Atletico Madrid vs Girona - prediction, team news, lineups

Atletico Madrid volition beryllium aiming to marque it successive wins successful Spain's apical formation erstwhile they invited a Girona squad that are inactive successful information of being relegated from La Liga this season.

Diego Simeone's broadside are 4th successful the La Liga table, 3 points down third-placed Villarreal, portion Girona are 15th, 1 constituent up of 18th-placed Mallorca.

Match preview

Atletico returned to winning ways connected Tuesday evening, beating Osasuna 2-1, with the effect leaving them 4th successful the array connected 66 points, 3 points down third-placed Villarreal.

The Red and Whites person lone finished extracurricular of the apical 3 successful Spain's apical formation erstwhile since 2011-12, portion Simeone's broadside person been obscurity adjacent the rubric this term, truthful it has been a disappointing run from a home constituent of view, particularly arsenic they were besides beaten successful the last of the Copa del Rey by Real Sociedad.

Atletico person secured Champions League shot for adjacent season, and they volition beryllium aiming to extremity their La Liga run with victories implicit Girona and Villarreal, which could beryllium capable to assertion 3rd successful the part up of the Yellow Submarine.

Simeone's team, who were beaten by Arsenal successful the semi-finals of the Champions League, person picked up 43 points from their 18 location league matches this season.

Earlier this season, Atletico recorded a 3-0 triumph implicit Girona successful the reverse match, and the Red and Whites person present won their past 4 games against Sunday's opponents.

Girona person lone beaten Atletico connected 1 erstwhile occasion, with that occurrence proving to beryllium a 4-3 triumph connected location ungraded successful January 2024.

Seven of the past 8 meetings person been won by Atletico, showing the size of the task for Girona successful this match, and the Catalan outfit are not yet harmless from the menace of relegation.

Michel's broadside volition participate this crippled disconnected the backmost of a 1-1 gully with Real Sociedad, with the effect leaving them 15th successful the table, 1 constituent extracurricular of the relegation zone.

There are conscionable 3 points separating 13th-placed Osasuna from Levante successful 19th - truthful overmuch volition alteration aft the adjacent gameweek, and Girona are surely 1 of the teams vulnerable, with their last lucifer of the play against Elche perchance being crucial.

The White and Reds incredibly finished 3rd successful La Liga successful 2023-24, but they were 16th successful 2024-25 and are present facing the anticipation of being relegated from Spain's apical flight.

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Team News

Atletico volition beryllium without the services of Jose Gimenez, Nahuel Molina and Johnny Cardoso owed to wounded problems, portion Pablo Barrios, Nico Gonzalez, Julian Alvarez and Giuliano Simeone each request to beryllium assessed up of kickoff.

The Red and Whites volition besides beryllium missing Marcos Llorente, with the Spain planetary suspended owed to the reddish paper that helium was handed against Osasuna past clip out.

Alexander Sorloth's extremity disconnected the seat against Osasuna could spot him travel into the side, portion Alex Baena could besides start, having served a one-game suspension.

As for Girona, Juan Carlos, Vladyslav Vanat, Portu and Marc-Andre ter Stegen are each retired of the contention this play owed to wounded problems.

Donny van de Beek is making fantabulous advancement successful his betterment from an Achilles injury, but this lucifer is expected to travel excessively soon for the erstwhile Manchester United midfielder.

Cristhian Stuani has scored doubly successful his past 2 appearances for Girona, and the 39-year-old could present beryllium introduced into the starting broadside connected Sunday evening.

Atletico Madrid imaginable starting lineup:

Oblak; Pubill, Le Normand, Hancko, Ruggeri; Mendoza, Vargas; Lookman, Griezmann, Baena; Sorloth

Girona imaginable starting lineup:

Gazzaniga; Martinez, Frances, Reis, Moreno; Witsel, Beltran; Tsygankov, Ounahi, Roca; Stuani

We say: Atletico Madrid 2-0 Girona

It is simply a large inquire for Girona to triumph distant astatine Atletico, and though the Red and Whites person not been successful the champion of form, we are expecting a location occurrence to hap connected Sunday.

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