ATLÉTICO DE MADRID 3 - 0 VALENCIA CF | HIGHLIGHTS LALIGA EA SPORTS
ATLÉTICO DE MADRID 3 - 0 VALENCIA CF | HIGHLIGHTS LALIGA EA SPORTS
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00:00Atletico will begin matchday number 5 in 3rd place and 4 points off 1st place Barcelona.
00:06Los Rojiblancos are unbeaten, with 8 points from 12.
00:10Draws with Villarreal and Espanyol were combined with wins over Girona and Athletic Bilbao.
00:16Atletico have scored 6 goals and conceded just 2 times in La Liga.
00:21The 2 goals allowed by Atletico were against Villarreal on opening day.
00:25Diego Simeone's team has not allowed a goal in the last 3 matches.
00:30Are Atletico back to their defensive best?
00:33Valencia have scored just 3 goals in 4 games.
00:37It is not the lowest number of goals in La Liga despite Valencia being bottom of the table.
00:42Los Che have allowed 7 goals.
00:45Losses to Barcelona, Celta Vigo and Athletic Bilbao started the season before Valencia were able to get a 1-1 draw at Mestalla against Villarreal on matchday number 4.
00:55The last 3 La Liga matches between these clubs were won by the home team.
01:00In fact, all 3 of those matches were 1-0.
01:04Last season, Valencia claimed a win at Mestalla 3-0, while Atletico won at the Metropolitano 2-0.
01:118 of Atletico's last 9 home matches versus Valencia ended in wins.
01:16Meanwhile, Valencia failed to claim a win in their last 11 La Liga fixtures.
01:21How good has Atletico's defence been at the end of last season and start of this campaign?
01:26They kept 7 clean sheets in their last 9 La Liga fixtures.
01:30Atletico spent heavily in the off-season to acquire attack-minded players.
01:35However, with just 6 goals in 4 games, those attacking players are yet to hit the heights expected of them.
01:41Veteran Atletico player Marcos Llorente has 2 goals.
01:45New signing Alexander Sorleth has found the back of the net one time.
01:50Summer signing Julian Alvarez has failed to score or tally an assist.
01:55Simeone has used a 3-4-2-1 formation.
01:59Sorleth could start against Valencia after Alvarez began the win against Athletic Bilbao.
02:05Valencia's Hugo Duro has 2 goals for the club this season.
02:09Diego Lopez added the only other goal Valencia have scored in 2024-25 La Liga play.
02:16Manager Ruben Barraja will use a 4-2-3-1 formation.