On the 15th of January, in this week 17 match, Almería will play host to Atlético Madrid in a La Liga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which is great football weather. 14th placed Almería is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Real Sociedad. David Silva scored the first goal for Real Sociedad in the 47th minute, then Alexander Sørloth added another in the 52nd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Almería couldn’t manage to score, and Real Sociedad took the shutout win. Almería is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while atlético Madrid sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé struck first for Barcelona in the 22nd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Atlético Madrid was frustrated by Barcelona’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Barcelona ended the match with the shutout victory. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Atlético Madrid should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
For Atlético Madrid, their top scorers are Yannick Carrasco and João Félix, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. Largie Ramazani and Melero are the top scorers for Almería in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.