Valencia CF

vs

Atletico Madrid

Preview

Valencia (home)

• Valencia CF are 12th on 39 points from 33 matches.
• Home record:7 wins, 5 draws, 4 losses from 16 home LaLiga games.
• Recent form:
  • W2 D1 L2 in their last 5 matches.
  • Most recently: 2-1 home win over Girona and 1-1 away draw with Mallorca.
• Carlos Corberán has been the architect of Valencia’s upturn in form since his appointment in December 2024.
• Corberán favours a high-tempo, attacking style based on aggressive pressing and overloading the flanks with his wing-backs.
• Javi Guerra is a real threat in transition.

Atletico Madrid (away)

• Atletico Madrid are 4th on 60 points from 33 matches.
• Atleti have lost both of their last 2 LaLiga away games.
• Away record: 4 wins, 5 draws, 7 losses from 16 away LaLiga games.
• Oscar Fernandez's Atleti play a narrow, compact style based around set-pieces and triggering counters.
• Antoine Griezmann is still the orchestrator.
• Alexander Soerloth has 12 goals in 31 LaLiga appearances in 2025/2026.

Head-to-Head

• Atleti have won 4 of the last 5 head-to-head LaLiga meetings between these clubs, with Valencia winning 1.
• The reverse fixture 4 months ago saw Atletico Madrid beat Valencia 2-1 at home.

Key Players

• Javi Guerra - real threat in transition.
• Antoine Griezmann - delivering balls into the box and making runs into the channels.
• Alexander Soerloth - main man up front with 12 goals in 31 LaLiga appearances.

Betting Insights

• Atletico have won just 1 of their last 5 and lost 4.
• The game odds for an Atleti away win are 3.76, which is too big here in what is a fixture that could really go either way.
• Atleti have conceded 21 goals in 16 away games this LaLiga season (average 1.31 goals against per match).
• Valencia CF have conceded 19 in 16 home games this year (just over 1 goal against per game on average).

Prediction

• Both teams have had a lot of open games this campaign and this looks like another, with Valencia’s aggressive pressing and Atletico’s counter-punching styles likely to create an open contest.
• Backing over 2.5 goals and both teams to score at 1.89 and 1.68 respectively.