Atletico Madrid vs Levante
Spain – LaLiga
Date: Saturday, 4 January 2019
Kick-off at 17:30 UK/ 18:30 CET
Venue: Wanda Metropolitano (Madrid).
Atletico Madrid host Levante on Saturday evening in La Liga as they look to build some momentum after the winter break to follow up an average first half of the 2019/20 season.
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Diego Simeone's side are currently fourth in La Liga, seven points off leaders Barcelona, while Levante occupy ninth position with 26 points to show from their 18 league matches this term.
No team in the top six has won fewer La Liga matches than Atletico (8) this season, although only Real Madrid (1) boast a better record than the Red and Whites (2) in terms of defeats.
Levante have only won one of their last eight league meetings with Atletico, but the Valencia-based outfit held Simeone's side to a 2-2 draw when they last locked horns in May 2019.
Atletico Madrid vs Levante Prediction Line-Ups
Atletico Madrid vs Levante Head-to-head (h2h)
Teams Atletico Madrid Levante played so far 28 matches.
Atletico Madrid won 16 direct matches. Levante won 7 matches. 5 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 2.75 goals per Match.
Atletico Madrid vs Levante Prediction
Atletico Madrid in actual season average scored 1.48 goals per match. In 8 (61.54%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 4 (30.77%) matches in season 2020 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Levante average scored 1.45 goals per match in season 2020. In 13 (81.25%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 10 (62.50%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Team News
For Atletico, Diego Costa and Dario Poveda are ruled out of the fixture with injuries, while Koke, Vitolo, Stefan Savic, Sime Vrsaljko and Borja Garces are all doubts.
Thomas Lemar has also recently been ruled out with a hamstring injury.
Levante will have Ruben Vezo and Rober Pier out of the game with injuries, but will be hoping that Oscar Duarte, Gonzalo Melero and Ivan Lopez can get fit days before the game. However, they all remain doubtful.