Atletico Madrid will be aiming for a fourth straight win in all competitions when they resume their La Liga campaign with a match against Rayo Vallecano at Campo de Futbol de Vallecas on Sunday evening.
Diego Simeone's side are currently second in the table, four points behind Barcelona, while Rayo are ninth, with seven points from their opening five games of the season.
Latest Rayo Vallecano vs Atletico Madrid team information
Rayo Vallecano will be without Alfonso Espino and Diego Mendez for this match, but the home side are still in good form ahead of their clash with Atletico.
Perez is likely to make a few changes to the starting XI that came against Osasuna, with Isi Palazon and Unai Lopez likely to start. Lopez scored as a substitute against Osasuna, while Palazon impressed as a second-half substitute. Sergio Camello is likely to start in the centre, however.
For Atletico, Pablo Barrios is absent with a muscle injury, but the capital club have no fresh reports of problems from the Champions League game against Leipzig. There will be a few changes to the line-up that played in Europe, with Samuel Lino, Conor Gallagher and Alexander Sorloth expected to return to the starting line-up.
Angel Correa, Rodrigo De Paul and Rodrigo Riquelme could be the three players who have to make the bench, while Antoine Griezmann is certain to feature after his excellent performance in the Champions League.
Rayo Vallecano vs Atletico Madrid latest expected lineup
Rayo Vallecano:
Batalla; Ratiu, Lejeune, Mumin, Chavarria; Valentin, Trejo, U Lopez; Palazon, Camello, A Garcia
Atletico Madrid:
Oblak; Le Normand, Gimenez, Reinildo; Llorente, Gallagher, Koke, Lino; Alvarez, Sorloth, Griezmann
Latest Rayo Vallecano vs Atletico Madrid football prediction
Rayo Vallecano have taken four points from their opening two games of the season, beating Real Sociedad 2-1 before drawing 0-0 with Getafe, but they have since suffered back-to-back defeats to Barcelona and Espanyol.
The capital club returned to winning ways with a 3-1 win over Osasuna on Monday night, after coming from behind to take their total points tally to seven, enough to leave them ninth.
Under Inigo Perez, Rayo finished 17th in La Liga last season, only avoiding relegation by five points, and they are now playing their fourth consecutive season at this level.
Rayo have lost three consecutive games against Atletico and have not beaten the Red and Whites since February 2013, underlining the huge challenge they face in this game.
Last season, Atletico won both legs of the tie, including a 7-0 win in the first leg, but the reverse fixture at the Wanda Metropolitano was tighter, with the home side winning 2-1.
Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid are in strong form at the start of the season, picking up 11 points from five La Liga games with three wins and two losses, currently sitting second in the table.
Simeone's side are four points behind Barcelona and level on points with Real Madrid and Villarreal in third and fourth, so a lot can change in a short space of time.
Atletico drew their opening La Liga match with Villarreal before winning 3-0 at Girona, but were then held at home by Espanyol in their third game of the season.
The red and white side have won their last two games in the competition, beating Athletic Bilbao 1-0 before the international break, and then following that up with a 3-0 win over Valencia last weekend.
Atletico will go into this game buoyed by a 2-1 win over RB Leipzig in the Champions League on Thursday night, meaning the capital club will be looking for a fourth straight win on Sunday night.
Atletico have quality all over the pitch, and with Simeone likely to refresh his squad this weekend, we're not expecting a post-European meltdown. Rayo are capable of scoring, but we're backing the visitors to take all three points on Sunday night.
Rayo Vallecano vs Atletico Madrid score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the match Rayo Vallecano vs Atletico Madrid :
- Sportsmole: Rayo Vallecano 1-2 Atletico Madrid
- WhoScore: Rayo Vallecano 0-1 Atletico Madrid
- Our prediction: Rayo Vallecano 1-2 Atletico Madrid
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