Lokomotiv Moscow vs Atletico Madrid
Lokomotiv Moscow will meet Atletico Madrid in the next match of UEFA Champions League match day two group D, where the match will be held at the RZD Arena. Interestingly this match will be their 4th meeting in history and the 3 previous meetings took place in 2007 and 2018. Lokomotiv Moscow was only able to draw against Atletico Madrid and 2 other matches won by Atletico Madrid.
Of course their meeting in 2018 was a consideration, because they met in the Europa League round of 32. Atletico Madrid successfully became a frightening specter for Lokomotiv Moscow after the first leg was able to embarrass Lokomotiv Moscow with a score of 1-5 then the second leg fell again in Spain 3 goals without reply. Torres, A.Griezmann and Diego Costa are 3 players who contributed to the destruction of Lokomotiv Moscow.
However, even though at Atletico Madrid’s side only Diego Costa was left, last year’s defeat was still very much imprinted on the hosts. Apart from their meeting on the first match day of the Champions League 2 weeks ago Lokomotiv Moscow successfully won full points with the embarrassment of Bayer Leverkusen. As a result the team made by Y. Semin is leading the group D standings, because they are the only team with 3 points.
Meanwhile in the stronghold of Atletico Madrid the first match day drew 2-2 against Juventus, the result was positive because it was behind 0-2 beforehand but it can be equalized. Atletico Madrid and Juventus are actually Group D’s favorite team, because it cannot be denied that only these two teams have good history in this event unlike Lokomotiv Moscow and Bayer Leverkusen. Keeping in mind their meeting 2018 ago and the quality is also different it’s likely that Diego Simeone’s men can win.
Our Prediction: Over 2.5
Odds: 2.25