Atlético Madrid beat champion Vallecano, Sevilla are not easy to get Valencia in La Liga battle

Spanish La Liga Football Preview

Tuesday 18 October 2022

Atlético Madrid (3) – Rayo Vallecano (10)

Time: 02.00 Live broadcast: bein sports 3

Stadium: Civitas Metropolitano

Atlético Madrid

Coach Diego Simeone’s “Bear Brand” army showed the same form in the league following storming to grab 3 points from Athletic Bilbao to reach the place of 1-0 and pass up to 3rd in the table.

This game has to wait to assess the fitness of Jan Oblak, the number one goalkeeper who was injured from the game once morest Bilbao, but it is expected that Cholo should rest and send Evo Gerbiz down to the post instead.

In the defensive line, should use the same set to play, with Stefan Savic and Jose Chimenez standing at the center, while the right-back is Nauel Molina and the left side Renildo.

Midfield has adjusted three positions on the right wing to send Angel Correa, while the left side uses Yannick Carrasco and center duo Axel Witsel to return to the starting lineup, joining forces with Koke.

The offensive game also relies on Antoine Griezmann to pair the net with Alvaro Morata next in line with Sergio Reguilon, Felipe Augusto and Marcos. Lorente is still all dead.

Rayo Vallecano

Andoni Iraola, boss Rayo Vallecano has yet to return his players to good form following only drawing 0-0 at Getafe last Friday.

The latest readiness will be lacking, but Andres Martin is only in recovery. The rest were uninjured.

The organization of the army comes in a 4-2-3-1 system. The back panel follows from right-back Iban Balliou, the centre-half pair is Florian Lejeune with Alejandro Catena and left-back Fran. Garcia

Midfielder position Oscar Valentin coordinates Unai Lopez, in the front, there is Oscar Trejo in the playmaker, flanked by Easy Palason and Alvaro Garcia and used Radamel Falcao is in charge.

Players expected to enter the field

Atletico Madrid (4-4-2) : Ivo Gerbiz – Nauel Molina, Stefan Savic, Jose Chimenez, Renildo – Angel Correa, Koke, Axel Witsel, Yanni Carrasco – Antoine Griezmann, Alvaro Morata

Trainer: Diego Simeone

Rayo Vallecano (4-2-3-1) : Stole Dimitrevski – Ivan Balliou, Florian Lejeune, Alejandro Catena, Fran Garcia – Oscar Valentin, Unai Lopez – Easy Palazon, Oscar Trejo, Alvaro Garcia – Radamel Falcao

Trainer: Andoni Iraola

Results of past encounters

Day/Month/Year List Competition Result

19/03/22 La Liga Rayo Vallecano 0-1 Atletico Madrid

02/01/22 La Liga Atletico Madrid 2-0 Rayo Vallecano

16/02/19 La Liga Rayo Vallecano 0-1 Atletico Madrid

26/08/18 La Liga Atletico Madrid 1-0 Rayo Vallecano

30/04/16 La Liga Atletico Madrid 1-0 Rayo Vallecano

Performance of the last 5 matches

Atlético Madrid

15/10/22 won Athletic Bilbao 1-0 (away) La Liga

12/10/22 Draw Club Brugge 0-0 (home) CHP.

08/10/22 won Girona 2-1 (home) La Liga

04/10/22 lost to Club Brugge 0-2 (away) CHP.

01/10/22 won Sevilla 2-0 (away) La Liga

Rayo Vallecano

14/10/22 Draw Getafe 0-0 (home) La Liga

08/10/22 lost to Almeria 1-3 (away) La Liga

03/10/22 won Elche 2-1 (home) La Liga

22/09/22 lost to Fuenlabrada 0-1 (away) friendly match

17/09/22 lost to Athletic Bilbao 2-3 (away) La Liga

Sevilla (14) – Valencia (8)

Time: 00.00 Live broadcast: bein sports 3

Stadium: Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan

Sevilla

New Sevilla manager Jorge Sampaoli earned his first win since coming into charge following a 1-0 win over Real Mallorca on Saturday.

Latest availability, Sampaoli, no further problems. But it is expected that there may be a slight adjustment of the army from the winning game.

The three defensive lines are still Gonzalo Montiel, Tanguy Naingsu and Marcao as before, but the two wing-backs switch to Jose Angel Carmona and Marco. S Akunya plays

Midfielder throws Jandan to squeeze Rakitic into the game once morest Nemanja Goodel, while the attacking game puts Oliber Torres and Isco Alargon to support Casper. Dolberg is the front target.

In the case, Fernando, Karim Reiki and Jesus Corona are still injured and are not ready to help the team.

Valencia

Gennaro Gattuso, the coach of the “Bat”, has yet to maintain his own standards following only drawing at the bottom of the table, Elche 2-2 in the weekend’s league game.

The condition of the team in this game will be Muktar Diakabi and Marcos Andre are out of the ban, but in the case of Samu Castillejo and Yaome Domenek are still injured, not ready to play.

Under the 4-3-3 system, the defender is Georgie Mamardashvili, while the defensive game Diagabi will return to pair with Gabriel Paulista in the center back position.

The midfield panel sent Hugo Guillamon down to coordinate Andre Almeida and Ilash Muriba, while the offensive line put Hugo Duro in front of the target, flanked by Justin Kluivert and Sa. Muel Lino

Players expected to enter the field

Sevilla (3-4-2-1) : Yassin Bono – Gonzalo Montiel, Tongi Naengsu, Marcao – Jose Angel Carmona, Joan Jondan, Nemanja Gudelj, Marco. S Acuña – Olivier Torres, Isco Alargon – Kasper Dolberg

Trainer : Horke Sampaoli

Valencia (4-3-3) : Georgi Mamardashvili – Thierry Gorea, Gabriel Paulista, Muktar Diagabi, Jose Gaya – Andre Almeda, Hugo Giyamon, Ilash Muriba – Justin Kluivert, Hugo Duro, Samuel Lino

Trainer: Gennaro Gattuso

Results of past encounters

Day/Month/Year List Competition Result

19/01/22 La Liga Valencia 1-1 Sevilla

22/09/21 La Liga Sevilla 3-1 Valencia

12/05/21 La Liga Sevilla 1-0 Valencia

27/01/21 Copa del Rey Sevilla 3-0 Valencia

22/12/20 La Liga Valencia 0-1 Sevilla

Performance of the last 5 matches

Sevilla

15/10/22 won Real Mallorca 1-0 (away) La Liga

11/10/22 Draw Dortmund 1-1 (Away) Champions League

08/10/22 Always Athletic Bilbao 1-1 (home) La Liga

05/10/22 lost to Dortmund 1-4 (home) Champions

01/10/22 lost to Atlético Madrid 0-2 (home) La Liga

Valencia

15/10/22 Draw Elche 2-2 (home) La Liga

07/10/22 won Osasuna 2-1 (away) La Liga

02/10/22 Draw Espanyol 2-2 (away) La Liga

17/09/22 won Celta Vigo 3-0 (home) La Liga

10/09/22 lost to Rayo Vallecano 1-2 (away) La Liga