Atletico Madrid v Athletic Bilbao

Admin (Mon-Pari-Sportif.com)  - I like Atletico Madrid. I don’t mean I’m a fan, I mean I like the team and the way they play. I reckon it wouldn’t take much to see them battle with the likes of Real and Barca. Probably a bit more consistency…

Anyway, the Madrid outfit takes on Basque club Athletic Bilbao on Sunday, only a few days after their disappointing 1-0 defeat to Diouf’s Bolton, with the most likely win to bounce back and more importantly please their fans who have not witnessed victory in the league on home soil since January 13th. Cup games put aside, the Madrid team lost 0-2 at home against rivals Real, then drew 1-1 against lowly Murcia (back to my consistency point above!).

No doubt Vicente Calderon will be expecting a good result tomorrow night, against a Bilbao side which travel to Madrid without Murillo, Tiko and Aitor Ramos, and that hasn’t won against Atletico since 2004.

Atletico Madrid have a real powerhouse in attack, and their scoring stats are impressive in comparison to the ones from Bilbao (38 scored vs 20 for the14th placed visitors).

Verdict: The hosts need the points for their CL berth. Forlan, Garcia(s), Simao & co to give their local fans something to be pleased about.  Asian Handicap on the Madrid side (-1.0 @ 2.12).

Atletico Madrid v Athletic Bilbao