Atletico Madrid vs Leganes Preview & Prediction | 2024-25 Spanish Primera
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It has been a frustrating yet unbeaten start to La Liga for the evolving Atletico Madrid as they now take on a Leganes side that have struggled since promotion last season.
KICK-OFF DATE/TIME: Sunday 20th October, 2024 - UK – 3:15pm / US ET – 10:15am / US PT – 7:15am
HOW TO WATCH ON TV: UK – Premier Sports / US – ESPN have the exclusive rights to La Liga games in the USA, so Atletico Madrid vs Leganes may be televised on one of their affiliated channels
HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: UK – Premier Sports / US – ESPN+
ATLETICO MADRID PREVIEW: TRYING TO CHANGE
Diego Simeone has spent a lot of money once again this summer with over £130 million spent on the likes of Robin Le Normand, Conor Gallagher, Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth as Los Rojiblancos attempt to try and evolve the style of football.
The home team come into this one on the back of a slow-ish start to the campaign in La Liga, despite being unbeaten, with four victories and five draws in their opening nine matches. They also suffered a 4-0 hammering at the hands of Benfica in the UEFA Champions League.
LEGANES PREVIEW: STRUGGLING LEGANES
Last season, Leganes gained promotion to the top-flight of Spanish football once again as champions. The Madrid-based club have managed to keep hold of their exciting coach, Borja Jimenez, despite an indifferent start to this campaign.
Lega have managed just one win in their opening seven matches of the season. They come into this one on the back of a goalless draw against Valencia at Butarque a couple of weeks ago before the international break.
ATLETICO MADRID TEAM NEWS: KEY DEFENSIVE ABSENTEES
Atletico Madrid have quite a few key first-teamers sidelined due to injury such as Robin Le Normand, Cesar Azpilicueta and midfielder Marcos Llorente.
PREDICTED XI (5-3-2): Oblak; Nahuel Molina, Witsel, Jose Maria Gimenez, Lenglet, Javi Galan; Pablo Barrios, Koke, Gallagher; Griezmann, Julian Alvarez
UNAVAILABLE: Le Normand (Injured), Cesar Azpilicueta (Injured), Marcos Llorente (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
LEGANES TEAM NEWS: NAIM GARCIA DOUBT
Leganes have just one injury concern for this weekend’s trip across the Spanish capital to the Metropolitano with Naim Garcia still a doubt for Lega.
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Dmitrovic; Rosier, Jorge Saenz, Sergio, Javi Hernandez; Neyou, Cisse; Juan Cruz, Roberto Lopez, Sergi Altimira; Haller
UNAVAILABLE:
QUESTIONABLE: Naim Garcia (Injured)
ATLETICO MADRID VS LEGANES PREDICTION
As mentioned, Diego Simeone has been wanting to evolve the style at Atletico because the personnel they have is still not perhaps the same sort of ‘Cholismo’ style from around a decade ago. They face a Leganes side that, under Borja Jimenez, like to play a more attacking and fluent style of their own so the likelihood is that this is quite an entertaining match for the neutral in which goals could well be expected.
ATLETICO MADRID VS LEGANES TIP: ATLETICO MADRID TO WIN & OVER 2.5 GOALS
