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Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad will open up this intermediate round in the Spanish La Liga, with the hosts particularly desperate to claim the three points.
Atletico’s 1-0 win against Real Madrid over the weekend will surely give the hosts a massive boost of confidence, but they must be careful to avoid hangover after such a big result and effort. Atleti is left as the only team to challenge Barcelona for the title, but they are 8 points behind them and obviously the chances are slim. Any wrong step by Atletico today and Barca might as well be handed the trophy.
Real Sociedad finally started playing the kind of football they are capable off in the last month. After struggling in the bottom half of the table for most of the campaign, Sociedad won 4 of the last 5 matches to climb up to the 9th place. They are on the back of a 1-1 home draw with Malaga, which ended that 4 game winning streak, but the performance was again pretty solid by Sociedad, as they were the better team in that game.
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Team news & lineups:
Tiago and Savic are out for Atletico, while Carrasco is doubtful. Real Sociedad won`t have Canales, Carlos Martinez and Inigo Martinez in the lineup, but there are also doubts over Agirretxe, Bergara, Navas and Zurutuza.
Atletico Madrid: Oblak – Juanfran, Godin, Gimenez, Filipe Luis – Niguez, Fernandez, Gabi, Koke – Griezmann, Torres
Real Sociedad: Rulli – Elustondo, Gonzalez, Reyes, Yuri – Pardo, Illarramendi, Prieto – Vela, Jonathas, Oyarzabal
Atletico is obviously the deserving favorite here, but this is a tricky game that could end up not being easy at all. Sociedad is a good side in terrific form, they are confident and will meet an Atleti side which put on a huge amount of effort to get that winning result a few days ago at Santiago Bernabeu.
Atletico is not exactly known for winning by large scores anyway, so I doubt that Real Sociedad will get blown out here. A 1 goal win for the hosts seems like the most likely scenario considering the circumstances, so I will take a risk on this bet for a potential great return of investment. My tip is Atletico to win by 1 goal (draw on the -1 European Handicap market). Prediction: Atletico Madrid – Real Sociedad 2-1.
Pick: Atletico -1 EH – Draw (Atletico by 1 goal)
Odds: 3.47 @ 18Bet
Stake: 5
Possible profit: 12.35
Event date: 1 March
