Atletico Madrid and Lokomotiv Moscow meet in a Group A match of the UEFA Champions League. The confrontation will take place on Wednesday, at 20:00, on Wanda Metropolitano.
Atletico Madrid is currently the fittest team in Spain. Madrid occupies the second position in La Liga, three points behind the leader of Real Sociedad, but they also have two less disputed matches. Moreover, Diego Simeone’s team comes after seven matches in a row without failure in all competitions (five victories), and in the confrontation with Lokomotiv it comes after the victory obtained on its own field in front of Barcelona, score 1-0.
Lokomotiv Moscow has a decent run in group A. The Russians drew on the field of Salzburg, score 2-2, a result recorded on their own field, in front of Atletico, but at a different score, 1-1. They also lost to Moscow in front of the leader Bayern Munich, score 1-2. In the previous weekend, Marko Nikolic’s team interrupted a series of six matches in a row without a victory in all competitions (four defeats), by the victory obtained on their own field against Arsenal Tula (1-0), in the championship .
At the moment, this is a direct duel for the second position in group A, and to this fight could be added Salzburg, in case Atletico and Lokomotiv register a new draw. With the advantage of our own land, we expect the people of Madrid to settle this dispute in their favor. Also, we expect at least a goal scored by Joao Felix.
The two bands have met six times so far;
Atletico is undefeated against Lokomotiv, with four wins and two draws;
Madrid occupies the second position in group A, with four points, while the Russians rank third, with two points, both with four goals scored;
In the last direct duel, played in Moscow, it ended in a draw, score 1-1;
Atletico is second in La Liga, three points behind, but also with two less played matches;
Atletico: Oblak – Trippier, Savic, Gimenez, Lodi – Llorente, Koke, Saul, Carrasco – Correa, Felix;
Absent: Sime Vrsaljko, Hector Herrera, Luis Suarez, Lucas Torreira (injured);
Coach: Diego Simeone;
Locomotive: Guilherme – Zhivoglyadov, Corluka, Cerqueira, Rybus – Zhemaletdinov, Krychowiak, Kulikov, Miranchuk – Eder, Luis;
Absent: Fedor Smolov, Boris Rotenberg, Mikhail Lysov, Stanislav Magkeev, Dimitri Barinov (injured);
Coach: Marko Nikolic;
PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1,65
