Elche vs Atletico Madrid Prediction

Form Guide

Atletico Madrid's recent sample shows thirteen wins from twenty matches across all competitions, with just five defeats, and they've won four of their last five games including Champions League fixtures against Manchester United and a draw at Stuttgart. That's a side scoring freely and rarely slipping up.

Elche: 20 completed matches; Atletico Madrid: 20 completed matches.

Elche

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

45% 9 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

27

Conceded

28

Difference

-1

Atletico Madrid

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

35

Conceded

25

Difference

+10

Elche's broader form sample is far more even, five wins, nine draws and six losses, but the last few weeks have actually brought some decent results, including away wins and tight draws against Villarreal and Celta Vigo. It's not the form of a team collapsing, even if the overall numbers are modest.

Elche's underlying form has steadied recently even though results elsewhere in the season have been poor.

Comparative Team Statistics: Elche vs Atletico Madrid

Head-to-Head

Atletico have dominated this fixture historically, with multiple heavy wins stretching back over a decade. But the most recent meeting bucked that trend, Elche winning 3-2 at home back in April, and the one before that was a 1-1 draw.

Older results don't tell us much about current form, but that last home win shows Elche aren't automatic pushovers in this specific matchup.

The historical record favours Atletico heavily, but Elche have found a way to compete in recent meetings.

League Positions

The table tells a clear story here. Atletico sit second with twenty-two points from nine games, built on seven wins and only one defeat. Elche are down in eighteenth with just seven points from the same number of matches, having won only once.

That's a big gap in output, and it lines up with how each side has performed defensively too, Atletico conceding just eight goals compared to Elche's seventeen.

Players to Watch

Fer Niño has been Elche's main source of goals, with five in seven matches, and Tete Morente has chipped in three assists in the same span, so a lot of their attacking threat runs through those two.

Elche:

Best scorers:

Fer Niño - 5

Best assist providers:

Tete Morente - 3

Penalty cards:

F. Redondo x 1 x 1

Atletico Madrid:

Best scorers:

Álex Baena - 4

J. David - 3

Best assist providers:

G. Simeone - 2

Penalty cards:

Robin Le Normand x 1

For Atletico, Álex Baena has four goals in seven games and Giuliano Simeone has added two assists, giving them a reliable scoring outlet beyond just one player. Worth noting too that Elche's Redondo has picked up a red card in just five matches, a discipline flag worth watching.