Atletico Madrid take on the visitors Rayo Vallecano in the round 10 match of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Tuesday, October 18th at Metropolitano Stadium (Madrid).
Atletico have a rather mediocre start of the season. This is especially noticeable in the Champions League. It seems that the experienced Spaniards fell into a fairly comfortable group. But for the time being, they can only take credit for a victory over Porto with ultra-late goal. But after that there was a defeat to Bayer and only 1 point in 2 rounds with Brugge. In the domestic arena, things are not so bad. There, Cholo-Team never lost points twice in a row, moreover, they won most of the meetings. But there were failures with potential competitors: defeats to Villarreal and Real Madrid, a draw with Sociedad. In this regard, the victory over Athletic came in the right time. At the beginning of the 2nd half, Antoine Griezmann scored the only goal there. But until the French agreed with Barcelona, Diego Simeone was forced to use the star only for the last half hour.
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Rayo Vallecano had a memorable last season. Then, having made it to the Example only through the playoff sieve, Andoni Iraola's wards were able to stay in the Champions League 4th position in the winter. Then they switched to the Copa del Rey. The newcomer of the elite division calmed down only after the defeat in the cup semi-finals. Now, it seems, the team does without such "swings". The start turned out to be successful: 0-0 with Barcelona, a victory over Espanyol. Then, as a rule, they managed to replenish their team "piggy bank" with points in their own arena. Losing in other matches, the capital project gave out 2-1 in Madrid with Valencia and Elche. In the last round, on October 14, the team held a derby against Getafe. In some ways, this meeting ended with no goals at all, but for Rayo this point can also come in handy in the end.
Since 2002, Rayo Vallecano has beaten a more status opponent only once. And all 6 recent head-to-heads brought only Atlético victories. Bookmakers believe that there will not be much intrigue here. Atlético are simply much stronger than their neighbor, so it's worth taking a closer look at the offer in the form of a victory of Los colconers over Rayo Vallecano with a handicap of "-1 goal".
Prediction for the match: Atletico Madrid to win with -1.0 handicap.
