Atletico Madrid vs Lokomotiv Moscow Prediction, 11/25/2020 Champions League Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 11/23/2020

Game: Atletico Madrid vs Lokomotiv Moscow

Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Location: Estadio Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain

TV: CBS All Access

Odds/Point Spread: Atletico Madrid (-625) Lokomotiv Moscow (+1400)

Estadio Wanda Metropolitano is the site where Yannick Carrasco and Atletico Madrid (1-1-1 in Champions League) will play Lokomotiv Moscow (0-2-1 in Champions League) on Wednesday. The goalies expected to start will be Jan Oblak for Atletico Madrid and Guilherme for Lokomotiv Moscow. Atletico Madrid are at -625 while Lokomotiv Moscow are at +1400. The O/U has been set at 2.75.

Atletico Madrid stepped onto the pitch against Barcelona in their last game and went home with a win by a final score of 1 - 0. In sharing the ball, they earned a 86.9% received passes percentage by converting 477 of the 549 pass targets last game. Atletico Madrid attempted 16 dribbles in this game and were successful in 11 of the attempts for a rate of 68.8%. In regard to shooting accuracy, Atletico Madrid finished the game at a 20.0% rate by hitting 2 shots on target of 10 total shots. Atletico Madrid averages 2.25 g/90 (18 total goals) and have accounted for 14 assists In all contests for this campaign.

Yannick Carrasco is a player who should be able to impact this match for Atletico Madrid. He has totaled 42 assists while tallying 42 yellow card warnings so far in his career. Carrasco has been a starter in 176 games during his career and he has earned 0.34 goals per 90 mins. The forward representing Belgium has totaled 59 goals in 15,671 professional minutes. Another player who could decide the outcome is Joao Felix, the forward representing Portugal. He has assisted on a goal 10 times so far in his pro soccer career while he has scored 26 total goals. Felix has totaled 4,037 mins during 48 career starts and has been given a total of 9 yellow cards. He is currently averaging 0.58 goals per 90 minutes during his soccer career.

The guy protecting the net for Atletico Madrid is Jan Oblak. Oblak (145-63-48 mark in his career) has earned 132 shutouts, which gives him a 51.2% shutout percentage. The goalkeeper taking the field for Atletico Madrid has faced 832 shots tried at him in 258 starts. His goals against per 90 mins is 0.77 (197 total goals conceded) and his save percentage is .778. Oblak has been on the pitch for a total of 23,125 mins and has earned 648 saves so far in his career.

For their last match, Lokomotiv Moscow finished locked up with a final of 1 - 1 against Atlético Madrid. They wrapped up this match by converting 285 of the 321 passes they tried earning a rate of 88.8%. Lokomotiv Moscow had a 42.9% successful dribble rate by connecting on 6 of the 14 dribbles they pursued. Lokomotiv Moscow converted 5 shots on goal out of the team's 9 shots attempted which had them stting at a 55.6% clip in their last match. Having earned a total of 16 goals and 12 assists In all their contests, Lokomotiv Moscow has an average of 1.07 goals and 0.80 assists per 90 min.

Anton Miranchuk will be counted on for Lokomotiv Moscow. The midfielder representing Russia has been on the pitch for 5,893 minutes and has scored 21 goals. He has totaled 12 yellow cards so far in his pro soccer career and has helped on a goal 13 times. He has an average of 0.32 goals per 90 mins and has started 67 matches in his career. Make sure to keep an eye out for Grzegorz Krychowiak, the midfielder representing for Lokomotiv Moscow. He has scored 25 goals during his soccer career while assisting a teammate on a goal 8 different times. Krychowiak has earned himself 76 yellow card cautions in 23,800 minutes played (270 career starting assignments). His goals per 90 average so far in his career is 0.09.

Guilherme will be looking after the goal for Lokomotiv Moscow. So far in his career, Guilherme has given up 247 goals while totaling 650 saves in 273 starts. He has allowed 0.91 goals per 90 while he holds a mark of 126-77-70. He sports a save % of .754 and his shutout rate is currently at 37.0%. Guilherme has accumulated 101 shutouts while seeing 866 shots against him in 24,332 career minutes.

Who will win tonight's Champions League game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lokomotiv Moscow (+1400)

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