La Liga | Atletico Madrid vs. Espanyol - prediction, team news, lineups | Preview

Introduction [Music] Contents La Liga Atletico Madrid versus espanol prediction teen news lineups preview Atletico Madrid will look to maintain their unbeaten start to the season when they play host to Espanol in Wednesday's La Liga contest the newly promoted visitors are waiting to get off the mark after beginning the campaign with back-to-back defeats match preview Atletico Madrid may have aspirations of mounting a serious title challenge after making several notable additions in the summer transfer window Robin L norand and Connor Gallagher have strengthened the defense and Midfield respectively while Julian Alvarez and Alexander slith have been recruited to boost Diego simeone's forward options having bolstered their squad atleti have made an encouraging start to the new season collecting four points from their opening two matches they came from behind on two occasions to take a point off vrl at the estadio de la before they produced a dominant home display in Sunday's game against Jona with antoan Griezmann maros ente and kooch getting on the score sheet in a three to zero Victory atleti will now turn their focus to their first meeting with espanel since being involved in an entertaining 3 to3 draw in May 2023 and they will be looking to extend their unbeaten run in head-to-head meetings to six matches espanol spent just one season in the second tier after they won the saganda division playoffs to return to La Liga at the first time of asking unfortunately for the parakito they have entered the season without the services of last season's saganda division top scorer Martin brawe who departed upon the xre of his contract before signing for Grio on a free transfer braith weight's absence has been evident in espanol's first two matches with the newly promoted side struggling to offer a real goal threat in consecutive one to zero defeats they fell to a narrow loss in their opening game against fellow newly promoted side Real vea Lead before real sadads take Kubo scored an 80th minute winner to condemn espanol to defeat in their first home game of the season monolo Gonzalez's side have their work cut out to claim their first point of the season in Wednesday's trip to the metropolitano but they may be able to draw some inspiration from the fact that they played out a one-o-one draw in their most recent away meeting with atleti in November 2022 team news Atletico have reported no fresh injury concerns ensuring Simeone that will have the majority of his Squad available for Wednesday's home fixture the Atletico boss may take the opportunity to freshen up his side with Alex Wht cell Noel Molina kooch and sorth among those who could be considered for starting births Gallagher is also pushing to make his first start after making his Atletico debut as a 58th minute substitute at the weekend recent arrival Clement langlet could feature in the match day Squad after completing a lone switch from Catalin Giants Barcelona meanwhile espanol midfielder edu exposito is continuing to work on his Rehabilitation from an interior cruciate ligament injury Leandro Cabrera was forced to withdraw from Monday's training session due to a physical issue and the experienced Defender will have to be assessed ahead of Wednesday's away trip sergy Gomez could be brought into the center of the Espanol defense if Cabrera is unable to prove his Fitness in time Atletico Madrid possible starting lineup oblock Jimenez witell Lun norand ente Gallagher Koke Leno Griezmann Alvarez sorth espanol possible starting lineup Garcia Taro elh halali Kula Gomez Romero crra grader Milla valiz put we say Atletico Madrid 2 to zero espanel atleti would have taken Confidence from Sunday's commanding win over Jona and we think that they will produce another strong home display to maintain their unbeaten start and condemn it espanol to a third consecutive defeat thanks for your watching don't forget to click the subscribed button and hit the Bell icon for more [Music] w [Music] [Music] [Music]

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