In this week 3 match on the 29th of August, Valencia and Atlético Madrid will play a match in Valencia in a meeting of these two evenly matched La Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Valencia recorded a 0-1 loss against Athletic Club. Alex Berenguer scored the first goal for Athletic Club in the 42nd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Valencia couldn’t muster any offence and Athletic Club ran away with the shutout win. Valencia is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while atlético Madrid is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Villarreal. Jesus Pino Santos struck first for Villarreal in the 73rd minute, then Gerard Moreno added another in the 7th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Pedraza In the end, Atlético Madrid was frustrated by Villarreal’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Villarreal ended the match with the shutout victory. Atlético Madrid is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Atlético Madrid won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Both Rodrigo De Paul and Morata have been the hottest scorers for Atlético Madrid in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Both Hugo Duro and Carlos Soler have been the hottest scorers for Valencia in the last five each having scored 2 goals each
Gayá, Gabriel Paulista and Eray Cömert are unavailable to play for Valencia, while Atlético Madrid will be without Felipe and José Giménez.