Elche vs Atletico Madrid
La Liga
8:30 pm UK
Wednesday,11th May 2022
Martinez Valero
Predictions
Atleti, despite being the bookies’ favourites to win the contest, is on a three match losing streak on the road. Furthermore, the club has just five wins and eight losses in their last 14 away fixtures. Hence, I have backed Elche with a handicap in their favour.
Neither team has scored a lot of goals in recent games. Nor do they have the necessity to go full on attack in this fixture as both teams are fighting for the UCL/survival. Hence, expect a low scoring game.
Elche vs Atletico Madrid: Betting odds.
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Asian handicap: +1.25 Elche @ 1.63 odds.
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Under 2.25 goals @ 2.07 odds
Predicted lineups
Elche
Badia; Barragan, Mascarell, Bigas; Fernandez, Guti, Gumbau, Palacios; Perez, Carrillo, Milla
Atletico Madrid
Oblak; Vrsaljko, Savic, Gimenez, Lodi; Llorente, Koke, De Paul, Carrasco; Correa, Griezmann
Elche vs Atletico Madrid: Pre match conference
Atletico Madrid manager, Diego Simeone: “The league isn’t finished yet, there are three very important games left. We are focused on the game against Elche, a team that has competed very well since their coach’s arrival. It will be a tough, difficult game, which we will have to take to where we think we can do damage.
“I just ran into him (Felix) while on my way to talk to you all. I asked him how he was, and I saw him really wanting to be with the team. Hopefully, we can have him against Sevilla (on Sunday).”
The coach of Elche, Francisco Rodriguez: “It is a difficult and complicated game against one of the best rivals in the category that is looking for a place to play the Champions
“Our only objective is to try to get the three points. It is impossible not to know what happens in other stadiums.
“If we win, we don’t have to look anywhere or think about anyone else.
“We have done a good job, but it is not finished. I want all the points from here to the end. But because of work and ambition”.
