FC Girona – Atlético Madrid
Just before Christmas, the Bundesliga bid farewell to the winter break, which lasts just under a month. Spanish soccer also took a short break between Christmas and New Year. But in the new year, La Liga resumes with matchday 19. A real top match will kick off the 2024 season. The surprise team from Girona will host the Colchoneros. You can find out who will come out on top in this heated clash in our Girona – Atlético betting tip.
FC Girona played an incredible first half of the season and finished the winter in a phenomenal 2nd place in the table. And if it hadn’t been for an unfortunate 1-1 draw against Betis Sevilla on the final matchday, the Blanquivermells would even go into the new year as league leaders. However, the visitors from the capital are currently just one place behind Girona. However, the gap between the two rivals is already seven points. Shortly before Christmas, however, they secured an important 1:0 win in the catch-up match against Sevilla
Girona – Atlético info
- Date & Time: 03.01.2024, 21:30 hrs.
- Playing venue: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi, Girona
- Competition: La Liga, matchday 19
- TV broadcast: DAZN
Girona Form & Balance Check
Girona’s season so far has been absolutely outstanding. Even though the team from Catalonia is part of the City Football Group and therefore has the same financial backers as Champions League winners Manchester City, the steep rise could not have been predicted. The Blanquivermells are currently 2nd in the table and have only lost to league leaders Real Madrid.
Girona are even level on points with the Whites and are already ten points clear of those outside the top flight. Before the short Christmas break, however, they had a somewhat disappointing 1-1 draw against Betis Sevilla, who are seventh in the table
Happy flight of fancy?
Girona are currently the Spanish equivalent of VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga. However, the Swabians are also statistically on top and would even be in second place according to expected points. Girona, however, are a little different. The Blanquivermells have collected 14.41 points more than expected so far this season.
In the xPTS table, the men from Catalonia are only in 5th place. No other team in the Spanish top flight has such a high discrepancy between the points expected and those actually scored. In the last clash against Betis, however, luck seemed to have turned against Griona. In this duel, coach Míchel’s team scored an xG value of 1.65, but only managed to score one goal
Girona facts & analysis
- In 2nd place in the La Liga table
- Best offense in the league
- First home defeat this season
Atlético form & record check
The hosts from Griona are currently dominating all the headlines in Spanish soccer. But Atlético Madrid are also playing a very solid season under the radar. The Colchoneros currently occupy a good 3rd place in the table. Compared to the same point in the previous season, Atlético have seven points more to their name.
Compared to the 2021/22 season, it is even nine points more. There was also an important 1-0 win against Sevilla FC before the short break over the Christmas period. It was the Colchoneros’ twelfth win of the season
Atlético more offensive
Atlético Madrid have mainly played a defensive style of soccer in recent years. The offense suffered a little from this style of play. Since Argentinian Diego Simeone took over as coach of the Colchoneros in 2011, Atlético have only broken the 70-goal mark at the end of the season three times. Local rivals Real Madrid, on the other hand, have only failed to reach 70 goals in a season twice in the same period.
Barcelona even fell short of this mark just once. This season, however, the Colchoneros are once again operating somewhat more offensively. The men from the capital scored 36 goals in their first 18 games. Extrapolated to the rest of the season, Atlético would end up with 76 goals. Only in the 2013/14 championship season did Atlético score more often
Atlético facts & analysis
- 3rd place in La Liga, 45 points from 24 games
- Won 3 of their last 4 games
- Won 6-1 against Sevilla last time out
Predicted line-up – last update on January 1, 2024
Girona are back to a 4-2-3-1 on Wednesday. David López had to be substituted with an injury against Betis, but is now available again. Ukraine’s Viktor Tsygankov is also back and will play alongside his compatriot Artem Dovbyk in attack.
We expect Atlético to play a 3-4-3 again, as they did against Sevilla. However, former Freiburg player Çağlar Söyüncü will be missing for the Colchoneros after being sent off in the last game against Sevilla. Pablo Barrios and Thomas Lemar are also still injured
Girona – Atlético head-to-head & stats
The two teams have only met eight times in their history and Girona have never won. The first five games always ended in draws. However, the men from Madrid have always won the last three duels
- Girona’s last win against Atlético was on 02/12/2018
- Girona haven’t won a competitive match against Atlético yet
- The two teams are separated by seven points in La Liga
