After Barcelona’s defeat to Málaga earlier in the day, Atleti will be aiming to get back to winning ways on home turf against Almería this evening.
The La Liga champions lost ground on the top two last weekend, so will know that nothing other than three points will be sufficient against the team from Andalusia.
After failing to see off Celta Vigo at home on Saturday, Atlético Madrid are in danger of losing ground early on in the defence of their La Liga title, and need a convincing three points to really kick the new campaign into gear. On Wednesday night, they travel to Almería in what will be the last
Atlético suffered only their second loss of the present league campaign in Almería on Saturday, but it just so happened to be their second loss in the same week. Much has and will continue to be made about referee Fernando Teixeira Vitienes’ atrocious officiating on the evening, and rightfully so, but Atleti have overcome adverse or blown calls all season long. Not on this accursed night, though.
Atlético must pick their heads up following their gut-wrenching defeat at the midweek at the hands of arch-nemeses Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey semifinals. On Saturday, los Colchoneros travel southeast into Andalusia for a league clash against relegation-threatened Almería, with kick-off at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos set for 22:00 CET.
After an eventful two-week break, Atlético return to action on Saturday against newly-promoted Almería, with kick-off at the Vicente Calderón set for 16:00 CET on Saturday. Atlético have enjoyed a perfect start to their La Liga campaign so far, with a haul of nine points from their opening three matches, and they impressed with a strong showing in the Supercopa.
Atlético Madrid’s search for an away win at Almería continued on Saturday evening as they came away with a 2-2 draw, despite taking the lead twice through Sergio Agüero. Los Colchoneros have now failed to win any of their four visits to the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos.
It has been a turbulent week for Atlético Madrid. With the passing of club legend Adrián Escudero, all of the trouble in the Spanish courts, and our derby-day match with Real Madrid looming on the horizon, one would almost forget we travel to Andalusia on Saturday afternoon to take on UD Almería.
Atlético Madrid were held to a 1-1 draw at home on Sunday night by underdogs Almería, thanks to a couple of fantastic individual performances from the away side. Before the match Quique Sánchez Flores warned not to focus on the upcoming league match against Real Madrid, because first Almería were coming to the Vicente Calderón.
In the ninth round of la Liga we welcome UD Almería to the Vicente Calderón. It’s the fourth time the two teams have met in Madrid and in the previous three matchups the crowd was entertained with plenty of goals. Atlético have scored a total of eleven goals in home matches against Almería, with Diego Forlán finding the back of the net in every single game.
Haunted by a month-and-a-half long spell without a goal to his name, Diego Forlán will be eager to welcome Almería to Madrid this Sunday for a chance to finally banish his demons. The 31-year old has scored a goal in each of Almería’s last three Liga visits to the Calderón, and will be keen on taking the streak up to four on Halloween night.