Atlético Madrid vs Chelsea Live Stream, Predictions

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Atlético Madrid

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Atlético Madrid will be hoping to bounce back here following a 0-2 La Liga loss in their previous game against Levante.

In that game, Atlético Madrid managed 55% possession and 28 shots on goal with 11 on target. At the other end, Levante UD had 6 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. José Luis Morales (30') and De Frutos (90') scored for Levante.

It has been seldom in recent games that Atlético Madrid haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Atleti have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 9 goals during that time. While that may be of interest, we’ll just have to find out whether the trend might be maintained here in this game.

Chelsea

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Previously, Chelsea drew 1-1 in the Premier League tie with Southampton.

In that match, Chelsea managed 71% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Chelsea was Mason Mount (54'). Southampton had 4 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Takumi Minamino (33') was the scorer for Southampton.

In 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring Chelsea, a notably low volume of goals have been struck between them and opposing teams. The overall average goals scored per game during that spell comes out as a mere 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by The Blues standing at 1.5.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head clashes going back to 21/10/2009 tells us that Atlético Madrid have won 1 of these & Chelsea 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.

A combined total of 17 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 from Atleti and 10 being from The Blues. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

The last league game between these clubs was Champions League match day 6 on 05/12/2017 which finished with the scoreline of Chelsea 1-1 Atlético Madrid.

That day, Chelsea had 49% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 7 on target.

Atlético Madrid got 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Saúl Ñíguez (56') and Stefan Savić (75' Own goal) scored.

The referee was Danny Makkelie.

ℹ️ Team News: Atlético Madrid

José María Giménez (Muscular problems), Héctor Herrera (Corona virus) and Yannick Carrasco (Foot Injury) are unavailable for Atlético gaffer Diego Simeone.

📰 Team News: Chelsea

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has to choose a team with limited availability. Thiago Silva (Thigh Problems) and Charly Musonda Jr. (Knee Surgery) are those who can’t be considered.

⚡ Prediction

It seems to us that Chelsea and Atlético Madrid may well end up cancelling each other out here.

It appears that a draw might be on the cards. We therefore see a tight encounter, finishing with a 1-1 score draw when the referee blows the full-time whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 00:10 19/02/2021