Atletico Madrid vs Elche Prediction, 12/29/2022 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 12/27/2022

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Game: Atletico Madrid vs Elche

Date: Thursday, December 29, 2022

Location: Estadio Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Atletico Madrid (-380) Elche (+1075)

Atletico Madrid (7-3-4) will compete against Elche (0-4-10) at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano on Thursday. Atletico Madrid opens at -380 while Elche are priced +1075. The total comes in at 2.5. The starting goalkeepers are Jan Oblak Atletico Madrid and Edgar Badia Elche.

The Red and Whites were ranked 8th for expected goals with 18.3, and the xGA were 16.0. Atletico Madrid surrendered 14 goals while conceding 1.00 goals per 90 min, and their oppositition accounted for 48 SoT against them. This team's differential on goals sat at 7 because of 21 goals notched and 14 goals given up. They recorded 4 clean sheets, which gave them a rate of 28.6 over the course of last year. Atletico Madrid amassed 34 SVs and they held a save rate of 72.9 in the previous season. Atletico Madrid earned 43 yellow cards for the prior year and 2 red cards. For the prior year, the club averaged 1.71 points per fixture (24 points) and they also sat at 4th in soccer with 16 assists.

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Elche had 10 goals and the team's expected goals last year was at 10.3. Their goals against per 90 min was 2.21 with 60 saves. Last year, Elche CF had a save % of 69.6 (92 shots on target against), and sat at 20th in La Liga with 4 points. Elche sat at 20th in relation to goals allowed with 31, and their goal differential was -21. Elche accumulated 43 yellow card cautions. The Green-Striped Ones had an average of 0.3 pts per fixture while accounting for 9 assists and 3 red cards.

The man who is expected to protect the net for Atletico Madrid will be Jan Oblak. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 0.78 (232 goals given up) and he has earned a save percentage of .776. Oblak (170-70-57 mark during his soccer career) has earned 147 shutouts, which leaves him with a 49.0% clean sheet rate. Oblak has defended the goal a total of 26,879 mins and has earned 738 stops in his career. The goalkeeper born in Slovenia has faced 951 shots sent his way in 300 career starts.

Edgar Badia will be looking after the net for Elche. He has conceded 1.18 goals per 90 mins and he has a mark of 55-69-78. Badia has racked up 59 clean sheets while seeing 725 shots attempted against him in 18,180 career mins. Thus far in his career, Badia has conceded 238 goals and has 541 stops in 202 starts. He is the owner of a save percentage of .746 and his clean sheet rate sits at 29.2%.

Antoine Griezmann is one player who can make a noticable difference for Atletico Madrid. He has totaled 59 assists while accumulating 62 yellow card warnings so far in his career. The forward representing France has recorded 167 goals scored in 33,988 mins played. Griezmann has had a starting assignment in 396 matches during his career and accounts for 0.44 goals per 90 mins.

Elche has a guy in Pere Milla, who defenders will be preparing in this game. He has collected 22 yellow card cautions during his soccer career and has assisted on a goal 11 times. The forward from Spain has accumulated 8,732 professional minutes while scoring 21 goals. He is averaging 0.22 goals per 90 mins and has been a starter in 97 games during his career.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Atletico Madrid (-380)

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