Atletico Madrid vs Valencia
Atletico Madrid will host Valencia in the Jornada La Liga 34. Atletico Madrid cannot lose if they do not want to see Barcelona celebrate the La Liga title this season in Jornada 34.
Atletico Madrid’s chances of winning the La Liga this season are almost closed. With the remaining 5 Jornada left, Atletico Madrid are now 9 points behind Barcelona at the top of the table. Not only that, Atletico’s goal difference with Barcelona is also very far adrift. Barcelona can even be confirmed as La Liga champions this season if Atletico Madrid lose at the hands of Valencia.
Barcelona will win if they can beat Deportivo Alaves and Atletico Madrid lose to Valencia in the middle of this week. Atletico Madrid clearly did not want this to happen. Although their chances are almost closed, at least Atletico Madrid must be able to provide more weight for Barcelona to climb the championship podium this season.
The return of Antoine Griezmann to Diego Simeone’s squad will also add to the strength of ATM in this duel. The duet with Alvaro Morata on the front lines of the host increasingly made a sharp attack built by Los Colchoneros. Last week, the French striker had to miss the match against Eibar at the opponent’s base due to the accumulation of yellow cards. Despite winning with a score of 0-1, Atletico found it difficult to break into the opponent’s goal. They just scored a goal in the 85th minute through a pass from Thomas Lemar.
While Valencia has another mission in this fight. Los Che is eyeing tickets for the upcoming 2019/2020 Champions League qualification. Until the 33rd week, Marcelino Garcia Toral’s squad had collected 52 points, a two-point difference from the safe zone to compete in one of the most elite events in Europe.
The victory will lead Ezequiel Garay and colleagues to get 55 points and shift the position of Getafe which is ranked fourth. Whereas Los Azulones themselves will play a pretty heavy game in the Madrid derby to host Real Madrid at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez.
Important capital has been pocketed by Valencia. They were able to win in the last match against Real Betis with a score of 1-2 at the opponent’s base. Goncalo Guedes, the player who scored two goals in the match, admitted that serving Atletico Madrid would be a difficult duel.
Our Prediction: 1
Odds: 1.85