Real Sociedad vs Atletico Madrid Predictions

• All of Atletico Madrid’s last four games have gone over 2.5 goals
• Atletico Madrid have conceded eight goals in their last four games
• Sociedad beat Atletico Madrid on penalties in the final of last season’s Copa del Rey

Atletico heading for more away day blues

Atletico Madrid could only manage a fourth-place La Liga finish last season as Atleti fell well off the pace of Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Diego Simeone added Morten Hjulmand, Kang-in Lee, Cristian Romero, Alejandro Grimaldo and Jonathan David in a bid to close the gap and get Los Colchoneros back in the big time, but Antoine Griezmann left the Metropolitano and the early signs have not been entirely convincing.

Atletico were beaten 2-1 at Liverpool in the Champions League in midweek and Atleti hit only nine efforts on goal and created an expected goals number of 0.91.

Prior to the Anfield loss, Simeone’s side were stuffed 3-0 at Athletic Club and they now face another tricky away day at Real Sociedad.

The White and Blues have beaten Elche and Espanyol this season and their two defeats came in tough fixtures at Betis and Real Madrid.

Pellegrino Matarazzo’s men hit 16 shots and eight corners in a 0-0 Reale Arena draw with Celta Vigo in their most recent home contest and the performance level in that stalemate suggests that Sociedad can make Atletico work on Sunday.

Taking a Sociedad win or draw on the double chance market rates a nice play in this spot.