On the 22nd of January, Valencia will travel to Madrid to battle Atlético Madrid in a La Liga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Atlético Madrid recorded a 2-2 draw against Villarreal. Ángel Correa struck first for Atlético Madrid in the 10th minute, but Pau Torres got the equalizer for Villarreal in the 29th minute . Atlético Madrid is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 10th placed Valencia, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Atlético Baleares. Marcos de Sousa struck first for Valencia in the 1st minute on a feed from Uroš Račić, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Atlético Baleares couldn’t manage to score, and Valencia took the shutout win. Valencia is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Valencia and Atlético Madrid battled to a 3-3 draw in front of just over 37000. Luis Suárez struck first for Atlético Madrid in the 35th minute on a feed from Ángel Correa, but Stefan Savić got the equalizer for Valencia on an own goal in the 50th minute .
Both Carlos Soler and Gonçalo Guedes have been the hottest scorers for Valencia in the last five each having scored 3 goals. Atlético Madrid’s most prolific scorer has been Ángel Correa. The Argentinian attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches
Luis Suárez, Antoine Griezmann, João Félix, Koke, Héctor Herrera, Llorente and José Giménez are unavailable to play for Diego Pablo Simeone’s team, while Gabriel Paulista, Dimitri Foulquier, Toni Lato and Geoffrey Kondogbia are unavailable to play for Valencia.