Week 13 features a match on Sun Nov 6th, where Atlético Madrid plays host to Espanyol in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched La Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 3rd placed Atlético Madrid is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Porto. Mehdi Taremi scored the first goal for Porto in the 5th minute, then Stephen Eustáquio added another in the 24th minute on a feed from Wenderson Galeno. Atlético Madrid is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while 15th placed Espanyol is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Mallorca. Vedat Muriqi struck first for Mallorca in the 48th minute on a feed from Giovanni Gonzalez, then in the 70th minute, Brian Oliván sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by José Carlos Lazo squeezing out at least the one point for Espanyol. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Atlético Madrid won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Joselu has been the most prolific scorer on Espanyol in his last 5 matches with three goals. Antoine Griezmann has been the most prolific scorer on Atlético Madrid in his last five matches with two goals
Thomas Lemar, Felipe, Koke, Llorente and Reguilón are unavailable to play for Atlético Madrid, while Adrià Pedrosa is unavailable to play for Diego Martínez Penas’s team.