Week 8 brings us a match on Oct 8th where Atlético Madrid will host Girona at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano in a clash of the La Liga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Atlético Madrid recorded a 0-2 loss against Club Brugge. Kamal Sowah scored the first goal for Club Brugge in the 36th minute, then Ferran Jutglà added another in the 62nd minute on a feed from Tajon Buchanan In the end, Atlético Madrid couldn’t muster any offence and Club Brugge ran away with the shutout win. Atlético Madrid is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 13th placed Girona, recorded a 3-5 loss against Real Sociedad. Alexander Sørloth scored the first goal for Real Sociedad in the 8th minute, then in the 23rd minute, Aleix García sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Rodrigo Riquelme , but fortunately for Real Sociedad it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
Girona’s most prolific scorer has been Arnau Martinez. The Spanish defender has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Unai Núñez and Yannick Carrasco are the top scorers for Atlético Madrid in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Atlético Madrid will be without Thomas Lemar, Felipe, Hermoso, Reguilón and José Giménez, while Girona will be without David López, Kebe, Ramon Terrats Espacio, Iván Martín and Sanchez Munoz.