As week 25 of the 2025-2026 La Liga arrives, Atletico Madrid take on Espanyol at Riyadh Air Metropolitano on 2026-02-21 (kick-off 20:00 GMT).
With the data available to us, D. Simeone and Manolo Gonzalez have not met as managers before.
Atletico Madrid are 4th in the standings with 45 points, followed by Espanyol in 6th on 35 points.
Atletico Madrid misses 3 players: N. Gonzalez (Muscle Injury), R. Mendoza (Yellow Cards), P. Barrios (Muscle Injury) but Espanyol misses 2 players: J. Puado (Knee Injury), F. Calero (Muscle Injury).
Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-4-2, Atletico Madrid should be met by Espanyol's expected 4-2-3-1.
The previous match saw N. Molina lead Atletico Madrid with a 8.7 TheyScored rating, and C. Pickel top-rating for Espanyol at 6.3.
Atletico Madrid played out a 3-3 draw with Club Brugge, and Espanyol shared the spoils 2-2 vs Celta Vigo.
Neither side is flying – Atletico Madrid 2-1-2 and Espanyol 0-1-4 over the last 5 matches.
Atletico Madrid have clearly got the edge H2H: in 41 meetings, they've beaten Espanyol 17 times, with 12 draws and only 12 losses.
Our model forecasts 2-1 for Atletico Madrid, bolstered by their 10-1-1 home record and an average of 2.17 goals per game.
Atl. Madrid is going head to head with Espanyol on 21/2/2026 20:00 GMT at Riyadh Air Metropolitano for the Spain La Liga. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Atl. Madrid v Espanyol H2H statistics!