Eibar vs Atletico Madrid
Spanish LaLiga
Date: Saturday 7th January, 2017
Kick-off: 15:15 UK
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Ipurua, Eibar.
Middling club SD Eibar (6-5-5, 23 points) will look to snap a three-game winless slide as they square off with perennial contenders Atletico Madrid (8-4-4, 28 points) in a 2016-2017 La Liga season match scheduled on Jan. 7, Saturday at the Ipurua Municipal Stadium.
Eibar has been winless in the past three rounds following a two-game winning run in the previous two games. The team is currently in the eighth spot of the La Liga table, three games behind seventh-place squad Athletic Bilbao and five points below sixth-running team Atletico Madrid.
Los Armeros has settled to a 1-1 tie with 10-man squad Leganes on the road at the Butarque Municipal Stadium on Dec. 18 for their second straight drawn match, via ESPN.
The hosts opened the scoring in the 23rd minute with a right-footed shot from the center of the box by Spanish striker Miguel Angel Guerrero. However, Leganes goalkeeper Iago Herrerin was sent off three minutes later due to a hard foul.
Eibar head coach José Luis Mendilibar's side then found the equalizer in the 76th minute with a goal by Portuguese striker Bebe off an assist by defender Antonio Luna.
Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid snapped a two-game winless run by nipping middling club Las Palmas, 1-0, at their home ground of Vicente Calderón Stadium on Dec. 17, Goal reported.
Spanish midfielder Saul Niguez scored the winning goal of the contest for head coach Diego Simeone's squad one minute before the hour-mark with a left-footed shot from outside of the box.
It was only the second win for Los Colchoneros in their last six matches as they are currently settled sixth in the overall standings, nine points below current league leaders Real Madrid and only a point behind fourth and fifth-place squads Villarreal and Real Sociedad.
Eibar vs Atletico Madrid: Head-to-Head Stats
Atletico normally did not have any troubles in matches with Eibar having won each of the previous six head to head encounters. The last season saw Atleti taking two easy wins with two goals difference, but we doubt in the similar scenario this Saturday, when the teams will take on each other for the ninth time in history.
Eibar vs Atletico Madrid: Prediction
We can easily see the hosts netting here since they managed to find the net in nine out of ten home games. Knowing that Atletico’s defensive line is nowhere near the level from the last couple of seasons, we must take the BTTS bet as the number one pick, set at 21/20 odds!
The braver punters can chase the draw at 5/2 because the hosts are anything but a naïve team in this season.
Eibar vs Atletico Madrid: Betting Tips
Both Teams to Score at 11/10 (2.10)
Draw at 11/4 (3.75).
