Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Lokomotiv Moscow
Match Time & Date:
01/10/2019
03:00 PM
Prediction: 0-1
Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid will be aiming to record their first win of their 2019/2020 Champions League campaign when they face Lokomotiv Moscow at RZD Arena on Tuesday evening. Los Rojiblancos came from two goals behind to share the spoils with Juventus at their Estadio Wanda Metropolitano in their opener and, no doubt, they are high on confidence ahead of the trip to Moscow.
The club chiefs did well to reinforce the squad in the summer transfer window and seeing that the attacking partnership of Joao Felix and Diego Costa has been in a perfect working order of late, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the Spanish club. Lokomotiv did well to shock Bayer Leverkusen at BayArena in their opener, but seeing that Diego Simeone’s troops have been in a fine form at the start of the season, home win should not be considered.
Highlighted Player (Benedikt Howedes):
Benedikt Howedes is a German international who plays for Bundesliga side Schalke 04. The 187-cm-tall defender is a product of Schalke’s youth school and he played for the reserve team between 2007 and 2009. He made his debut for the first team in the 2007/2008 Bundesliga campaign, but he played no more than 6 matches for die Knappen during the season.
Howedes plays for the German national team as well and he made his Germany debut against Uruguay on 29 May, 2011. The Schalke defender represented Joachim Low’s team at the 2016 European Championship finals. Howedes is a centre back, but he is capable of playing as a right back as well. However, at the start of his senior career he played as a left back.
He is well known for his brilliant first-time passing and he often scores headers. During his youth career the German defender played for the likes of TuS Haltern and SG Herten-Langenbochum. Howedes was struggling with injury in the 2015/2016 Bundesliga campaign and as a result, he played no more than 15 matches for Schalke in the league.
Highlighted Team (Atletico Madrid):
Atletico Madrid are a Spanish team that plays in Primera Division (La Liga). Los Rojiblancos or los Colchoneros play their home matches at Estadio Vicente Calderon, which holds up to 54,960 spectators. Atletico Madrid have won 10 La Liga titles, but they have yet to lift the European Cup (Champions League) trophy.
Los Rojiblancos have won 10 Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup) trophies and it has to be noted that they defeated their bitter local rivals Real Madrid in the 2012/2013 Spanish Cup final. The rivalry between the two capital clubs is pretty big and El Madrileno is regarded as one of the most exciting derbies in the world football.
Atletico Madrid played two Champions League finals under Diego Simeone, but they failed to beat Real Madrid in the title games (2013/2014 and 2015/2016). However, the Argentine tactician helped Atletico Madrid win the La Liga trophy in 2014 and, no doubt, he is one of the most successful coaches in the history of the capital club.
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