Atlético Madrid will play hosts to Levante at the Wanda Metropolitano this Wednesday night as the two clubs meet in entirely contrasting periods of form with the home side still the champions for now just as Levante have one foot in the second tier.
It’s been an awful campaign for the Frogs, who currently sit bottom of the table for yet another week and the club have all but ensured by this stage that they will be playing their football in the division below next campaign as a 13-point gap is needed to overturn everything.
🔙 Back to work with our minds set on Levante 💭 pic.twitter.com/t95r1w9wbN— Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) February 14, 2022
🔙 Back to work with our minds set on Levante 💭 pic.twitter.com/t95r1w9wbN
Levante do have a game in hand on those above them in La Liga, but with only one win this season, it’s near impossible to see how they get themselves out of this spell with their 50 goals conceded by a distance the worst in the division.
In fact, Levante’s current run is set to go down as one of the worst in La Liga’s history with them now conceding nine goals since recording their first and only win of the campaign as they beat fellow relegation fighters, Mallorca, last month.
This should have been the time that the club kicked on and began to fight their way closer to safety.
However, Alessio Lisci’s men would lose their next to must-win games of the season as they clashed with Cadiz and Getafe, two sides who are also fighting relegation.
On the other hand, in their own right, Atletico are also struggling and have been seeing games of over 2.5 games come in much more often this season, as they lost to Barcelona 4-2, beat Valencia 3-2, and also slugged it out with Getafe in a 4-3 win all within their past three games.
The champions are now sitting in fifth and level on points with Barcelona and trail Xavi's men by mere goal difference as they also chase down Real Betis in third who are just four points clear.
Despite a boatload of goals being scored recently, their usual defensive stability has vanished this season and it's forced more emphasis on goals scored for a change for Diego Simeone, as Angel Correa has netted 11 goals as the club's top scorer.
Atletico are in poor form across the season and most of their attention will be on next week’s Champions League clash with Manchester United.
However, there is no way in finding an argument for Levante getting anything from this game and Forebet predicts a win for the home side here in a game that sees over 2.5 goals.