Atletico got off to a good start in the new season. The club in four rounds of La Liga lost only once to Villarreal (0:2). In the rest of the La Liga matches, the “mattress” defeated Getafe (3:0) and Valencia (1:0) twice and also shared points with Real Sociedad (1:1). At the moment, Diego Simeone’s wards are in seventh place in the championship. So the Madrid team is in good shape for the match against Porto. Three of the five goals in the new season at Atletico were scored by Alvaro Morata, who returned from loan. Also in attack, Antoine Griezmann delivers problems to the rivals of the club. Moreover, the Frenchman scores only after coming on as a substitute. He is not released at the base, so as not to be bought from Barcelona. Also in the summer, defender Renan Lodi went on loan to Nottingham and Nahuel Molina from Udinese arrived in the Madrid camp.
Porto have played more matches this season than Atletico. Five rounds have already passed in the Portuguese championship, as a result of which the dragons are in third place. Since the start of the tournament, the team has lost only once to “Rio Ave” (1:3). In other confrontations, the wards of Sergio Conceisau only won. Several times, the Blue-Whites won against big opponents, ending in 3:0 with Sporting, 5:1 with Maritimo and 3:0 with Tondela. In the summer, Porto lost several key midfielders. The team left Vitinho and Fabio Veira. Dragons newcomer Marko Grujic will miss the meeting with Atletico Madrid due to injury. More accurate football predictions for today can be obtained from the link provided.
