Almeria vs Atletico Madrid Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 24th February 2024

Struggling Almeria are in for a tough assignment, when going up against Atletico Madrid this coming Saturday at Power Horse Stadium. With a string of mediocre performances, at best, it would be astounding to see the former take anything from this encounter.

Sitting bottom of the table, Almeria have claimed eight points after 25 rounds, while Atletico Madrid have amassed 51 points. This places the latter as number four in the La Liga at the moment.

Almeria are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Atletico Madrid but odds don't favour them to pull it off.

Almeria are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net seven times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.7 goals per game, as they conceded 15 goals. They managed three clean sheets in these matches.

Atletico Madrid travel to their next away match this coming Saturday having performed a tolerable average of 1.8 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 18 goals, whilst shipping 12 goals against. An average of 1.2 goals against a game. They hung on to four clean sheets in this streak.

Atletico Madrid beat Almeria twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 2-1 and 2-1, respectively.

Almeria vs Atletico Madrid Prediction

Almeria Form

Almeria claimed two points in their previous three matches, where they lost 2-1 against Valencia. They took a point in a0-0 draw with Athletic Club, before also drawing 1-1 with Granada. Almeria did not win any of their last six La Liga matches at the Power Horse Stadium. They came through these matches with a record of four draws and two defeats, in which they conceded six and scored one goals.

Atletico Madrid Form

In their previous three outings, Atletico Madrid lost 1-0 against Sevilla, beat Las Palmas 5-0 and lost 1-0 against Inter. Atletico Madrid managed to win just once in their past six away games in the La Liga. On top of winning once they also drew one as well as losing four, while scoring nine time and letting in five.

Atletico Madrid are in for a win this coming Saturday, but at Power Horse Stadium we expect Almeria to put up a fight and limit the expected defeat.

Almeria fought their way to zero wins and two points from their last nine games against teams inside the top six. They were on target nine times in these matches, but also let in 22 goals. Atletico Madrid won seven of their previous eight encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the La Liga. They scored 14 and conceded five goals and collected 21 points. Almeria have a record of zero wins, eight draws and 17 defeats in the La Liga this season. Atletico Madrid are looking at 16 wins, three draws and six defeats in the La Liga.

Almeria vs Atletico Madrid Squads

Almeria Squad

Garitano will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Atletico Madrid from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season):

Diego Marino (0/1), Fernando Martinez (0/2), Luis Maximiano (0/22), Aleksandar Radovanovic (0/2), Alex Centelles (0/6), Bruno Langa (0/2), Cesar Montes (0/13), Juan Brandariz (0/21), Lazaro (0/14), Marc Pubill (1/11), Martin Svidersky (0/0), Alejandro Pozo (0/17), Dion Lopy (0/23), Edgar Gonzalez (2/21), Gonzalo Melero (0/21), Iddrisu Baba (0/20), Jonathan Viera (2/10), Lucas Robertone (0/21), Luka Romero (0/0), Marcos Pena (0/0), Sergio Arribas (6/25), Adrian Embarba (0/23), Anthony Lozano (0/9), Ibrahima Kone (0/8), Largie Ramazani (3/23), Leo Baptistao (4/19), Luis Suarez (4/10), Marko Milovanovic (0/8), Rachad Fettal (0/0).

Atletico Madrid Squad

Below is the full team squad of Atletico Madrid. The manager Simeone will pick his starting XI against Almeria from these players:

Antonio Gomis (0/0), Bernabe Barragan (0/0), Horatiu Moldovan (0/0), Jan Oblak (0/25), Cesar Azpilicueta (0/16), Gabriel Paulista (0/19), Jose Gimenez (0/16), Mario Hermoso (0/21), Nahuel Molina (2/22), Reinildo (1/5), Stefan Savic (0/14), Arthur Vermeeren (0/2), Axel Witsel (1/24), Koke (0/22), Marcos Llorente (6/25), Pablo Barrios (0/15), Rodrigo De Paul (0/22), Rodrigo Riquelme (2/21), Saul Niguez (0/24), Thomas Lemar (0/3), Vitolo (0/0), Alvaro Morata (13/22), Angel Correa (6/20), Antoine Griezmann (11/24), Marcos Paulo (0/0), Memphis Depay (5/15), Samuel Dias Lino (3/21).

Almeria vs Atletico Madrid Team News

Almeria might be looking at three missing players for their upcoming assignment against Atletico Madrid.

Cesar Montes, Luis Suarez and Ibrahima Kone nurses various injuries and won't take part for Almeria against Atletico Madrid at Power Horse Stadium.

Atletico Madrid have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of the match this coming Saturday against Almeria.

Atletico Madrid need to do without Alvaro Morata, Jose Gimenez, Cesar Azpilicueta, Marcos Paulo, Thomas Lemar and Vitolo, who are not fit enough to travel to Power Horse Stadium.

Almeria vs Atletico Madrid Lineups

Almeria vs Atletico Madrid H2H

Atletico Madrid won 2-1 and 2-1 in the two most recent meetings with Almeria, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage. All in all, Atletico Madrid have a fine reading on Almeria in previous seasons with a 5-3-2 advantage going into this match. The bookies have Atletico Madrid to win this match at best price odds of 7/10.

Almeria vs Atletico Madrid Results

Of the last ten encounters between Almeria Atletico Madrid over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 8/11 with bookies.

Almeria vs Atletico Madrid Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the La Liga, Edgar Gonzalez will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Atletico Madrid hope Memphis Depay can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three La Liga goals in his last six La Liga games.

Almeria are without a win in their previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, but they drew six of these. They suffered four defeats as well. Atletico Madrid won three of their previous 10 away games, while drawing one and losing six. Almeria should feel good about scoring this coming Saturday, since Atletico Madrid managed a clean sheet only once in their previous 10 away games. The hosts fought their way to four clean sheets in their previous 10 matches played at home.

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Almeria managed an average of 1.1 goals, with Atletico Madrid averaging 1.6 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet six times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Almeria, who scored an average of 0.7 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for Atletico Madrid, who managed to score 1.6 times in those matches.