Elche vs Atletico Madrid Predictions

• Elche have lost seven of their last eight matches
• The visitors have won nine of their last 10
• Atletico have scored 13 times across their last three matches

Doomed Elche face another drubbing

Elche have lost their last 11 meetings with Atletico in La Liga and their hopes of ending that run before they drop into the second tier look bleak. The hosts are already relegated, sitting bottom of the table with 16 points, less than half the tally of 18th-placed Getafe.

The hosts have suffered seven defeats in their last eight matches in La Liga and things are unlikely to get better for them. They’ve lost to nil in all seven clashes with the top four this season, including a 3-0 loss to Real Madrid and a 4-0 defeat to Barcelona at home.

Atletico soaring to second

The title is realistically gone for Atletico and odds are it will be mathematically beyond them by the close of the weekend. Despite that, they’ve rallied in the final stages of the campaign, winning nine of their last 10 matches. They’ve done it in an uncharacteristically high-scoring style too, winning their last three 13-4 on aggregate.

The visitors have scored five in back-to-back games, with the strike partnership of Antoine Griezmann and Alvaro Morata in brilliant form. The Spaniard has scored in three straight La Liga games and he’s their joint-top-scorer with 13 this term, so back him to breach the league’s worst defence,

Atletico are second for both goals scored and conceded this term and they have clearly kicked things up a gear in recent games. With what should be their easiest trip of the season in prospect, look to the hosts to cover a -1 handicap in a comfortable win.