Atletico Madrid vs Girona Predictions

• Atletico won 16 of their 19 home games in the league last season
• Both teams have scored in eight of the last ten head-to-heads between these two
• Nine of Atletico Madrid’s La Liga home games had four or more goals last season

Atleti can make home advantage count

Girona and Atletico Madrid finished third and fourth respectively behind Barcelona and Real Madrid in La Liga last term and the two main challengers do battle early in the new campaign.

Atleti were rock solid at home last term, as they tend to be, winning 16 of their 19 league matches in their own back yard.

Diego Simeone finally got his man, with Conor Gallagher transferring to the Spanish side from Chelsea after one of the summer’s most protracted sagas.

He looks perfectly suited to their style of play and should improve their midfield immediately.

Girona have lost Artem Dovbyk and Aleix Garcia over the summer and it’s unclear if their replacements will be able to live up to their impressive campaigns last term.

Atleti should be able to make the class difference between these two teams tell and they are fancied for the victory, particularly given that they are at home.

However both teams have found the net in eight of the last ten meetings between these two and Girona did find the net in their 1-1 draw with Real Betis last time out.

The hosts won this fixture 3-1 last season and a repeat of that scoreline is not out of the question. 

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