Valencia host Atletico Madrid in the last match of the Spanish League's first season 2018/2019 at the Estadio de Mestalla on Tuesday (21/8) at 01:00 WIB.
This is a prominent match on the opening weekend in La Liga. This duel is a duel between the second and fourth order teams last season. The results of this match will give clues about how ready the two teams are in fighting for the top two positions this season.
Atletico Madrid were slightly more favored to win, especially after they started the season by winning the European Super Cup, winning 4-2 against Real Madrid.
On the other hand, Valencia impressed last season by finishing fourth in the standings. They have a decent pre-season with 3 wins and only 1 defeat but still not enough to fight Atletico Madrid, who are in their best momentum.
Atletico were strong enough away from La Liga last season, winning 58% of them. The record for his latest excellent meeting against Valencia also shows they can pick three points in this opening match. Prediction score: Valencia 1-2 Atletico Madrid.
Head-to-head :
Valencia vs Atletico Madrid. This will be Valencia vs Atletico's 157th meeting in La Liga and the first time played on Monday night local time. Valencia won 57 times and Atletico 58 times (41 draws). Atleti has won 5 of the 6 most recent meetings. Two meetings last season produced only one goal, scored by Atleti at Wanda.