The 19th round of La Liga action includes a top-three battle as surprise package Girona hosts Atletico Madrid on Wednesday. Atleti will be desperate to end a three-game losing run away from home.
Could this be another low-scoring affair after Atletico won this fixture 1-0 last season? Bookmaker 10bet offers odds at 4.20 for under 1.5 goals and 2.20 for under 2.5 goals. Meanwhile, the odds are at 10.00 for no scoring at all in the contest.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: January 2nd, 6:30 P.M. (EST)
Atletico started its miserable road run at the start of November with a 2-1 loss to Las Palmas, and Diego Simeone’s men haven’t even scored a single time in their last two away outings. Atletico lost 1-0 to Barcelona in early December and was defeated 2-0 by Athletic Club in the last away game.
Overall, Atleti has produced only three away wins all season. The road form clearly needs improvement if the team wants to catch Girona and Real Madrid at the top of the table.
It’s been an incredible season for Girona, which already boasts 45 points after finishing midtable with 49 points in 2022-23. The side from Catalunya has the best attacking record in the league, with 42 goals scored in 18 games, and looks capable of outscoring any opposition. Míchel Sánchez’s side has been beaten just once this season, as Real Madrid battled out a 3-0 win at the Estadi Montilivi in September.
Artem Dovbyk has been leading the attack and sits among the best scorers in La Liga this season with 11 goals, but Girona’s left wing also plays a vital role in the team’s success. 19-year-old Brazilian winger Savio is a threat each time he has the ball, and wing-back Miguel Gutierrez likes to roam around the pitch to create havoc among the opposition defenders.
Atletico’s form this season has been directly linked to the play of Antoine Griezmann and Alvaro Morata. The duo has performed well for most of the campaign, but the team tends to struggle when neither player influences the proceedings on the pitch. Griezmann is tied for the third spot with Dovbyk on the league’s goals list, and Morata isn’t far behind, having netted nine times.
Morata struggles to produce the good away from home, but he was the hero last season against Girona on the road, scoring a dramatic 1-0 winner in stoppage time. The result pushed Atletico’s winning streak in the head-to-head meetings to three games, and Girona has never won a La Liga match against the side from Madrid. However, the Gironistes have been on a different level in 2023-24, and Atletico has to pull off a top performance on Wednesday to end its away misery.
