Leganés vs Atlético Madrid betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the La Liga match on January 18th, 2025

Leganés and Atlético Madrid are scheduled to play against each other on January 18th, 2025, Saturday at 15:15h (UTC), in a La Liga match to be held in Spain, check the Leganés vs Atlético Madrid betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Leganés vs Atlético Madrid will occur

The game takes place in the small Estadio Municipal de Butarque stadium, in the city of Leganes, with a capacity for 12454 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Take the opportunity to check out the match live in Betarena, bringing much information to your bets, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Leganés vs Atlético Madrid betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the La Liga has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.59 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.64 goals per game of the last championship.

Leganés last match

In the last match played, Leganés met Espanyol, in a match valid for the La Liga. The match ended in a draw by 1-1. The coach B. Jiménez Sáez' on that occasion lined the team up with a 5-4-1 formation.

The draw (odd 2.90) turned out to be a good result, taking into account that the favoritism was on the other team's side.

Although the overall performance of Leganés fell short of the pre-match expectations, the good performance of some players should be noted. For example, Miguel de la Fuente played an excellent match and showed himself to be a solid point for his teammates to rely on even in times of difficulty.

Atlético Madrid last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for La Liga, Atlético Madrid, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the Osasuna team with a final score of 1-0.

The team's favoritism prior to the match was confirmed thanks to the positive result, a victory that had odds of 1.30.

Leganés vs Atlético Madrid h2h

The last time these teams battled against each other in La Liga, Leganés ranked 17th place while Atlético Madrid was in 3rd place. Leganés took to the field with a 4-4-1-1 tactic, while Atlético Madrid deployed in a 4-3-1-2 formation.

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2024/2025 La Liga season. The match, played on 20-10-2024, recorded the 3-1 win for Atlético Madrid.

The Atlético Madrid team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 5 wins, compared to the Leganés team, which won only 2 matches.

Teams varying in strengths and motivations.

Leganés

La Liga leaderboard now

Unfortunately, Leganés comes into this game with only 19 points. The team occupies 16th place in the La Liga, saddled with a negative balance of 4 wins, 8 losses, and 7 draws.

The team, has the same score that the Getafe team who occupies position 15 in the 20th round.

Leganés analysis

Leganés after 19 matchdays have scored 18 goals and conceded 29 goals, and therefore shows a negative goal difference.

Over the course of the tournament, Leganés recorded an average ball possession of 42.16%. This indicates that the team usually does not impose its schemes, but adopts more guarded and defensive tactics. For the next game that Leganés will play against Atlético Madrid, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

Best goalscorer from Leganés

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Juan Cruz. The Attacker has scored 4 times in this competition and helped Leganés avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

Atlético Madrid

La Liga leaderboard now

The Atlético Madrid team with 44 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Champions League, with a campaign of 13 wins, 5 draws, and 1 loss.

Atlético Madrid analysis

After round 19 of La Liga we count 34 goals scored by Atlético Madrid and 12 conceded.

Atlético Madrid is in that excellent moment of being the favorite after 5 wins in the La Liga.

Another factor that should be considered for this duel is Diego Simeone's strict style. Especially in an away game, the intense character of the coach, who seems to play close to the team, especially in the most challenging moments, can be crucial.

As we approach the Regular Season, Atlético Madrid is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 4.74 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the La Liga.

With an away balance of 5 wins, 1 loss, and 3 draws in the La Liga, Atlético Madrid usually leaves little room for opponents to win.

Atlético Madrid comes into this match with 5 wins streak in the La Liga and plans to have good results in this match even as they play as the visiting team. Playing away from home, Atlético Madrid has only lost once in 9 games.

Atlético Madrid is a more offensive team than Leganés, having 1954 attacks vs. 1629 from Leganés, having scored 34 times, in comparison, Leganés converted into goal 18 times.

Best goalscorer from Atlético Madrid

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Alexander Sørloth. The Attacker has already scored 8 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Atlético Madrid, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Leganés is Juan Cruz, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Atlético Madrid is Alexander Sørloth, he has scored in 8 opportunities.

Atlético Madrid has conceded 6 away goals in 9 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Atlético Madrid will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 3-1, something to take into consideration.

The best time to place bets is between 75-90 minutes as some study have shown this to be where most goals happen.

Taking into consideration that Atlético Madrid scores an average of 1.56 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.73.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 3.9 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.32 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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