, Atletico took second place behind FC Barcelona. With a one-point lead you could keep Real at a distance. By re-qualifying for the Champions League you want to take this season probably a “final dahoam” in the sights. However, in such a case, the Rojiblancos would want to have a different outcome than the Bavarians had to suffer in 2012.
To achieve this, a lot of money has been taken in hand. Atletico Madrid hopes to be strengthened by the million-dollar transfers of Thomas Lemar and Gelson Martins. Also contracted were Nehuén Pérez, Rodri, Antonio Adán, Jonny Castro, Santiago Arias and Nikola Kalinić. Fernando Torres, Gabi, Axel Werner, Emiliano Velázquez, Jonny Castro, Šime Vrsaljko, André Moreira and Luciano Vietto had to leave the club.
As with many other top teams from Europe, the International Champion Cup was part of the preparation. While the first game against Arsenal London could be won on penalties, then followed by two defeats against Paris Saint Germain and Inter Milan. In two other friendlies there was a draw against VfB Stuttgart and a victory against Cagliari Calcio from Italy. After this rather mixed preparation, the Rojiblancos made serious again and were ready to play and got the UEFA Supercup as mentioned at the beginning. They defeated Real Madrid 4-2 after extra time. Twice Diego Costa during the regular season and Saul and Koke in extra time were allowed to celebrate as scorers. Although this Supercup was packed with many goals, between Valencia and Atletico Madrid our tip will tend to be that not many goals will be scored in our game.
Valencia vs Atl. Madrid head to head matches
04.02.18 LL Atl. Madrid Valencia 1 : 0
09.09.17 LL Valencia Atl. Madrid 0 : 0
05.03.17 LL Atl. Madrid Valencia 3 : 0
02.10.16 LL Valencia Atl. Madrid 0 : 2
06.03.16 LL Valencia Atl. Madrid 1 : 3