Atletico Madrid v Arsenal Betting Tips – ICC, 26th July 12.35pm
Both Arsenal and Atletico Madrid will be taking their first steps into International Champions Cup action during midweek. The two European giants meet up out in Singapore where they will both play two games before heading back to Europe.
Atletico Madrid News and Form
These two met up in the Europa League semi-finals last season in a high profile contest and Atletico Madrid came out on top. There hasn’t been much activity at all from Atletico Madrid in the summer transfer market and their World Cup stars are still on a break. Last season Atletico finished second in La Liga while going on to win the Europa League title against Marseille. So they had a good season and they have tied down some of their big stars like Antoine Griezmann so they will be carrying on in their usual way under Diego Simeone. This could be a pretty entertaining game and we are going over 2.5 goals at bet365 for 4/5 odds* (Betting Odds were taken on July 24th, 2018 at 11:40 p.m.). These friendly games, especially played out in unfamiliar conditions, are unpredictable at best, but we are looking for goals. After their meeting with the Gunners, Atletico will face PSG still in Singapore before going off to face Inter Milan on home soil for their final action in the International Champions Cup.
Arsenal News and Form
Arsenal have been busy going through their summer of transition under new boss Unai Emery. The new head coach has been addressing some clear problems that were in the side last season, having bolstered the defence by bringing in Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Lucas Torreira. The Gunners have also brought in a new keeper Bernd Leno to challenge Petr Cech as well as Matteo Guendouzi. They also picked up Stephan Lichtsteiner on a free as well. Arsenal have shed some weight from the club and now it is the job of Emery to fill in the gaps and try to make the London club a major force once again. Both teams to score in this International Champions Cup match is at 4/6 odds* (Betting Odds were taken on July 24th, 2018 at 11:40 p.m.). Even though this is just going to be friendly action for Arsenal, this is an important summer to try and get a winning mentality back at the club. It’s also going to be a crucial time in getting the new players integrated into the set up. Arsenal are not going to be at full strength either for this game, resting World Cup 2018 players. Arsenal will face PSG out in Singapore after this before facing Chelsea in Dublin on August 1st.
Atletico Madrid v Arsenal Head to Head
Last season’s semi-final meeting in the UEFA Europa League are the only two fixtures these have played against each other. The first leg ended as a 1-1 draw at the Emirates, with Atletico Madrid winning the second leg at home 1-0.
Atletico Madrid v Arsenal Betting Odds*
Arsenal 5/4
Atletico Madrid 21/10
Draw 12/5
* (Betting Odds were taken on July 24th, 2018 at 11:40 p.m.)
Atletico Madrid v Arsenal Predictions
Arsenal to win: The Gunners have a fresh looking squad and they may have enough in them, in terms of depth to go and get themselves a nice win to start the summer with. It’s a tough game to call of course with no idea of energy levels and starting eleven, but we are backing the Gunners.
