Atletico Madrid vs Espanyol Predictions: Easy win for Atl.

Its Match day three and Diego Simeone's men have won one match and drawn the other. It is still early day but they are looking like value for money this season. They come up against Espanyol who are still to score a goal and register a point in this season's La Liga. 

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Team News

Both Coaches are expected to field similar sides to the ones they fielded in match day two. There is no major injuries or absentees to report.

Atlentico's Predicted Line-up (5-3-2): Oblak; Gimenez, Witsel, Le Normand; Llorente, Gallagher, Koke, Lino; Griezmann, Alvarez; Sorloth

Espanyol's Predicted Line-up (4-4-2): Garcia; Tejero, El Hilali, Kumbulla, Gomez, Romero; Kral, Gragera, Milla; Veliz, Puado

3 Way - Atletico Madrid 31/100

You probably read the headline and thought, that this would be a win on paper. However, that is not the case with this match. Espanyol successfully held Diego Simeone's side to two draws last season. However, Espanyol has struggled coming into this campaign. pre season saw them register one win, two draws and a loss. Their first two games saw them lose narrowly to Real Valladolid and Real Sociedad. Without Martin Braithwaite upfront for Espanyol, they have been unable to find the back of the net and this issue will persist in this match against Atletico Madrid.

Anytime Goalscorer - Julian Alvarez 8/5

Atletico has have a slow start to the season but they are far from a team in desperate position. They picked up all three points against last season's surprise package Girona. They managed to score three goals without reply. Julian Alverez got his first league start for the Madrid side, in front of their home fans. Although he wasn't on the score sheet, you can expect him to find his goal scoring shoes soon.

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