Atletico Madrid are under pressure to get back on track when Las Palmas come to town.
Atletico Madrid vs Las Palmas best bets
- Atletico Madrid to win and BTTS – 57/29 with VBET
- Draw at half-time – 30/17 with VBET
- Julian Alvarez to score any time – 8/9 with VBET
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Atletico Madrid vs Las Palmas predictions
It is hard to imagine Atletico Madrid without Diego Simeone.
Appointed in December 2011, the Argentine manager has done a magnificent job at Atletico. Taking over a team that had not finished higher than fourth for a decade and a half, Simeone transformed Atleti into two-time Spanish champions and two-time Champions League runners-up.
Simeone has also lifted the Europa League trophy twice during his tenure, as well as two UEFA Super Cups and one Copa del Rey.
Even in their worst campaigns under Simeone, Atletico have consistently finished in the top four and competed in the Champions League. Any manager able to disrupt the duopoly of Real Madrid and Barcelona knows what he is doing.
Yet questions are beginning to be asked about whether Simeone might have taken Atletico as far as he can.
The club invested heavily in the transfer market over the summer, splashing out €185m on new players. Only Chelsea, Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester United spent more across Europe. That expenditure came with the intention of challenging for silverware at home and on the continent.
But Atletico have made a shaky start on both fronts. They may have only lost one game in La Liga – a 1-0 defeat by Real Betis last time out – but they have dropped 10 points in five draws. Currently fourth in the standings, they are already 10 points adrift of Barcelona at the summit of the standings.
Things are not going much better in the Champions League. Atletico only just scraped past RB Leipzig with a last-minute winner on matchday one, before Simeone’s side lost back-to-back games to Benfica and Lille.
Atletico’s manager is the highest-paid in Europe. It would be unrealistic to expect Simeone to keep up with Madrid and Barcelona year after year, but even some fans are starting to ask whether a change may be due sooner rather than later.
“Starting with myself first, we have work to do and things to improve,” Simeone said after the loss to Real Betis.
“I didn’t imagine anything different. The new players need to keep adapting, and I need to get more out of their strengths.”
Atletico Madrid vs Las Palmas betting tips
Atletico Madrid are favourites to beat Las Palmas despite their recent results.
Atletico Madrid to win and both teams to score
Las Palmas finished 16th last term and they look set to be involved in another relegation battle this time around.
Eighteenth in the table ahead of the weekend, Las Palmas are now under the management of Diego Martinez after Luis Carrion was dismissed in October.
Martinez has had a fine start to life in Gran Canaria, winning back-to-back games against Valencia and Girona to lift Las Palmas off the bottom.
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His team will thus head to the capital with renewed belief and they should succeed in breaching Atletico’s backline.
However, we think the hosts will ultimately find a way to win, even if they are not entirely convincing in the process.
Back Atletico Madrid to win and both teams to score at 57/29 with VBET
Draw at half-time
Before the October international break, Julian Alvarez gave Atletico Madrid the lead against Real Sociedad inside the first minute.
In general, though, Atletico are not the fastest starters. They have scored only five goals between minutes one and 45 this season, including just one first-half strike in their last six La Liga encounters.
Las Palmas have picked up under Martinez, so this is not necessarily the home banker that it looked like it might be a few weeks ago.
The visitors to the Estadio Civitas Metropolitano will look to frustrate Atletico in the opening period, and they could have some joy in doing it.
Atletico are struggling to find an identity right now and that may produce an incoherent performance early on.
Tip a draw at half-time at 30/17 with VBET
Julian Alvarez to score any time
A big-money summer signing from Manchester City, the aforementioned Alvarez is still finding his feet in the Spanish capital.
One of the reasons Alvarez left City is that he wanted more starts in his favoured central attacking berth.
However, the Argentina international has been used in a variety of different positions by Simeone, including as a wide forward and even as a wing-back. Alvarez has begun other matches on the bench.
But with two goals in his last four games, the former City star is slowly finding his feet in La Liga.
He has started up front in Atletico’s two most recent outings and he will probably get the nod in that position on Sunday too. Alvarez would be a wise choice in the anytime scorer market.
Select Julian Alvarez to score any time at 8/9 with VBET
How to watch Atletico Madrid vs Las Palmas
- Location: Estadio Civitas Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain.
- Date and time: Sunday 3rd November, 1pm.
- How to watch: Premier Sports 2, LaLigaTV.
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