Deportivo La Coruna vs Atletico Madrid – La Liga – Preview

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Sreya

Deportivo La Coruna vs Atletico Madrid – Atletico Madrid travel to Riazor on 2nd March, Thursday to face Deportivo La Coruna in a La Liga fixture.

Atletico Madrid are fifth in the league standings with forty five points, twelve points behins Barcelona who climbed to the first position after Real Madrid’s draw with Las Palmas. Atletico Madrid lost 2-1 to Barcelona in their last league outing.

Deportivo La Coruna have struggled all season and are now seventeenth with nineteen points. The home side are battling relegation and are in desperate need for points, having lost their last four matches on the trot.

Team News

Raul Albentosa is suspended while Celso Borges is a doubt. Atletico Madrid will be without the suspended Saul Niguez and the injured Augusto Fernandez and Tiago.

Deportivo La Coruna Possible Starting Lineup: Lux, Juanfran, Arribas, Sidnei, Navarro, Mosquero, Santos, Gil, Cola, Kakuta, Adnone.

Atletico Madrid Possible Starting Lineup: Jan Obak, Vrsjalko, Stefan David, Diego Godin, Felipe Luis, Angel Correa, Kole, Gabi, Yannick Carrasco, Kevin Gameiro, Antoine Griezmann.

“Deportivo has good football players and that makes it complicated. Deportivo’s results don’t reflect their play. They are an enthusiastic team with quality players like Colak and Florin Andone that are fast and work well together.

We must be mentally balanced. Not too happy when we win, nor in a very bad state when things don’t go as we wished.”

– Diego Simeone, Atletico Madrid.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Deportivo La Coruna vs Atletico Madrid H2H Stats, Atletico Madrid have won four and drawn two of their previous six matches with Deportivo La Coruna.

In fact, Atletico Madrid are undefeated in their last eleven matches against Deportivo La Coruna in all competitions.

Atletico have kept a clean sheet in five of their last seven matches with Deportivo La Coruna and are the favorites tonight.

Atletico Madrid are likely to win 2-0 tonight.