Unbeaten Valencia have the chance to prove that they can be strong enough to compete with the three giants of Spanish football when they face reigning champions Atletico Madrid on Saturday. Nuno Espirito Santo's team have made a great start to the season, going six matches unbeaten in the league. Valencia are currently second in the Primera Liga table.
Atletico will surely threaten the home side's unbeaten record as coach Diego Simeone is starting to see his players return to their best form. Atletico are on their own unbeaten run and are level on points with Valencia before the match. The Spanish champions grabbed a solid 1-0 win over Italian champions Juventus in the Champions League this week. A win for Atletico at Valencia would put further pressure on current league leaders Barcelona.
There might be just one change for Atletico compared to the Juventus match, with Antoine Griezmann in line to replace Saul Niguez. Valencia's coach Santo will most likely field the same starting eleven that played last week against Real Sociedad.
Probable starting line-ups:
Valencia: Alves - Mustafi, Otamendi, Barragan, Fuego - Gaya, Gomes, Parejo, Rodrigo, Gil - Alcacer
Atletico: Moya - Juanfran, Miranda, Godin, Ansaldi - Tiago, Koke, Griezmann, Garcia, Turan - Mandzukic
My prediction: Atletico to win 2-1.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Valencia win - 7/4 Draw - 11/5 Atletico win - 8/5
galata86 9 years ago
I was right. Tough away match for atletico and they lost. This year won't be that great for atletico and they have a weaker team than last year and barca and real are stronger. But I predict third or even fourth place for atletico becouse this year they will lost a lot of points against small teams special on road
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cris1285 9 years ago
I hope Atleti will loose some points... They didnt play good football this year, not even for a minute. But they beat almost everyone. They know how to kill others play. Valencia is good this year, enjoy to watch them playing, so i expect a draw.
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galata86 9 years ago
Another great derby this weekend. And for me is strange to see that atletico is favourite on valencias stadium. I remmember period of Mista, albelda, baraja, villa where valencia was favourite agains almos all teams even real or barca... but it is different time. But no metter how strong atletico is I think that will be...
Another great derby this weekend. And for me is strange to see that atletico is favourite on valencias stadium. I remmember period of Mista, albelda, baraja, villa where valencia was favourite agains almos all teams even real or barca... but it is different time. But no metter how strong atletico is I think that will be hard to win for them and I think that valencia can pull at least draw
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Snoop 9 years ago
This will be great game, Valencia is back, they are ready for big things this season, Valencia is playing good on start of season, but this is the real test, we will get answer on question, can they play against three best clubs in country, Atletico is one of favourites for title, they have good team, Valencia is little...
This will be great game, Valencia is back, they are ready for big things this season, Valencia is playing good on start of season, but this is the real test, we will get answer on question, can they play against three best clubs in country, Atletico is one of favourites for title, they have good team, Valencia is little favourite, because game will be played on their field, but Atletico is always better in hard games, so everything is possible in this game...
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