Almeria out to stun wounded Atletico


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2022/23 Spanish La Liga

Matchday 17

UD Almería v Atletico Madrid

Power Horse Stadium
Almería, Spain
Sunday, 15 January 2023
Kick-off is at 17h15  
 
UD Almeria will go head-to-head with Atletico Madrid in a La Liga match at the Power Horse Stadium on January 15.
 
Rojiblancos succumbed to a 2-0 defeat to Real Sociedad in their previous match in the league which was played on January 8.
 
Almeria are now winless in their last two matches in this competition having recorded one defeat and one draw.

Rubi
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The defeat to Sociedad ended the Rojiblancos' four-match unbeaten run at home in La Liga having recorded four successive wins in Almeria.
 
"We played well in the first-half, but we undid ourselves very quickly in the second-half," Almeria manager Rubi said after their defeat to Sociedad.
 

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"Today we faced a team that wins most duels, individually, they were putting pressure on us all the time and they also defended well."
 
"It is possible that the team that had the ball most of the time won. We also made it easy for them."

Alvaro Morata
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Meanwhile, Atletico suffered a 1-0 defeat to FC Barcelona at home in their last match in the league which was played on January 8.
 
It was the Mattress Makers' second defeat in their last three matches in this competition, while the other game ended in a win over Elche CF before they faced Barcelona.
 
Atletico are winless in their last two away matches in La Liga having recorded two consecutive defeats on the road.
 
The last meeting between Almeria and Atletico in a league match was on 2 February 2015.
 
Atletico thrashed Almeria 3-0 in a match that was played at the Estadio Vicente Calderón which was closed in 2017 and demolished.
 

Head-to-Head (Last Five La Liga Meetings)

Matches - 5
Almeria - 1
Atletico - 3
Draws - 1

La Liga matchday 17 fixtures

 
Friday, January 13

20:00 - Celta Vigo v Villarreal CF

Saturday, January 14

13:00 - Real Valladolid v Rayo Vallecano

15:15 - Girona FC v Sevilla FC

17:30 - CA Osasuna v Real Mallorca

20:00 - Real Sociedad v Athletic Bilbao

Sunday, January 15

13:00 - Getafe CF v RCD Espanyol

15:15 - UD Almeria v Atletico Madrid

Monday, January 16

20:00 - Cadiz CF v Elche CF
 

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Published: 01/10/2023