Atletico Madrid will look to return to winning ways in La Liga when they entertain Celta Vigo at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano on Saturday evening.
Diego Simeone’s side solidified their title credentials by battling their way to a 1-1 draw away at city rivals Real Madrid last weekend, on a night where our man Andy delivered a clean sweep of winners.
That stalemate coupled with Barcelona’s 4-1 win away at Sevilla means that just two points currently separate the top three sides in the table.
Seeking to fulfil their own end of the bargain in the title race this weekend, Atleti will look to put Celta Vigo to the sword on Saturday evening.
Claudio Giraldez’s side are treading water around mid-table, though they did record a 3-2 win over Real Betis last weekend.
However, it’s worth noting that was just the Sky Blues' first league victory in five, which doesn’t bode well for their trip to the capital.
How the bookies view it: Atleti on easy street
Atletico Madrid are understandable 2/5 favourites on Boylesports to bank all three points on Saturday evening.
Celta Vigo are as big as 6/1 to emerge from the Metropolitano victorious, while the draw is also considered unlikely at 10/3 with the same bookmaker.
Head to head: History favours the hosts
Atletico Madrid have dominated this fixture in recent years, triumphing in each of their previous seven La Liga meetings with Celta Vigo.
Simeone's side earned a narrow 1-0 win away from home in this season’s reverse fixture and the same scoreline here can be backed at 11/2 on Boylesports.
Players to watch: More joy for Julian?
Julian Alvarez scored his 17th goal of the season away at Real Madrid last weekend. The Atletico Madrid attacker is an attractive 49/50 on UniBet to either score or assist on Saturday evening.
Celta Vigo will look to Iago Aspas for inspiration. The experienced forward has scored six times across his 16 appearances in La Liga this season.
Predicted line-ups
Atletico Madrid should have a clean bill of health for the visit of Celta Vigo, however Simeone is expected to stick with the same set of players that held Real Madrid to a 1-1 draw last weekend.
Celta Vigo will be unable to call upon the services of injured duo Franco Cervi and Hugo Alvarez.
Atletico Madrid: Oblak; Llorente, Gimenez, Lenglet, Galan; Simeone, De Paul, Barrios, Lino; Griezmann, Alvarez
Celta Vigo: Guaita; Rodriguez, Dominguez, Alonso; Mingueza, Beltran, Sotelo, Carreira; Aspas, Duran, Losada
Anything else catch the eye?
With Atletico Madrid too short to support as a single selection, instead look to them to come out on top alongside under 3.5 goals at a much more attractive price of 11/10 on Boylesports.
This bet would have paid out in 11 of the hosts’ 14 wins in La Liga this season so far – one of which was away from home against Celta Vigo.
What’s more, this combination has clicked in seven of the Sky Blues’ last eight defeats in the Spanish top-flight, making a repeat here worthy of support at an odds-against quote.
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