CORDOBA v ATLETICO MADRID – Pick: 2 AH-1 – 04 April 2015

Atletico to recapture road form at Cordoba

International Football Tips

Football – Spain – La Liga

Saturday 4th April 2015 – Kickoff: 1900hrs

Having lost their last nine matches on the trot in the Spanish La Liga, tonight’s hosts Cordoba look to have their work cut out when they entertain high-flying Atletico Madrid.

Nine defeats on the trot exemplify Cordoba’s struggles in the top flight this season as they sit rock-bottom of the Primera Division, and during this miserable sequence of results, they’ve managed just 5 goals in total whilst conceding a total of 18 goals – that’s an average of 2 goals conceded per match overall.

This is not the kind of form you need to have under your belts when playing host to a side that are pushing for Champions League football next season, while Cordoba’s home form has gleaned just the one league win all season in an overall record of  1-6-7  11/18. They’ve also lost their last four home matches on the trot (all by 2-1 results) to Real Madrid, Almeria, Valencia and Getafe.

 

Tonight’s visitors Atletico Madrid meanwhile, have put together a five-match unbeaten run going into tonight’s encounter with wins against Almeria and Getafe and draws with Sevilla, Valencia and Espanyol.

Tonight, they have a great opportunity to take all three points which could overhaul Valencia in third place as well as reduce the five-point deficit on second placed Real Madrid. Atletico’s away form though has yielded just one win from their last five which was a 1-0 win at Eibar.

However, within Atletico’s overall away record of  6-3-4  16/13, they’ve won two of their four matches away at bottom third clubs, and if you combine this with Cordoba’s five defeats in seven home matches at home to top half opposition, the result should be an away win here.

 

So, to sum up, I’ll back Atletico Madrid to win and to cover the -1 line as well, given Cordoba’s poor run of form and very fragile confidence! Could be a 2-0 win for the visitors.

Pick: Atletico Madrid AH-1 @ 1.71 Bet Victor