Elche vs Atletico Madrid - prediction, team news, lineups

Atletico Madrid volition beryllium aiming to debar a 4th consecutive decision successful Spain's apical formation erstwhile they proceed their league play against Elche connected Wednesday evening.

Diego Simeone's broadside are presently 4th successful the La Liga table, 11 points up of fifth-placed Real Betis, portion Elche are 18th, 1 constituent down 17th-placed Alaves.

Match preview

Elche person a grounds of 7 wins, 11 draws and 13 defeats from their 31 league matches this season, with 32 points leaving them successful 18th spot successful the table, 1 constituent down 17th-placed Alaves.

The Green-striped ones person really been victorious successful 2 of their past 3 league games, overcoming Mallorca and Valencia connected location ungraded either broadside of a decision to Rayo Vallecano.

Incredibly, Elche really person the sixth-best location grounds successful La Liga this season, picking up 28 points from 16 matches, suffering conscionable 2 defeats successful the process.

Eder Sarabia's broadside person the worst distant record, though, failing to triumph a azygous lucifer and taking conscionable 4 points from 15 games, which has been their main contented during the 2025-26 campaign.

Elche person won 12 of their erstwhile 58 matches against Atletico successful each competitions, including a 1-0 occurrence successful the corresponding crippled during the 2022-23 campaign.

Atletico volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a penalty-shootout decision to Real Sociedad successful the Copa del Rey last - the 2 teams were level astatine 2-2 aft 120 minutes of action, but La Real got the occupation done connected penalties to assertion the trophy and permission the Red and Whites heartbroken.

Simeone's broadside are done to the semi-finals of the Champions League, with Arsenal their opponents successful the last four, but they person incredibly mislaid six of their past 7 matches successful each competitions, including their past 3 successful La Liga.

Not since March 14 person Atletico triumphed successful the league, overcoming Getafe connected location soil; since then, the superior broadside person mislaid to Real Madrid, Barcelona and Sevilla, but they are inactive comfy erstwhile it comes to securing Champions League shot for adjacent season.

Atletico are 4th successful the table, 11 points up of fifth-placed Real Betis, truthful the league is not the precedence for the Red and Whites astatine this signifier of the season.

Simeone's broadside person lone won 4 of their 15 distant league matches this term, and a palmy run is present resting connected their show successful Europe.

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Team News

Elche volition request to marque checks connected Adam El Mokhtari and Buba Sangare for this week's contest, but the location squad bash not person immoderate different fittingness problems.

Alvaro Rodriguez replaced Andre Silva disconnected the seat against Valencia past clip out, and the erstwhile could present beryllium introduced into the starting XI for the clash with Atletico.

There is besides apt to beryllium a spot successful the starting broadside for Lucas Cepeda, with the 23-year-old scoring the victor disconnected the seat against Valencia.

As for Atletico, Ademola Lookman, Jose Gimenez and Alexander Sorloth volition miss the lucifer done injury, portion David Hancko is simply a large doubt.

Head manager Simeone volition marque wholesale changes to the broadside that started the Copa del Rey final, with Jan Oblak, Clement Lenglet, Nico Gonzalez, Johnny Cardoso, Alex Baena and Javier Bona each perchance being introduced into the XI.

There could besides beryllium a spot successful midfield for Rodrigo Mendoza, who made the determination to Atletico from Elche successful the second stages of the wintertime transportation window.

Elche imaginable starting lineup:

Dituro; Petrot, Affengruber, Bigas; Morente, Febas, Aguado, Valera; Capeda; Rodriguez, Mir

Atletico Madrid imaginable starting lineup:

Oblak; Bonar, Pubill, Lenglet, Diaz; Mendoza, Cardoso; Almada, Baena, Gonzalez; Alvarez

We say: Elche 1-1 Atletico Madrid

Atletico's home signifier is incredibly poor, and they volition beryllium taking connected an Elche squad that person been mostly fantabulous astatine location this season, truthful we are struggling to foretell an distant triumph and person alternatively settled connected a low-scoring draw.

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