Eibar vs Atletico Madrid Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

Only 2 league positions separate Atletico Madrid and Eibar as La Liga returns for 2017 but it would take something miraculous for that to still be the case come May. Eibar typically fall away in the Second half of the season and may struggle to match an Atleti side that have shown tentative signs of returning to their best form here, although the Basques have enough about them to prevent the visitors running away with it.

Diego Simoene’s men come into this match chasing a 4th straight win in all competitions but they have only won 3 of their last 8 league games to seriously lose ground on their title rivals. Even though they’ve attempted to tweak their style this term, they are still a side that tends to be involved in low scoring games. particularly away from home. Their away games in La Liga average just 2.13 goals per game this term, with under 2.5 goals in 62% of them.

There was a welcome midweek goal for Antoine Griezmann, who didn’t end 2016 well and would perhaps more than most have been grateful for the short winter break following on from his exertions last summer. He will be the focal point of their attack again here and with the Frenchman perhaps now a touch sharper, backing Griezmann to score first at 10/3 could be a good bet here.

Despite a poor record overall on their travels by their standards, Atleti have still kept clean sheets in 50% of their away games in La Liga this term, so Eibar will have to work hard for their openings. Matches at the Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa haven’t produced that many goals either, which also points towards this being relatively low-scoring. 62% of Eibar home games have had under 2.5 goals and the Basques also have a clean sheet ratio of 50% on their own patch.

Therefore, we have reason to expect this to be a tight game and backing under 2.5 goals at 4/6 looks a solid bet.