Atletico Madrid vs Valencia – La Liga Betting Tips

Atletico Madrid welcomes Valencia to their home stadium for their 21st La Liga match. Atletico Madrid ended last year poorly but started 2022 in good fashion as they are yet to lose a game. They had an impressive 2-0 win over Rayo Vallecano and drew 2-2 to Villareal in an exciting clash. 

Valencia is the opposite of the story as they emphatically ended 2021 but have lost their first 2 2022 La Liga league games. 

While Atletico Madrid is trying to secure their position at the UCL spot, Valencia is not in the top 4 and crawling back. While we don’t know which team would be victorious in this match, here are our tips for the game.

Atletico Madrid Form and Team News

Atletico Madrid struggled greatly last season, and this caused them to slip out of the top 4 for brief periods. However, the results haven’t been all gloomy in all competitions as they failed to beat Atletico Bilbao during their Super Cup clash. 

In 10 of their last 11 games in all competitions, they have won 4, drawn 1, and lost 5. Their bad results have seen them drop out of the title race and struggle to keep their place at the top 4. 

For the team news, Atletico Madrid will be without some players for this game, and they are Savic Stefan, Kondogbia Geoffrey, Llorente Marcos, and Griezmann Antoine. 

Valencia Form and Team News

Valencia, as mentioned previously, ended last year on excellent footing by winning 3 La Liga matches in a row. They have been struggling since the start of 2022 as they have lost 2 straight games in La Liga. However, this minor poor run of results shouldn’t be an overall judging factor because, in 10 of their 11 games in all competitions, they only lost 2 games, drew 1, and won 7. 

Valencia is currently sitting at the 10th position at 28 points too far off the first position and 5 points off the 4th place in the table. They have scored 32 goals in La Liga this season and conceded 32 goals. 

For the team news, Valencia will be missing 4 players for this clash due to injury, and they are Gabriel Paulista, Soler Carlos, Costa Helder, and Gomez Maximiliano.

Odds By Casumo

Atletico Madrid is Casumo’s bookie favorite to win this fixture at 1.44 odds, while Valencia is placed at 7.00 odds. If the match is to be a draw, the odds are 4.00.

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Our Tipsters Angle

Atletico Madrid has been in bad shape, and they know it. Also, that could be why there have been significant improvements in their performances on the pitch and results. They have won their last 2 La Liga games, but this might be on another level against a determined Valencia.

Valencia will be scrapping to avoid defeat as they go into this match because a defeat can spell disaster for them going forward. They have been poor in their last 2 games, but their aim of making the top 4 might be a driving force for them. 

Here are our tips for this match:

Tip 1:  Over 2.5 Goals

La Liga teams changed in terms of goals scored this season. Teams like Atletico Madrid were always defensively sturdy and cautious in attack, limiting the number of goals they scored and conceded in their recent seasons. However, this season has been an exception as their matches have been filled with goals. 

In 10 of the last 11 games played by Atletico Madrid this season, 8 have been over 2.5 goals while Valencia has identical records. Also, checking the H2H, of the last 5 matches played by these teams, 3 of them has over 2.5 goals scored.

At the Casumo Bookie, over 2.5 goals is available at 2.04 odds.

Tip 2:  Both Teams to Score

Like the over 2.5 match bet, we think both teams will find the net. Both teams finding the net is likely to occur in this match because of their recent performances and clashes. Both teams have found the net in 7 of Atletico Madrid’s last 11 games in all competitions. 

Also, both teams have found the net in 8 of Valencia’s last 10 games in all competitions. Checking their H2H, too, 4 out of their 5 games have ended with both teams finding the net. 

For both teams to score, the market option is available at the Casumo Sportsbook for 2.18 odds.

Conclusion

This match is a La Liga classic match which would undoubtedly be exciting. Both teams playing are likely to take their games seriously as they enter the second part of the season. Losing this match will be costly for both teams, and that is why it is hard to see which way this match would go.

However, we think there will be many goals in this fixture, and both teams will likely find the net.  

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