Atletico Madrid hosts Lokomotiv Moscow in round 6 of the Champions League group stage. The match will be played on Wednesday, December 11th at Wanda Metropolitano (Madrid)
Atletico approaches this fight with just one victory for the previous eight matches. The men of Simeone obviously have a crisis. They lag five points behind Barcelona in the championship, but the ticket to the Champions League 1/8 finals is almost in their pocket. Madrid must lose this game, and Juventus should lose to Bayer so that Atletico would end up without the 1/8 finals, but it something unreal... Speaking of the not-so-successful segment of the Madrid team, it is worth noting the fact that the team lost only to Barcelona (0-1), and that’s all, so it's too early to bury the Mattress Makers. The away games are not so good because draws replace defeats, and it is a problem for the top team. But now the task is to earn three points in a home match with a modest Moscow team. The Madrid team quite calmly gained a 2-0 victory back in October, although even then Simeone’s problems in away games were observed. Nevertheless, the class of the Mattress Makers is much higher, and they are unlikely to have some difficulties in the home match.
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The winter break will surely help the men of Semin. Atletico’s problems with the results are only the tip of the iceberg compared to Lokomotiv’s nightmare. The team gained only one victory in 10 previous matches, having barely beaten Tambov with a 3-2 score. The mood of Lokomotiv’s fans is just “super festive” before the new year... Now the team has a streak of three defeats in a row, and naturally, one more will be added in Madrid. The Muscovites are seemingly so eager for a vacation that they decided not to play in the last month and completely disgraced in the final round of the calendar year (a 4-0 defeat to Arsenal Tula).
The Madrid team simply must win the upcoming game confidently and pick up a ticket to the 1/8 finals. Atletico was lucky that it would have such a match in the final round because the opponent is in terrible shape. A -1.5 handicap of the hosts should pass quite calmly.
Prediction for the match: Atletico Madrid to win with -1.5 handicap
