Atletico Madrid – Real Sociedad. Alexander Vishnevskiy’s prediction

The kings of Madrid are back. Atletico defeated Real Madrid for the third time in a row in La Liga and now they are back to their fans to bring them joy again.

But it will not be a bed of roses. Real Sociedad got 13 points in their last five games. Asier Illarramendi, Aritz Elustondo and Jonathas are back from their suspension, but Inigo Martinez, the centre-back is suspended now.

All of Atletico Madrid players are able to play and only the fatigue after the derby match can get in their way to win. But the upcoming game is quite essential because of the serious conflict between the fans of these teams. And Atletico Madrid players know that they must set themselves up in a special way.

I back Atletico to win here, but the odds on a straight win are too low – 1.50. But we can add here total match goals under 3.5 and enlarge the odds to 1.85.

Atletico Madrid always play carefully: they score not many goals and are pretty solid in defense. This year they can set an all-time record of the wins to nil in Spain. They didn’t concede any goals in their last four games, but scored just two in them. So I expect them to win safe with a no goal show. You can go for Atletico win to nil, but I wouldn’t leave out the possibility of 2:1 score.