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Elche CF vs. Atletico Madrid 5/11/22 LaLiga Soccer Pick, Predictions, and Odds

Elche CF vs. Atletico Madrid
May 11, 2022 3:30 pm EDT
The Line: Over 2.5 +110, Under 2.5 -138
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Elche CF is welcoming Atletico Madrid to Estadio Martinez Valero in round 36 of the Spanish LaLiga. Elche is pretty much safe, they will stay in LaLiga for another season, but they weren’t that good overall this season. Atletico is in 4th place, they have beaten Real Madrid last weekend, and they need a win here to stay ahead of Real Betis.

In their last 7 games, Elche has 2 wins, a draw, and 4 losses, which fortunately for them will be enough to stay in LaLiga for another season. with 39 points, Elche is now in 14th place, they have scored only 37 goals, while they have conceded 48 goals so far. Pere Milla is the leading goalscorer for Elche with 8 goals, while Boye has added 7 goals. Fidel and Mojica have added 5 assists each. The schedule is getting a bit easier for Elche after this game, but even if they don’t win any more points, a miracle would need to happen for Elche to get relegated, and those don’t happen too often. Elche was decent this season, but they need to try to be better next season to save themselves the pressure at the end.

Atletico Madrid has lost only 1 of their last 5 games, and that was against Bilbao. In their last game against Real Madrid at home, Atletico has had 41% of ball possession and only 2 shots on target, but even that was enough for them to score a winning goal. Thanks to that win, Atletico is still in 4th place, but they are now 3 points ahead of Betis in that last Champions League spot. Suarez and Correa are the leading goalscorers for Atletico with 11 goals each, while Carrasco and Correa have added 5 assists each. Only Felix and Lemar are now injured for Atletico Madrid. I gotta say, Atletico has a very hard schedule ahead of them, and they still need to play against Sevilla and Real Sociedad, which will both be very hard games. Atletico’s defense has been the most disappointing thing for them this season, they have conceded a lot of goals, and it seems that will not improve this season. We will see if Atletico will decide to change the head coach in the offseason or if are they going to stick with Simeone, who is btw the higher paid coach in the world.

Elche has beaten Atletico only twice in the past, and that was a long, long, long time ago. With Elche being safe, and Atletico needing the win, I think that is exactly how it’s gonna end. I’m going with Atletico in this one.

Goran Kucar's Free Pick: Atletico -1 +112

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Goran Kucar

I was born and raised in Croatia, and with that, I was raised with soccer all around me. I love playing soccer, watching soccer, and now I love writing and handicapping soccer at PickDawgz and SportsChatPlace.

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